Herring Island, Melbourne Richmond, Victoria, Australia
By MickieWalker on 18-Feb-24. Waypoint GCAJHAA

This was my target for today. It will up one of the lower boxes on my D/T grid. Maiden voyage for the new boat. It was perfect for this. Wandered round the island and did all the caches out here. A favourite point for bringing me here.

Just as a reminder to myself, I have checked all the logs so far and they are all OK, with a photo attached to the log or sent to me via the message center. All good! Also, it is so nice to browse through the logs because I see so many smiley faces. You guys make me smile too! Welcome to the Herring Island!

We made our own way to Herring Island and had the place to ourselves. We always enjoy the Yarra River and strolling and checking out these sculptures. Next time we will have to go paddling further along the Yarra and collect more geocaches.Thanks for the Virtual Cache Mickie Walker.HunterPS. Photo sent to CO & permission to log received.

My second visit to the island, but the virtual wasn't here on my first time. Glad someone reminded me, as I was a bit busy with my event on the island today. Wow, what a crowd.

One of the many hordes that stumbled over to the island today. I teamed up with Posums as we ventured around. Cool place. Easy find here with others. Thanks for the fun and adventure.

On Herring Island for an event which meant we walked on the Yarra to get here. bunadoorian, Smrff78 and myself made our way to here. As we approached we were greeted by quite a few other geocachers. I bet the NGV hadn't counted on the geocachers to boost the numbers of people walking over to Herring Island. Hope this helps spread the cost of the floating walkway over the people who participated over the weekend. Thank you for this virtual MickieWalker.

This was my first visit to Herring Island, and having bumped into Phetlern on the way, we continued on to this virtual cache. An interesting sculpture like the others on the island. I was really glad to have visited here and seen this hidden gem.Thanks to MickieWalker for placing this cache.

A short-term pontoon bridge meant that I didn't need to paddle out to Herring Island today. This time last year, I borrowed a kayak to do the paddle. I actually took a selfie at this artwork, but I was a few months too early to claim the virtual.Looking forward to the event that kicks off soon.TFTVC

Me + Cazzajane07 + Surefoot24What a lovely island TFTC

Yippee Yippee !! Found with Grubb62 & Bundoorian !!

Thank you for bringing us to such a lovely spot for the first time! Loving exploring and he island with jaamc_3335 and surefoot24 ??

Grub62 Smrff78 and I were on the island for an event and found this wonderful virtual geocache. Thanks for bringing us here and TFTC

Our second visit to Herring Island, the first by boat, the second today by a temporary pontoon bridge put up by NGV for a special event. How different the visit to the island was today! Every time you turned a corner, you bumped into another geocacher!Funny thing today, was the person on the mainland side of the bridge telling everyone to cross the bridge and turn right, only for most people to cross the bridge and turn left to find a cache!Thanks for placing the virtual here MickieWalker. We do love Herring Island. Next time, we will come by kayak and experience having the island to ourselves ??

Found while visiting herring Island

Thanks Crackn'lele!

Found by The Empire + HThe city hummed in the distance, but here, the peaceful flow of the Yarra River set a calm tone for the day. A temporary floating bridge stretched across the water, offering rare access to the island, and we made our way over, the bridge gently shifting beneath our feet as we crossed.Herring Island greeted us with a mix of open greenery and dense native vegetation. The island felt both remote and intimate, a hidden sanctuary just 4 kilometers from the city center. Picnic tables were scattered under large trees, and some groups had already laid out their blankets, basking in the tranquil atmosphere.The trail meandered through the landscape, and at each turn, a new sculpture came into view. The artworks were mesmerising, seamlessly integrated into the environment, as though they had grown out of the earth itself. Some were large and imposing, while others blended so naturally into the surroundings that you had to pause and look twice.As we left the island via the floating bridge, we felt a sense of connection, not just to the art and nature, but to the history and spirit of Birrarung, the land, and those who had walked these paths before. Thanks for the cool virtual cache MickieWalker.-MVirtual #259

Great location to place your virtual. Many thanks for highlighting it for me to find.

Having a lovely day out with Tenkae. Enjoying a walk, chat and laugh in the big smoke!This is a great island with lovely sculptures. Thanks MickieWalker for showcasing this lovely area, contributing to this great game for myself and others to enjoy. Happy trails!

