Charlie Bucket Springrange, New South Wales, Australia
By
fitzy_1965 on 08-May-17. Waypoint GA10131
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Unknown or Mystery |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S35° 4.730' E149° 4.466' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 689127E 6116246N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 625 m |
| Local Government Area: | Yass Valley |
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Description
Charlie Bucket
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's book written by Roald Dahl, with a sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator released in 1972. A third book in the series was never completed. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has been made into 2 movies, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) starring Gene Wilder, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) starring Johnny Depp. They are both favourite films in my household. I'm sure we all know the story about the 5 Golden Tickets and the tour of the factory - as well as the interesting characters and of course the Oompa-Loomps and their quirky songs.
Charlie Bucket - the Hero our the story who found the 5th and last Golden Ticket. Poor boy who does the best with what he has - and who fate rewards
This series of caches plays homage to the ultimate fantasy - owning your own Chocolate Factory - and the final reward for this series is just that! There are three sets of six Traditional Caches, each with a clue to the seconds of a Mystery Cache. Find the three Mystery Caches, and you unlock the key to the final Mystery Cache - The Chocolate Factory !
This set contains the following:
Trad - GA10125 - Augustus Gloop - with the value of G
Trad - GA10126 - Mr and Mrs Gloop - with the value of H
Trad - GA10127 - Veruca Salt - with the value of J
Trad - GA10128 - Mr and Mrs Salt - with the value of K
Trad - GA10129 - Violet Beauregarde - with the value of L
Trad - GA10130 - Mr and Mrs Beauregarde - with the value of M
Leading to
Mystery - GA10131 - Charlie Bucket at S35 03.GHJ E149 05.KLM
Charlie has a clue leading to Mystery GA10139 The Chocolate Factory.
Enjoy !
BYO Pen
Parking can usually be found within 20m of the GZs on a side of the road. Please be careful crossing the road when required.
Hints
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Logs
I am sorry to report that this one seems to be missing. I know I was at the right tree from the spoiler photo and all but no box here anymore.
I was with the CO when this series was put out. Now I have my own GCA account I have been given permission to log them.
The new film is my favourite.
The new film is my favourite.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found with lgoody, Gullivers Travels, Tassie Trekkers and Roostaman
while on our 2 weeks trek around the bush and the Yass area.
Thanks for the cache,
MrsRoosta
while on our 2 weeks trek around the bush and the Yass area.
Thanks for the cache,
MrsRoosta
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found with lgoody, Gullivers Travels, Tassie Trekkers and MrsRoosta
while on our 2 weeks trek around the bush and the Yass area.
Logs were signed as LGTTRM or similar.
Thanks for the cache,
Roostaman
while on our 2 weeks trek around the bush and the Yass area.
Logs were signed as LGTTRM or similar.
Thanks for the cache,
Roostaman
Rated: for Overall Experience
Enjoyed this series that kept us on our toes collecting clues and collating them right to the end. Even though a couple were missing we still managed to work out the mysteries.
Many thanks Fitzy_1965for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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We found this series while staying in Yass on our way to the Mega TFTC
Out by myself today as Joolay is back at work, so decided to come back and finish this seeries. Unfortunately the first one was missing and I had already done 3,4,5 and 6 but I had lost the the required information so had to do them again. It was good to gather the required information from this cache and apply it to the given formula which enabled me to find the mystery caches. TFTC Fitzy_1965. Great series. SL 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Having collected all the numbers, it was time to stop and find this puzzle. Quick find here today......once my GPS had me at the right location and not 400m down the road!
Rated: for Overall Experience
We worked out the second puzzle again with one of the trads and clues missing. Another big hooray and on to do the next section of the trail. Yes, we did have to come back to this one as well to pick up the clue for the final puzzle... All good though and lots of fun. Thanks again Fitzy 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Went out with KittyKatch and Joolay today to pick up the series and worked together to solve the puzzles. Had 2 DNF's but with 3 heads we worked out the final. Thanks for hiding and maintaining these caches. An awesome series and puzzles FITZY_1965
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found with Kittykatch and Darzee Di on a SoN GA finding day. Very interesting series and appreciated the effort the CO has gone to. We did do a bit of back and forwarding but eventually worked things out.
Rated: for Overall Experience
As we were missing a vital number we started with our usual code cracking method and to our delight had a set of coordinates that looked feasible.
We headed off hopefully. As we approached GZ we spotted something that makes a geocacher say yes this is possibly the hide. We found access a little difficult as the vegetation was very low in places and the sticks were sizeable and sharp. We had to be careful not to sustain too many scratches as the pesky little flies tend to be attracted to even the smallest blood spot.
