Badgers Rockery The Range, South Australia, Australia
By Klems' Mob on 22-May-05. Waypoint GCP0N1

Thanks for the cache found with erine14!

TFTC

6 months ago, during a frenzy, we said to ourselves "why not going to the mega in Adelaide for the leapday". From scratch we moved on to preparing an 18-day project in Australia.Our objectives are simple, visit a small part of this immense continent while validating a few caches. There are so many caches (impossible to do everything) that we will select. Our plan will allow us to visit Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Mount Gambier and finish in Adelaide for the famous Mega.During our stay we will log PestiHoot for Pestinette and Blackhoot.During our 5 days in Adlade, we visited the centre and around while following the caches and labs. We resolved some mysteries before our trip. We made some great discoveries and great experiences.Thanks to the caches we visited many sites evoking Australian culture and history.Thanks for the cache and the discovery of beautiful or original spots

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~The logbook is signed **pesti-Hoot** for *pestinette* and *BlackHoot*.In: Nothing.Out: Nothing.Thanks **Hurtle** for the cache.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~*Here is the palaver from my log "3615-MyLife" that you still don't have to read:*After multiple outings together, here are some examples: the park at T5 in the Orlans region, the Letterbox Matrix in Provins on the return of GeoBulles 2023, a getaway to Rambouillet and Fontainebleau, the Mega in Oliveira de Frades in Portugal, that in Spain in Camarasa with a memorable passage in Andorra, a foray into the Drme at the beginning of the year, I have the immense luck and pleasure to accompany the pestinettes who asked me last summer to be part of this crazy trip to Australia to participate in the Adelaide Mega on February 29 !So I start by thanking them once again for the invitation as well as for the preparation of all logistics and the program of discoveries planned for these 17 days on Australian lands: Jasmers including three from the year 2000,webcams, virtual ones (full), challenges, Earthcaches, mysteries, Events.I would just add my two cents with the Matrices by cache type as well as obtaining as many Addons as possible for Leap Day ! Then depending on the time that we will have left at each of our stages, all caches allowing usto visit a nice new place.We only visited a tiny part of this beautiful country which makes us want to come back although it is not next door and I would also remember the warm welcome of Australians and their kindness.I sincerely thank all the poseurs without whom the exploration of all theseplaces known or much more discreet would not have been possible. A big thank you for your personal investment for the pleasure of all and ours in particular during this beautiful trip shared in friendly company ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~**Against a sedentary lifestyle, geocache! Get Out and Play! Saia and play! Sal y juega!**

Easy find. TFTC

Out caching around Kuitpo forest and Prospect hill today. Always nice to find an older cache, cheers for keeping this one in good knick.Find #6441 on 29 Dec 2023.TFTC Hurtle!SAs Leap Year Event - GCA1DNA - Feb 29th, 2024. Keep the date free!

Such an amazing view!!

Out today targeting a few previous DNF’s, if possible I want to turn some sad blue faces into happy smilies

Also targeting Tree Fishing caches…….I’m currently 43 of 50 for the GC9RQRK SFE Challenge - The Lawrie Keats Challenge

Who knows, might be the odd cache throughout todays journey as well

A quick find, stamp and return here today
TFTC

Easy find just lots of long grass

A big thankyou to Wal and Ol for replacing the container here, and helping to keep these oldies going.
Great community caching!

Perfect weather for a weekday cache outing with Wal and Ol. TFTC!

Sunny Monday drive with Pony1966. Replaced container, all good now.

TFTC

Wet could do with a fix up!

A nice drive on the back roads past this one today cache easily found

Today I headed down to McLaren Vale to Strathalbyn via Kuitpo Forest finding the caches in the area consisting of walks and drive bys, total of 45 finds for the days

Thanks for the cache

Cy and Zoe found it!

I took the ‘long cut’ through here on my way to meet some friends for the weekend. Nice drive, a bit wet with a few puddles along the way. TFTC

Something found and something left

In all are travels we would not have even thought to traveled to this location.
(Ha Ha). 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 - Klems' Mob Hurtle [^]

Lol spot tftc

Found this oldie after my weekly jog and purchasing some strawberries nearby. Great views and very peaceful here. Don't you just love how you get to places that you would never visit without caching? TFTC

Lid is cracked.

We’ve committed the mortal sin of leaving the house empty handed, so can’t signed. Here’s our digital proof. TFTC

The M's were on a trip to Encounter Bay to visit with Mr M's Uncle and Aunt, plus his holidaying parents when Mary spotted an older cache we hadn't found. We always like an aged cache so this was the most prized find of the day.
TFTC Klems' Mob.

After a few old caches so old the roads had changed and were no longer safe this was a nice change, quiet, lots of parking and quickly found in great condition... even the original book!

Trip log:
When it comes to our trips for GreyHams and myself, opportunity seems to play a big part in the timings.. be it an event, sales on airfares or car hire, in this case it was my visiting SA and being there that worked so well for this one!