What a great day exploring the Herring Island. The sculptures are fantastic. Thanks for the virtual

Omegaman1971??Support Your Local Villain????Live - Laugh - Lurk??First To Find: 188Sidetracked Cache Finds: 137After a long week of work, it's awesome to be out caching with my buddy Rebel Acts. We got an early start to try and beat the rain in the forecast later on.As always, it was a great day of caching. Here's one of the caches we found.And the bridge made this a lot easier than normal to get here.Thanks for the cache!Found @ 10:30 am

We crossed the wobbly bridge to get to the island today and found this one on our travels. HEAPS of people geocachers on the island today. Geodaughter is currently on crutches, so geoson and I went to get this one. TFTV

LVsnooks and I headed over to Herring Island for a quick caching adventure while the footbridge was in action and picked up this cache while we were here. TFTC

With an event organised and even a bridge built for us to walk across here why wouldn't we stop by here a take a photo. Great spot.Thanks MickieWalker for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

Found after crossing the bridge. So grateful to visit here for the second time.Thanks for virtual cache.??

Happy to log a find during an event with a bridge provided.I thought Id have to wait until the ferry ran again. Great spot.

Out and about with omegaman, there are always plenty of laughs while we are turning caches into smiles.This is one of the caches found today. We had been here about a week before this one got published, today with a bridge in place it was an easy walk to GZ.Thanks MickieWalker for the cache.

Found while visiting the island when it was possible to walk across to it. I really liked this sculpture and the others on the island. All very interesting to visit. TFTC

I, like many others, took the opportunity to walk out to Herring Island today on a fairly shaky temporary bridge which took a lot of courage to cross. Thanks for bringing me and my caching pals for the afternoon, cazzajane07 and jaamc_3335 to this wonderful structure.

Visiting today for an event with a bonus of finding a variety of caches. What a cool spot. I'd happily kayak here but the temp bridge makes it a bit easier. Thanks MickieWalker for creating for us all to enjoy. Discovered with half of QueenAnt.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Wow! The fun just never stops.Join us as we announce the winners in the 2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards in addition to celebrating Geocaching Victoria's 10th Anniversary.**When:** Saturday, 16 November 2024 from 5pm**Where:** Yarraville-Footscray Bowling Club, YarravilleLog your will attend at [**GCAWDFX: 2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards & Birthday**](https://coord.info/GCAWDFX).Also have you logged your will attend for Victoria's first ever Block Party? (Think Mega but even more special!)Join us on 22-23 March 2025 in Sunbury to celebrate 25 years of geocaching by logging your will attend at [**GCAP417**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).

We enjoyed our visit to Herring Island .thanks MickieWalker for the Virtual

With an opportunity to get her by a floating bridge and also attend an event, my geopartner and I met with Spiffy- and visited this virtual. Thanks to MickieWalker for the fun and the adventure.

Great opportunity today to access Herring Island by temporary pontoon bridge to attend an event and locate the caches on the island. Very enjoyable exploring the island. This was our second find for the day. Interesting statue. Photo attached. TFTC

Spring Victorian Incursion 2024.Day Ten: The inner south east.Weather: a rainy end to the day.One of five caches (includes an event) found on Herring Island today thanks to the NGV fronting up the cost of a temporary floating bridge to the island. Talk about perfect timing for my this extended visit to Melbourne. Muggles to the rescue here. They said that they were going to be a while at this spot, and offered to take my photo so that I could move on. They were probably kept busy as more geocachers were arriving as I was leaving.Thank you for this Virtual cache MickieWalker.

With the lure of an event on Herring Island that didn't require us to cart a kayak into the city, Chook joined forces with Sunset62 and micaparamedic, catching the train in and enjoying a leisurely walk there via a handful of caches.Once on the Island, we met up with many other likeminded geocachers on the same mission. Thank you for placing your Virtual Cache here MickeyWalker.

Today I planned to walkover to Herring Island for an event (not an easy task walking on water you might say) and I mentioned it to my caching buddy GemmaSistema.So a planned was hatched to catch up and do some caching before hand.I picked her up at a station and soon the day of fun and laughs started.Caches were mainly picked by if there was parking close by and also how much walking was involved.After touring the finer suburbs of Melbourne we have made it where we wanted to be and that is on an island.I mentioned that I was walking to Herring Island to my son during the week and he laughed at me.Photo was sent and the apology came.I have walked a couple of these wobbly bridges before.This one was soon located on our walk around the island checking out all of the sculpture art.The muggles probably were wondering what was going on with the large group that decended on to the island.Photo taken now on to the next one.Thanks MickieWalker TFTC.

