The Frogs Song Benalla, Victoria, Australia
By
Bandit_Heeler on 01-May-23. Waypoint GCA82TE
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Logs
Thank you so much to everyone who made my first hide so memorable. Regrettably Im moving interstate and will no longer be able to maintain this cache. I look forward to hiding my second cache when I settle into my new adventure ??
I thought I was going to have to search the rocks then there it's was, I like it. Thanks Bandit_Heeler for the cache.
In town for work, been eying this cache off for a little while, just hadnt visited Benalla since it was published. Today was my lucky day. TFTC Bandit Heeler
We had a little chuckle here as we both went in for the kill and missed the obvious,TFTC in a peaceful location.
While we were hoping to hear a frog song as we approached GZ, we quite aware we may have seen a snake first. We looked in what we thought the usual spots - moved over a bit and the cache was in hand.Thanks to Bandit_Heeler for hiding caches in interesting locations. 36113
Thanks to Bandit_Heeler for this hide.A nice container in a quiet spot.Getting warm now.
An early start for my first day of leave.What a clever little hide.A neighbour spotted me and gave me a smile...she knew.Lots of native wildlife making themselves heard this morning. TFTC
Nice easy find. Can hear the frogs today. Nice swampy area. TFTC and SL at 14:55pm.
Best frog related geocache I’ve ever found! We were treated to a lovely serenade from the local residents whilst searching. TFTC
Found by Mary and David at 14:30. Loved the very appropriate container. Couldn't hear the song at GZ though, but we'd heard it earlier. A pleasant change to be off the freeway. Gets a FP. Our thanks to Bandit_Heeler.
A nice easy find on the chilly winter solstice day. At least the suns out.
TFTC
TFTC
#21036. Out and about collecting the odd cache for this month's Challenge. We have arrived in Benalla for a little cache maintenance and for some shopping. I had noticed this one published a while ago but this is our first time down here. The frogs were most certainly happy today after the recent rains. A nice green corridor we have not seen before.
Thanks Bandit_Heeler
Thanks Bandit_Heeler
We needed to go to Benalla for some cache maintenance and shopping, so we had to have a look for this, the only cache we have to do in the area.
An interesting suburb that we had not seen before.
The frogs were certainly enjoying all the rain we had.
A quick find of the cute cache, and as promised, no wet feet!
Thanks, Robmc.
An interesting suburb that we had not seen before.
The frogs were certainly enjoying all the rain we had.
A quick find of the cute cache, and as promised, no wet feet!
Thanks, Robmc.
Thought we would try our luck and go caching before the rain arrived. Lots of bird calls and only a couple of frog songs this morning! A very cute container and SL at 10.30am. A nice little reserve with some enormous and impressive old eucalypts. Got back to the GeoCruiser just as the first rain drops landed on the windscreen! #9873 TFTC Bandit_Heeler - a lovely spot for a 1st hide.
A quick find in amongst little jobs I am attending to. Very appropriate!
Thanks indeed
Thanks indeed
#5208 A quick find with Mr BGFs muggle mum and the geohounds on Mothers Day. Only 76 metres from mother’s home so this was a most convenient hide and a cute one too. A lone frog was heard singing away somewhere amongst the reeds during the search. TFTC and congrats on your first hide.
Coordinates changed from:
S 36° 33.612 E 145° 59.944
Coordinates changed to:
S 36° 33.614 E 145° 59.940
Distance from original: 23.0 feet or 7.0 meters.
Minor tweak to increase accuracy.
S 36° 33.612 E 145° 59.944
Coordinates changed to:
S 36° 33.614 E 145° 59.940
Distance from original: 23.0 feet or 7.0 meters.
Minor tweak to increase accuracy.
Conversing with muggle partner on the phone
and I was stating that a new cache had been published
but I didn't really want to drive to Benalla tonight as it had been a loooong day![|)][|)] Eventually, though, I decided that I could manage a short trip
and so Rex and I headed off to listen to The Frog's Song
Arriving at what I thought was GZ, I was very confused as the coords had me in the middle of the road[?]
[?][?]
Turned out, I was so tired[|)][xx(][|)]
that I was trying to use the parking coords to find the cache
After that error was rectified[^][^], the frogs' song was a melodic background[:X][^][:X] to the cache search
Soon after, the cache was found and the log book was signed[^]
On the way back home, I decided to detour since it was such a lovely, moonlit clear night[:X][^]
Rex and I enjoyed the walk into a puzzle cache that I'd tried once before to get to on a hot summer's day
[xx(], dressed in motor bike gear and boots[xx(] and when I'd decided that being hot was not a fun way to cache
So 2 caches were found tonight
TNLN. SL. TFTC Bandit_Heeler
and I was stating that a new cache had been published but I didn't really want to drive to Benalla tonight as it had been a loooong day![|)][|)] Eventually, though, I decided that I could manage a short trip and so Rex and I headed off to listen to The Frog's SongArriving at what I thought was GZ, I was very confused as the coords had me in the middle of the road[?]
[?][?]Turned out, I was so tired[|)][xx(][|)]
that I was trying to use the parking coords to find the cacheAfter that error was rectified[^][^], the frogs' song was a melodic background
[:X][^][:X] to the cache searchSoon after, the cache was found
and the log book was signed[^]On the way back home, I decided to detour
since it was such a lovely, moonlit clear night[:X][^]Rex and I enjoyed the walk
into a puzzle cache that I'd tried once before to get to on a hot summer's day[xx(], dressed in motor bike gear and boots[xx(] and when I'd decided that being hot was not a fun way to cacheSo 2 caches were found tonight
TNLN. SL. TFTC Bandit_Heeler
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{FTF} Getting the early ‘heads up’ when the cache was published, I grabbed the head torch and the car keys, and was quickly at the site. With a few frogs croaking and the torch on my head, I started searching the most likely places. After stepping into ankle deep water and attempting to avoid raising suspicions from the local residence, the cache was quickly located. Good to get a ‘First to find’. It’s been a while!
TFTC
TFTC