So it was a drive up to Adelaide to collect GreyHams from the airport and then a trip that would see us ending up in Mount Gambier in the South east of SA, close to my family holidaying nearby and conveniently located that GreyHams could fly home to his. Perfect when a plan just comes together!!!

The primary target of the trip was counties, about 21 in total and we had almost the complete opposite need of counties from each other. Of course we also targeted other caches of importance, oldies dominated the state but there was DT, virtuals, webcams, Ausmer and types. If your cache made our list it had a quality we were wanting, or as GH says, we were waiting for a ferry or a plane!

What a variation in the places we visited, from Adelaide's suburbs out into the hills, the ferry across to Kangaroo Island for the night and the many coastal regions through Victor Harbour and Goolwa. Through Murray Bridge and out into Mallee Country to Lameroo before turning and finding a great bed and meal at the Keith Hotel. Continuing South into the very bottom of the SE of SA before returning north slightly to make the plane, in time and that arrived! So much wild life through the areas and locations of interest, it was great!

Had to love the Santas through the Adelaide hills, seems that stuffing a Santa suit is an art form all of its own, and entertained us for a long time! Kayaking to an island on Kangaroo Island was fun and although the donut from Port Elliot bakery had to pass with masses already queueing... the chunky steak pie from Willunga Bakery might not have been as good as a pepper pie later but it was still damn good! Its the little things sometimes!!!

Many thanks for your cache that led us about on a varied and very enjoyable trip!

Nice oldie

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This trip came together due in the best way! Aquilus1 was over in SE SA visiting family, yet had a bunch of counties unfound between Adelaide CBD and Victor Harbour, I was missing all the counties south & east of Strathalbyn. What could be better than flying over from Canberra and being picked up at ADL airport and knocking of ALL the counties all the way to Mt Gambier, where I flew out. Last minute Covid shenanigans in Sydney & Melbourne threatened to derail it, but all good.

Of course our trips are more than just counties....we have a range of targets: Oldies, webcams/virtuals, larges with challenges and D/T thrown in for fun. If you are reading this log, then this cache had some quality we were hunting (or we were waiting for ferries or planes!)

We saw such a change in countryside, from Adelaide Hills, to Kangaroo Island, up to Borrika and then down to 'the Mount'....and the Santas! I can see areas where christmas lights arent the done thing, its stuffing your own Santa and posing them in the front garden, saw some very funny examples, we were chuckling for an hour I swear.

South Australia has such a wealth of very old caches, its wonderful. We grabbed lots of oldies and are now just a single find off our Ausmer challenges (just need to get to Melbourne or Brisbane for the last).

In Adelaide today for a car service. Stopped for a few caches on the way back. TFTC

After catching up with our Scouts at their lunch point whilst cycling the Kidman Trail I had the chance to make a few finds with Kapybeara. This was the sixth find of the day. TFTC A beautiful place and thankfully a lovely sunny day.

Thanks to LiB for the new logbook, and helping keep this oldie going.
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Out caching with hevwalker and grabbed my first find for the day, nice views.

I popped in a new log book as other is looking rather full and falling apart, this should keep it going for awhile longer.

TFTC Klems' Mob

A quick find today TFTC

A quick find of an old cache found in good condition
TFTC

After an errand down south Owl collected Sushilord for a caching trip. After a pleasant walk to collect some OTD caches and a very nice lunch at the bakery, they decided to wander around McLaren Vale to collect some of the back roads caches. A nice quick find for Owl.

Found with GeckoJ and JayG10

Found with GeckoJ and fluffymaxi

Heading down to the Fleurieu Peninsular today and targeted a couple of caches that would fill gaps on my Jasmer grid, so a scenic route, rather than the direct route was taken. Somehow we landed in the middle of a cycling event and our route to one cache was closed and our speed was restricted en route to this cache which was frustrating, but eventually we crossed the finish line, literally. We waved to the small crowd as we crossed, although I’m pretty certain they weren’t there to see us drive across, more likely they were supporting the cyclists, then headed at better pace to the cache. Found with fluffymaxi and JayG10.
TNLNSL
TFTC Hurtle
Find #706

I started 2019 with two Geocaching goals. Half way through I took on another. Getting any of these goals did not involve going caching today.

Then Groundspeak wanted to start a streak at the end of August to get a souvenir. So I did. And I am still on that streak so I guess I now need to achieve 4 goals. My longest streak was 46 days when they last wanted a streak some years ago. So I needed to go and grab a cache today to see if I could do better than last time.

But caches close to home are now in short supply so I grabbed Sal and we headed from Nairne to The Range so we could get the daily cache....this one. 34 km/s each way as the crow flies, but we aren't crows. [B)] Luckily it was a pleasant day for a quiet drive in the country. Arriving at GZ it took all of a few nanoseconds to spot Badgers Rockery. Now for the drive home!


**Thanks Hurtle for this cache. **

A nice easy find

Accurate coordinates and an easily recognisable hide led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Klems'Mob for the cache.

Tftc

A quick diversion on the way down to Victor Harbor. Coords were accurate which led to a quick find. A little unloved with the last find over 7 months ago. Signed a slip of paper. TFTC

Easy find, being a pen!