10:32It was our second visit to this intriguing island, the history and art work of which never ceases to amaze us. Today we found a couple of caches, including this one, which completed our list of Island caches. Perhaps there will be more to come - creating another visit possibility!!Thank you to the CO who placed this cache.37410

How convenient it was for the NGV to organise a temporary bridge on to the island to make getting there a whole lot easier... and how convenient it was that **ConnieandRick** took advantage of the NGV's offering and organised an Event on the island... when put together I, like many other cachers, grabbed the opportunity to wander across the water and visit the island... first visit in my case... and hunt out the caches that are there. Could not resist the opportunity for this Virtual... photo taken courtesy of a fellow geocacher.Thanks **MickieWalker** for putting this Virtual here.

It was so nice to be able to walk across to this little island for a chinwag with other caches. It was a shame that it started to rain, but I managed to get the photo taken without ending up too wet.

Found after crossing the bridge. Had a great time walking the island for the first time!

We escaped from the country of NE of Victoria to check out Herring Island in Melbourne City. It was very pleasing to find a handful of different cache types on our walk on a sunny afternoon. SL at 3.28pm The obligatory photo was taken whilst admiring one of the many artworks. #11,171 TFTVIRTUAL MickieWalker

Another visit to Herring Island. I never tire of this location.Thanks for the Virtual Rewards cache MickieWalker

On the island for the event and this was also new since my last visit. Paddle boarding over seemed a little easier than some of the yakkers of which one did not remain dry. Photo attached. TFTC

Im sure I had an older photo of that cairn from one of my previous visits to the island. Oh well, I guess we will just have to "earn" this Virtual cache smiley instead. ... and earn it we did when catnap777 and I attended ADI's T/5 "A Herring Winter" event on this day filing down to the cairn afterwards with most of the crowd to take selfies for the virtual that wasn't published on our last visit. As an encore, cat' and I putted our tiny tinnie all the way down to Bolte Bridge and back again to score another handfull of caches that we didnt get the last time we took this exact journey by kayak back in January. TFTC MickieWalker, and thanks for the added incentive to take on The Yarra once more. Attached image...Foreground- me (in the hat) & catnap777.Background (left to right) AlphaDeltaIndigo standing behind N0w0rries (making bunny ears) and nirgalagrin blocking the view of bella at waggy.

dalerious and I were on the Island again for another awesome event. So decided to pose at this virtual with our friends, as it was not published the last time we were here.Another awesome day on the river.Thank you MickieWalker for providing this T5 Virtual.

I have been to Herring Island several times, the last being earlier this year, just a week before the shuttle finished operating. I completed all the caches on the island that I hadn't done, but this one appeared a few weeks later. So today, before the "A Herring Winter" event, I headed here to grab this one as well.Thanks to MickieWalker for setting up this virtual cache.

My buddies: bella at saggyThank you MickieWalker, for creating, placing and maintaining this cache. I have enjoyed finding it and visiting this spot.Follow my story on Instagram @AlphaDeltaIndigo

We found this sculpture on a trip to Herring Island with Squiptar. Thanks from D B-A

I dreamt about the Herring Island geocaches for a long time before leaving the UK. A little planning was required in order to reach the island. When the appointed day arrived, we made our way to the island in the delightful company of our new friends. The sculpture park was awesome. Herring Island is a truly special place where amazing geocaching memories are made. Will be back to award a favourite point. TFTC

Got it update shortly

*Found on the 2 Jun 2024 @ 3:17PM.**Cache find # 15641.* I have visited this island a number of times now and it Has always been geocaching related, the island that keeps on giving and the last time I was here was a few days before this one was published to find the newer multicache.We had stopped off at this cairn but didnt take any photos at the time so it was great to see a new event get published here so that I could now get a 2 for one paddle.A great little island and Im sure I will be back here again.**Thanks to MickieWalker for keeping the game going by placing this cache.**

*2 Jun 2024, Found @2:23PM, Find # 3815.*Came to the island for the event and to find a few caches including this one. Definitely some interesting art sculptures on the island **Thanks to MickieWalker for placing this cache.**

Loads of fun paddling out here for Hamfish's event.The change from Scout Adventure Island to Sculpture Park is amazing. It is a wonderful place. Even better today as the punt has stopped for winter leaving us paddlers to have free reign. Love the cone, thanks Andy and MickieWalker

Today was paddle day! Who said you cant kayak in the middle of winter. I teamed up with OzHockeyChick to tackle a couple of suburban kayak caches before the main event on Herring Island this afternoon.We arrived to see a number of cachers unloading their cars and carrying their kayaks down to the landing. A bit of a drop off made for a tricky entry but we all managed to make it without getting wet.Once on the island, we gathered at the event HQ before setting off to explore the caches on offer, of which this is one!The happy snap was taken and so the cache is now added to my swag of finds.A big thanks goes to MickieWalker for taking the time to add Herring Island, Melbourne to the geocaching map for us all to find and enjoy.----------------------------------------------------------Are you ready for Victorias next big event?Join us for Victorias first ever *Block Party* to celebrate 25 years of geocaching.**When:** March 22 - 23, 2025**Where:** Hume Global Learning Centre, SunburyLog your will attend at [**GCAP417: The Sunbury Event** ](https://coord.info/GCAP417) Visit our [**Block Party website** ](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/the-sunbury-event) for more details on the exciting lineup of events and activities as they are released!

