Beaufort Beaufort, Victoria, Australia
By
Sol de Lune on 27-Jul-17. Waypoint GA10353
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S37° 26.879' E143° 22.789' (WGS 84) |
| 54H 710513E 5852770N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 405 m |
| Local Government Area: | Pyrenees |
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Description
Beaufort is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on the Western Highway midway between Ararat and Ballarat, in the Pyrenees Shire local government area. It is 387 metres (1,270 ft) above sea level. At the 2011 census, Beaufort had a population of 1,539. The town takes its name either from Rear-Admiral Francis Beaufort or a Welsh village in Monmouthshire.
The area was once occupied by the Wadawurrung Aborigines who called the area 'Peerick' or 'Yarram-yarram'.
Thanks to Wiki for that info....
To me, Beaufort and the Pyrenees LGA are areas lacking in Geocaching Australia hides. So to help amend that, LuckyL10n and I placed a coupe of caches to try to entice cachers, and drivers on long drives, to stop, rest.......and yep, find a cache
This cache wont grab any world headlines for the best thing since sliced bread...but it's not meant too...it's about stopping and looking around the area...and of course, grabbing a smiley.
The cache is not right in town, you will need to drive a couple of klms south, but that shouldn't pose a problem.
Hope you can stop by the next time you're in the area.
(LuckyL10n was me when the cache was placed and will log a find after the first to find has been claimed)
Hints
Thneq Envy |
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Decode |
Logs
15:45
Happy Blue Switch Day!
A group of us caught the train to Beaufort to mark the day... and celebrate chooknchunk's ten thousandth cache.
I went for a walk after lunch, and turned on the GA app on a whim while trudging back from the furthest flung hide. And what do you know?
Cache in good condition.
It was fun caching with you today.
Thanks, Sol de lune.
Happy Blue Switch Day!
A group of us caught the train to Beaufort to mark the day... and celebrate chooknchunk's ten thousandth cache.
I went for a walk after lunch, and turned on the GA app on a whim while trudging back from the furthest flung hide. And what do you know?
Cache in good condition.
It was fun caching with you today.
Thanks, Sol de lune.
A quick find on our way out of Beaufort to do the nearby adventure lab on the first day of our caching holiday. Not sure why it hasn't had a find for so long, it's an easy find with the aid of accurate coordinates and a helpful hint. Thanks for the cache
Heading to Ararat for a few days. Out and about caching for the day. Lovin' life, coffees and caches, waymarks and photos, taking the roads less travelled. 
Does it get any better than travelling this great land of ours?
Thanks for the cache Sol de lune and for highlighting this area.
Does it get any better than travelling this great land of ours?
Thanks for the cache Sol de lune and for highlighting this area.
Rated: for Overall Experience
After spending Christmas in Wurdiboluc and a few days at Lake Purumbeet it was time to head to Beaufort to bring in the new year and kick the old one to the kerb.
We still had some time and energy after the event so we collected a few local offerings.
Thanks for bringing us here Sol and Happy 2021
We still had some time and energy after the event so we collected a few local offerings.
Thanks for bringing us here Sol and Happy 2021
Found by caughtatwork at 14:42 on 1/03/2020
A quick find on a day our to get 3 x GCA geocaches for my research task.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for placing this geocache here for me to find today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1
A quick find on a day our to get 3 x GCA geocaches for my research task.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for placing this geocache here for me to find today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1
Rated: for Overall Experience
Happy Australia Day!
Found it before heading to the bushland.
TFTH
Found it before heading to the bushland.
TFTH
Rated: for Overall Experience
Passing through with geovan in tow we stopped to find your cache. Cache and contents in good condition.
Many thanks Sol De Lune for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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Thanks Sol de lune, a handy cache for my daily one whilst attending an event at Beaufort this weekend, and to do the new series of 18 GC Wherigos along Musical Gully Road
Rated: for Overall Experience
It was time to return to the main road to continue my journey up to the Grampians for tomorrow's bushwalk. That meant a stop here of course and with only one logical place for the cache to be, I was soon signing the log at 16:25 and was on my way.
TNLNSL. Thanks Sol de lune.
TNLNSL. Thanks Sol de lune.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found It!
A quick find while passing by. I think Beaufort is Victoria's equivalent of Port Wakefield - the town that should have been bypassed 20 years ago but for some silly reason, still hasn't been...
TFTC
A quick find while passing by. I think Beaufort is Victoria's equivalent of Port Wakefield - the town that should have been bypassed 20 years ago but for some silly reason, still hasn't been...
TFTC
Found on the Vic leg of our 2017 escape trip.
A perfect Spring day for a drive around in Beaufort.
Not many muggles around today, and a good quick find.
Thanks for the cache SDL,
***Roostaman***
A perfect Spring day for a drive around in Beaufort.
Not many muggles around today, and a good quick find.
Thanks for the cache SDL,
***Roostaman***
Rated: for Overall Experience
We were on our way back home from a weekend in Geelong, and stopped by this one as our last cache of the day. Thankyou for placing a cache for us to find in our area.
#GA1994 - 00:00; I was with the CO when he placed this cache on Day five of our caching mission around western Victoria. Now that it has been found, I'm claiming my find. TFTC Sol de lune
Rated: for Overall Experience
We had bipassed this cache earlier today as we made a 100km detour chasing a GC FTF in the Mount Beckworth area. Fortunately our FTF hunt was successful adding a GC FTF to our two GA FTF's. Now could we pick up a third?
We had decided to spend the night at Ballarat so decided to head back through the back roads to Ballarat picking up this cache near Beaufort.
One thing we love about travelling through these country roads, apart from the lack of road traffic, is the roads lined with the beautiful old, gnarled gums. Among the white and grey trunks we will suddenly see a vivid orange or mahogany trunk. Today we even spotted an olive trunk glistening among the whites and greys. We also enjoyed the variety of largish parrots forraging on the road verge.
The large gums near GZ were particularly beauþiful.
Accurate coordinates lead to a quick find and again the FTF spot was vacant giving us a third GA FTF at 15:45. The cache and contents were in very good condition.
Thanks for yet another cache Sol de Lune and an enjoyable tour of this area.
We had decided to spend the night at Ballarat so decided to head back through the back roads to Ballarat picking up this cache near Beaufort.
One thing we love about travelling through these country roads, apart from the lack of road traffic, is the roads lined with the beautiful old, gnarled gums. Among the white and grey trunks we will suddenly see a vivid orange or mahogany trunk. Today we even spotted an olive trunk glistening among the whites and greys. We also enjoyed the variety of largish parrots forraging on the road verge.
The large gums near GZ were particularly beauþiful.
Accurate coordinates lead to a quick find and again the FTF spot was vacant giving us a third GA FTF at 15:45. The cache and contents were in very good condition.
Thanks for yet another cache Sol de Lune and an enjoyable tour of this area.
Read to go.....drop by on your way past...or come for a Sunday drive.