I was able to get a park nearby and then wandered up the road and quickly spotted a likely hidey hole. Quick find and sign
Thanks

Nice quick find

Find number 73 for the day not sure how many more we will fit in. TFTC

A quick find with hevwalker on an evening caching drive.
Thanks for the hide Klem's Mob (Hurtle)

Out & about with clare007 collecting a few caches this evening after work...
A nice quick find...
TFTC

Tftc

Easy fun find

It was fun and awesome

Good spot. Thanks

Badgers Rockery was transferred from postiegirl06 to user Hurtle

Quick find. Need 6 more today to get 500 for the year. No trackable . Tftc and bringing me here. G'day from WA!

Another quick find and geoneice loving the car ride and fresh morning air. Thanks for the hide!

Working close by had some spare time to make a quick find in a SPOR

What a gorgeous spot!

A nice easy find. TFTC. 14/05/2016, 2:35 PM Find #2140

out for the day with sir_spectre on route to do the jan otd trail, dropped tb

i dragged out jacknor to the forest in the rain and we stopped on the way to get this one

Found by The Boofs TFTC . TB dropped.

Fun fun

Nice drive and a quick find. TFTC

Nice spot Tftc

A pleasant drive by, left an appropriate road sign : ) Oh removed the witch!

Badgers Rockery was transferred from Klems' Mob to user postiegirl06

Thankfully easily located on a cold/wet/windy day!!

Day Mount Pleasant to McLaren Vale. Staying at the caravan Park
The weather once again turned rainy as we headed out into the forest to find January caches.
On the way we passed a few others so we just had to stop to find them.
Thanks for placing this cache Klems' Mob

Mr Tardis and Mini Tardis were on a caching run this morning down south. We parked close by and we found the cache after a quick search. There was a very cold wind blowing across the Badgers so we hurried back into the warmth of the car.

Signed the log. Thanks for the cache Klems' Mob.

Tftc found with polkys quest

Found with auzzie convict tftc

Doing a bit of backroad exploring while I have the days free and grabbing a cache daily, pulled in off the road to grab this one.

Found a Scouts TB that wasn't logged to be here so took it and left it elsewhere, these off the main road hides are terrific, can stand at GZ, sign the book, stretch a bit, have a tea party or anything and still won't have anyone passing by checking out what you're doing.

Nice spot good spot for a special visitor

Touring Australia having left Perth in late February we are leisurely touring South Australia.

Currently camped with our Caravan at Kuitpo, we had a late start to the day but decided to head out and keep our fingers crossed that the rain didn't get too heavy.

Managed to visit Willunga and we were very impressed with this lovely town. Even managed to grab a late lunch at a cafe, which was really really yummy. Hope to revisit next week.

Of course we grabbed a few smilies whilst here and loved the history and views shared with us today.

Heading home but just had to make 1 more stop. Quick find on an interesting gravel road in this wet week we are having.

TFTC Klems' Mob

Nice quiet spot even on a Saturday arvo. Swapped a purple cow for a purple car, signed the log and popped the cache back. Thanks for the find.

Good spot, easy to find

Found It!
Quick find. No badgers were seen...
TFTC

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Doing a clean up of caches that we have found but not logged. This one saw us being watched by some local cattle and wildlife with a few kangaroos very near by, but no sign of badgers. They did prove to help us with the muggle driving out of the nearby driveway who was very curious about what we were doing on the side of the road.

Quiet little spot off the beaten track. Hadn't been found for a while!

TFTC. Found with TheEliFinder.

TFTC. Found with TheSneakyOne.

Nice easy find while caching with Roma123 and JJ52. Thanks for the cache

Found on a fun day of caching with Gemini7 & JJ52.

Lovely spot for a cuppa
Thanks Klems' Mob for the cache.

Found with ROMA123 & Gemini7. TFTC.

This entry was edited by JJ52 on Sunday, 07 April 2013 at 12:20:22 UTC.

Nice spot

Great cache - thanks

Quick and easy find! TNLN, TFTF!

Quick park-and-grab, tftf!

A nice easy drive by, on an incredibly cold frosty morning..

A very pretty log book!!

Cheers gordo

Enjoyed the drive we took today around this area, gorgeous TFTC

gorgeous views of the hills found quickly tftc

Easy find. Took TB.

Left TB took nothing

C:geo wouldn't let me log TB as being dropped...

Ok

Nice tour around the area finding some good caches. A bit of a search soon had this one located. A nice hide. SL TFTC

Happy Guy Fawkes day!

Great rural views from GZ [^].
Took train. Left spider. SL.
Thanks again Klems' Mob.

Quick find. Dropped off tb. Tftc

Approached this in a round about way instead of driving straight down the road from "badger, badger, badger". TFTC.

Logged by using my I phone on a peaceful morning.
TFTC

Nearly as good as a 'shrubbery',
Nice collection of rocks in the rockery and a nice collection of names in the log!
Thanks for the hunt and the cache.