Its been a couple of years since we last stepped foot on Herring Island. We paddled over for the Pop up Paddle event, then popped over for this Virtual.Great location, and a pretty nifty Cairn. Thanks MickieWalker for highlighting this area for us.

It was a lovely sunny winters day to join the event held by hamfish.This island is a hidden little oasis and I will put it in on my list to come back for a picnic and BBQ another time.Thanks for sharing this nice location.

A great spot for a pic. Thank you MickieWalker for placing Herring Island, Melbourne for us to find today.

I came to Herring Island today with Sol de Lune. A short downstream paddle and disembarked on the northern steps.One of 5 caches out here today so thanks for placing this nice cairn virtualA friends of the island clean up in full swing too..A favourite point from me..

Thanks for cache A lovely visit to Herring Island with great companyRegards kylie

Quick grab on the way to the event.

On the island once again for another geocaching paddling event it was the perfect opportunity to grab this virtual that wasn't here on my last visit. Found with others from the event before heading back to the geoyak and paddling back up-river to where I'd launched (further than it looked on the map, but I need the exercise ) TFTC - required photos attached.

Came over to Herring Island with Jascat for a caching event. Arrived a little earlier to complete the other caches here. TFTC

Attending the island event and headed around to make the find here. An interesting sculpture...photo was grabbed and all was good. Col old day but worth the effort to get here.Thanks for show is the area...and the island as well. ??

I visited this island earlier in the year prior to this virtual being out..today I returned with my own vessel...(the punt was much cleaner) but I wasn't on my own their was a large flotilla of geocachers whom had turned up for The Hamish's Pop up paddle event.. can't say I passed this cairn on my last trip to the island, I would have to say its one if not the most perfect cairn I've ever seen.

Came over to the island for the event. While I was on the Island I had a look around. Thanks MicieWalkerGJMMelb

After the event, a few of us wandered around the island exploring all the interesting objects.This is a cool cairn. I love the "slices".Thanks for bringing us here by placing this virtual, MickieWalker ??~????????~

16:34Greetings from Herring Island, MickieWalker.With the hamfish holding another event on the island, this was the perfect opportunity to take a selfie on my way back from replacing a missing challenge cache. (Half of the flotilla mobbed me just after I dragged my kayak up onto the sandbank where the landing sits when the punt is running. Lucky for them that their patience lasted until then. Just.)And after a bit of socialising, it was an ungainly launch into the water before a lap of the island to get back to where I'd started. Just before dark.Thanks for a fine excuse for shenanigans.#8895

I was on the island for a T5 event today, and noticed this new cache since my last visit. With the punt not operating it was all geocaching paddlers here today, no muggles whatsoever. Some collected answers for the island multi here too. TFTC MickeyWalker

Found during the "Pop-up Paddle: Herring Island" event. MickieWalker, thank you so much for placing it for everyone to enjoy and highlighting this area.

Enjoyed the Pop up Paddle Event today and couldnt resist doing this virtual while here.Its always more fun with a group!TFTC

Another visit due to the event and this new virtual! The tides and the stars aligned, the flotilla set sail (aka paddled) and then we anchored on the far off muddy shore. A top day for an early winter rendezvous with geo buddies. Ive always liked the visuals Andrew Goldsworthy! TFTC and the FUN

G'day mate, olen varma, ett olen liian vanha pulahtaakseni kylmn Yarraan. Mutta tein sen, kuiva skki piti kankaani ja tekniikkani turvassa ja tarjosi mys kellumista, jos niskkn sukellusrefleksi potkaisi sisn.Thanks MickieWalker for placing this Virtual Cache, enhancing the game board and adding to our enjoyment.

{FTF} on a family excursion to Herring Island.We had a lovely morning wandering through the art gallery and outdoor sculpture park.Charlotte loved the ride on the Punt and playing on and around the sculptures.Thanks for the Virtual Rewards 4.0 - 2024 - 2025 cache, MickieWalker.

Well played, MickieWalker.And congratulations to LyonsPride3.One of the joys of family Geocaching teams is plenty of cute photos of the junior members to choose from.

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