Xavier The Snail Heads West Tutunup, Western Australia, Australia
By 2y'stassies on 16-Jul-17. Waypoint GA10488

Took on a little adventure while on a shopping / caching trip to Bunbury

S33° 58.231' E115° 4.987'
Found this one on a flying visit to Margaret River. Left it where I found it. Thanks for the smiley 2Y'STASSIES

Rated: for Overall Experience

S33° 58.232' E115° 4.987'
Dropping off a few moveables at the front of my house in case someone is going past and would like to pick them up
Going up to Perth in a few weeks so will drop them somewhere if not picked up by then

Got it. Using Geocube.
I was using the app Geocube to look for the cache
Such a revolution being able to search for a GCA cache on the iPhone
This could be a game changer for GCA
The app was a bit clunky at first but as I used it more it became easier to use.
I was even able to log a find from the phone.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Relaxing by the beach

Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who brought all these moveables along.

Found at Whiteman Park event.

Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who gathered up all these moveables.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Discovered 'Xavier The Snail Heads West' at the Moveable & Mystery Madness Event held in Whiteman Park. The forecast was for rain but we were blessed with good weather for the day. A small but dedicated group of geocachers and a couple of new faces attended and exchanged stories of caches found and missed. Many thanks 2y'stassies for the cache.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with Chwiliwr and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.

Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with Chwiliwr and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.

Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with tbh and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.

Found at Whiteman Park event.

Discovered at event GA10647.

NOT at above coordinates
Attending "Moveable & Mystery Madness" event GA10647

In my safe hands

Xavier was overjoyed to be starting his mainland travels in Perth.

Take care little snail.

Hello 2y'stassies thanks for the cache.
I had come up to Launceston with EeePees and Lil Raffa to attend the “Th' lost loot o' Mary Hyde” event.
After making our acquaintance with everyone who was there at the time we ventured off to find a nearby cache before returning to making our acquaintance with the new comers who weren’t there before, when we making out acquaintance with everyone who was there.
After making our acquaintance with everyone who was there I noticed a log sheet and some loose sheets of paper. I ventured over and asked you about the log sheet and some loose sheets of paper.
You explained how you were trying to achieve a challenge of moving seven movable caches 1000 kilometres. And the log sheet was picking a person who would be able to log the FTF and the loose sheets of paper were the code and name of the movable.
Good luck in moving your caches across Australia and acquiring your challenge token.
This is going to be the same log for:
GA10476 Westward Ho!
GA10482 Heading West!
GA10484 Hi! Ho! Hi! Ho! It’s Off To The West We Go!
GA10485 Go West! Go West!
GA10486 Fly West
GA10487 Xavier The Snail
GA10488 Gus The Snail
Found at 0930
TFTC’s



Found around 0930
TFTC

With such inclement weather today, going any where to find geocaches out in the wild for me seemed to be out of the question. At least even bad wearher is useful to geocachers as it allows us to catch up on various puzzle caches plus a good time to plan the various trips required in order to satisfy the various conflicting elements of the current DZ trophy points system.Just as I was scouring the GA Cacher maps to fill the various requirements lo and behold, the cache 'Xavier The Snail Goes West' turned up in the hands of Mr 2y'stassies on my doorstep for a quick visit.Mr 2y's was greeted by two barking canines...Sirius and Murder. The elder Sirius(now 16.5 yo) was none too happy but Murder(not quite 4 yo) soon settled then became rather friendly.It was great to see and log this cache before it continues it's rather long journey to the northern island....lets hope it has a safe journey.Many thanks 2y'stassies for another cache for us all to enjoy...cheers ST

Found this little guy at Trevallyn whilst on a pillaging pirate crusade from the deep south.
Yet another mischievous snail trying to confuse me with pesky piratey pseudonyms, this one purporting to be Gus. Hope you enjoy your westward travels though. Hasten Slowly.
Thanks 2y'stassies for the trackable.

Dragon Zone has many Trophy Challenges, some of which require careful planning to achieve.

One of the Dragon Zone challenges is to move ten or more moveables at least 1000km. As we are making a fleeting visit to Perth (WA) in late July, we are going to attempt that challenge. However, there are less than ten moveables in Tassie that we haven't found. After consulting Baldrick (of "cunning plan" fame), we thought that we would publish some at the "Th' Lost Loot O' Mary Hyde" event at the Tailrace in Launceston on Sunday 16 July, give those pirates attending an opportunity to find the moveables and then, after finding them ourselves, we would take them to Western Australia to meet the challenge requirements.

Xavier The Snail was found in a box at the pirate event in the grounds of the Tailrace Reserve. He was glad to be in a box out of the cold wind and also liked the idea it was not going to be planted in some cold garden bed where it would most likely be frozen on the frosty mornings many parts of Tasmania are currently experiencing. Xavier also liked the idea of checking out the five succulents that were also in the box - potential meals for the long journey ahead.

After being found by those at the event who support Geocaching Australia Xavier The Snail was collected with six other little moveables and will travel with them to the big island after a trip on the boat. They are then in for a road trip to Adelaide in South Australia followed by a plane trip to Perth, Western Australia. Hope quarantine in Western Australia doesn't confiscate him and his little friend Gerty as Western Australia’s plant and pest quarantine laws are very similar to those of Tasmania.

Found while at the Tailrace park this morning, thanks for the cache.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found at Tailrace Park Launceston TAS for the Mary Hyde event

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found in Launceston at "Th' lost loot o' Mary Hyde" event with many other teams before it heads off on its western journey. Thanks 2y'stassies

thanks so much..happy days..at event

Saw this moveable cache in the company of many others at the event at Tailrace Park this morning. Got FTF rights after the random draw . TFTC

While at the pirate event in Launceston we were lucky to spot a swag of new moveables before they headed West. Xavier will also help us achieve a dragonzone alphabet challenge. Happy travels. TFTM

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found at an event at Tailrace in Launceston today. Thanks 2y'stassies for another find

Espied at Mary Hyde event in Launceston.. thanks..!!

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found at Mary Hyde event

Let the journey begin.