2024CHT - Water & Nautical (AUGUST) Geelong, Victoria, Australia
By Cybergran V on 01-Aug-24. Waypoint GCAJHZ1

King Edward looking pretty silly today!

Lovely series theme.great story. Thanks for bringing me here today.Thanks for the virtual Cybergran V.

A fun GC and a great location.TFTCCyber Gran & BFNC

TFTC:). Thanks for the virtualC.C

Tks for the virtuaal

Thanks for the quick and easy Virtual cache.

A quick cache found for another virtual. Got this one with Sims_FamilyThanks for the adventure

Thanks for bringing me here CV.Would not have stopped here otherwise.Nice bit of history to read.I took the snap and was on my way.TFTV

Getting a couple of Smileys and learning some history while on my lunch break. TFTC

A timely visit to sleepy hollo6, surf coast bound.Uncertain weather, school holidays winding up. Hard to get a park. I was doing the nearby lab cache as well.Got the required here.Cheers

After attending a CITO on the beach, LeeLee set off for a walk around Geelong. This was the 2nd last cache for the day. The street was getting quiet busy hence the quick, uncomfortable selfie. Thanks Cybergran V & BFMC for creating for us all to enjoy. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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).

I was in town for an hour or so, waiting for the next train. It was raining fairly heavily today, and I had to be fast to get the photo. I love making a good impression! Thanks for placing this virtual.

Having returned from a trip from Tassie and now visiting family, I swung by this virtual while waiting to pick them up from work. Interesting little history lesson.

A statue that I am familiar with. Thank you for putting a cache here.

Found by The Empire + HThe statue of King Edward VII in Geelong is an intriguing sight, especially considering its turbulent history. Today, the statue looks whole again, though the scars of its past mishap still make for a fascinating story. The restoration shows the citys dedication to preserving its historical monuments, offering visitors a chance to reflect on both the legacy of King Edward VII and the more recent history of the statue itself. Thanks for the cool virtual cache Cybergran V.-MVirtual #258

In town for a non-geocaching event, I took the opportunity to make a weekend of it, and find some caches in the area. Papi4506 & Geoturtle37 joined in with the fun.Stopped here on the way home for a quick selfie. Thanks for bringing us here by placing this cache, Cybergran V ~~

This cache had been listed to do today although I wasn't expecting to be so tired by the time I got here. OHC, Papi4506 and I have had a great time in the Geelong outskirts so were all pleased that this was nice and uncomplicated. Thanks for the cache.

Geoturtle37, OzHockeyChick and myself have spent a lovely weekend in and around the area. This was our "just one more" caches on our way home today. Pleased that it was a nice quick virtual as I don't think the ladies have a lot of energy left. Thanks for bringing us here with this cache.

By chance we parked nearby and this just said find me. Photo attached. T4tcsl

Impressive scar. Interesting history. It's what we like about our crazy hobby. Tftc photo attached.

Veni, Vidi, Vici

After nearly four weeks in Adealaude with family, we are heading home. We arrived in Geelong this afternoon to board the Spirit of Tasmania this evening for what looks like being a rough crossing of Bass Strait.While on the Geelong Waterfront, we noticed this virtual cache close to where we were having lunch. So we took the opportunity to visit and take the required photo. Thanks Cybergran V and BFMC for the virtual cache. I

As my camera has decided to go on the fritz I had to come up with an alternative. Lightbulb moment. Video call an old Facebook account and take a screenshot hahaha I'm a genius.TFTC

I should definitely read the cache description...photo of the name, not my face!Thanks for the multi

24 August 2024 08:54 dalerious and I are in Geelong again and our trip down started in Tatura, and we eventually got here via Albury. That was the Friday and after attending a CITO in the pouring rain which stopped just as the CITO finished, dalerious and I continued on into the night signing our names in some high "D" rated caches. It was an awesome day.Saturday arrived and we had another super list to get through. The weather was more behaved and we started the day with an awesome Multi-cache by N0w0ries, then onto this Virtual put out, of sorts, by Mum.dalerious has the happy snaps which he will put with his log, so all that is left for me to say is, what a lovely spot to put a Virtual. Thank you Cybergran V and BFMC. Favourite point given.

24 August 2024 8:54amA lot of miles covered this weekend and a lot of awesome caches found. This is one that was on our "to do" list since we first found out that BFMC had managed to pry a Virtual cache from mum's (CybergranV) clutches. ....and well used it proved to be. [^]A great bit of research done on this prominent piece of marble which catnap777 & I got to visit early in the morning on the 2nd day of our Geelong Odyssey. We do wonder where Georgie's original head wound up. Surely someone knows something. [8]But perhaps they are keeping it under their hat. TFTC BFMC and Cybergran V.

I visited this location a week or two back with Donuthole and took selfies. After reading the cache notes, it also required a cache name too. So a return visit today to fulfill the requirement.Thanks for the Virtual Cybergran V and BFMC #8,183

Found it out and about , on a beautifully sunny day , with annabella02, tftc

Day out caching with sassieold55, we did the Geelong Bollard Tours and picked up this virtual on our way.Had a great day with perfect weather for caching. Thanks for bringing us here and the info about the statue.

A nice walk to the waterfront, we stopped and read about the statue. Tftc !

An early start to attend an event at Eltham so it was easy to get a parking space near to this Virtual Cache. Thank you for the information provided in the description. A favourite point awarded.

Popped past on our way home from the sidetracked event. Finished the nearby AdLab and snapped the photo. Thanks for placing

Nice to see a new virtual in the Geelong CBD. A quick snap was taken while completing the lab in the area. Nice to learn a little more about the history of this statue. TFTC.

This is the first time i have ever stopped to look at this masterpiece. Its alot bigger in person than when youre just driving past. Its good to now know a bit of history behind it. Tftc

On way out to lunch and wanted to pick up a couple of virtuals. Thanks for the cache Cybergran V

Nice, easy find on a lovely day. TFTC

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I was pulling up outside our home when the phone went *ping*. I looked at where the cache was and thought I had little chance of making the [FTF], but I decided to have a crack anyway as it was early on a work day. I was thinking through the usual suspects for an FTF in Geelong and also considered that not everyone has Virtual caches on their alert list, so I may have a chance.The traffic was not too bad, and it took just over half an hour to arrive. There were no logs, so I parked Rogue, the geomobile and made my way to the statue. I have a pathtag on my keyring, which made the logging requirement quite easy to achieve at 8.38 am.Then, I was off to home to complete some more assignment work. It was surprisingly considerably more foggy on the way home than on the way into G-Town.Thank you, Cybergran V and BFMC, for this Virtual cache. A favourite point as I love Virtual caches and it is always great when you snag an FTF.

In all our travels we would not have even thought to travel to this location. (HaHa). In your dreams, these cachers do. [:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort. Devilish Brilliant and Clever I like it Another one off the list TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - Cybergran V & BFMC [^]