To our joy we uncovered a good sized cache container at GZ. Our guess work had been successful again. Hopefully we wont need it again. Container and contents were in very good condition.
We almost left again without collecting the Chocolate Factory information.
We are now off to the final set - the family favorites - The Oompa-Lumpas.
Thanks again Fitzy_1965 for this cache. We appreciate the work you must have put in to construct these sets of caches and the final puzzle caches. Well Done!
We headed off hopefully. As we approached GZ we spotted something that makes a geocacher say yes this is possibly the hide. We found access a little difficult as the vegetation was very low in places and the sticks were sizeable and sharp. We had to be careful not to sustain too many scratches as the pesky little flies tend to be attracted to even the smallest blood spot.
To our joy we uncovered a good sized cache container at GZ. Our guess work had been successful again. Hopefully we wont need it again. Container and contents were in very good condition.
We almost left again without collecting the Chocolate Factory information.
We are now off to the final set - the family favorites - The Oompa-Lumpas.
Thanks again Fitzy_1965 for this cache. We appreciate the work you must have put in to construct these sets of caches and the final puzzle caches. Well Done!
I haven't done many GCA caches, so this trail was an incentive. Started at the highway and followed the trail in order. All caches found OK. Still a little wet on the roadsides, but with care it was OK. Needed to watch the fence and the branches, but all OK.
Thanks for the series.
Thanks for the series.
Rated: for Overall Experience
With no rain as per the forecast, I decided to head out this way after checking out a few element caches.
Hence I started this series from the northern end and did have to add a few extra kilometres to complete them all, but a very pleasant drive in the country. I even got to have a chat with Just a Cacher and Black Bunny during my travels, so an added bonus.
Thanks Fitzy_65 for the fun and the cache.
Hence I started this series from the northern end and did have to add a few extra kilometres to complete them all, but a very pleasant drive in the country. I even got to have a chat with Just a Cacher and Black Bunny during my travels, so an added bonus.
Thanks Fitzy_65 for the fun and the cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Out today with Just a cacher to grab this series and make the most of a pleasant day. Most caches were a quick park and grab after finding a suitable spot to park and all caches were nice and dry after the rain of yesterday. Bumped into Boot65 while on the series run and had a quick chat before heading our separate ways.
Thanks for the series fitzy_165 ad our vote is for the Gene Wilder version.
Thanks for the series fitzy_165 ad our vote is for the Gene Wilder version.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Off for another short foray into the world of pain and misery (caching). Weather was much better today, though, and we stopped to eat our lunch at an oval where there was a soccer game going on. Nice to have a floor show.
Thanks for putting these out, FITZY_1965! It was a pleasant drive and fun to find them. We even ran into (not literally) Boot65, whilst we were out and about.
Thanks for putting these out, FITZY_1965! It was a pleasant drive and fun to find them. We even ran into (not literally) Boot65, whilst we were out and about.
#GA1700 - 15:11; This is my second attempt to pick up this well named series. After running out of daylight yesterday, I made it back out this afternoon to continue the mission. Unfortunately due to a lack of time and the real possibility of rain I only managed to add another eight to the tally today. Last one for the day. It took a little bit of manoeuvering to get in to the cache, but all was good in the end and another one is now off the 'to do' list as I headed for home. TFTC fitzy_1965
Rated: for Overall Experience
14th cache in this trail today!
Again, the numbers came easy and I was suprised that GZ was so close... oh wait.. no minimum distance!
An easy find, and an easy park.
Timing finding between cars today was a PITA though. oh well!
TFTC Fitzy!
Again, the numbers came easy and I was suprised that GZ was so close... oh wait.. no minimum distance!
An easy find, and an easy park.
Timing finding between cars today was a PITA though. oh well!
TFTC Fitzy!
Second section of 6 completed and now off for the puzzle. Once at GZ it took a little limbo to get the cache in hand, but all was good and my name was soon in the log.
Had to make the decision to carry on from here or head for home as work was calling.....and unfortunately, work won on this occasion (glad that doesn't happen too much these days), so it was time to turn around and move on.
Thanks again fitzy....will be back to finish the series later.
Had to make the decision to carry on from here or head for home as work was calling.....and unfortunately, work won on this occasion (glad that doesn't happen too much these days), so it was time to turn around and move on.
Thanks again fitzy....will be back to finish the series later.
Rated: for Overall Experience
