Scowns Vista Meadows, South Australia, Australia
By
J_&_J on 22-Jul-17. Waypoint GA10509
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S35° 12.134' E138° 45.907' (WGS 84) |
| 54H 296548E 6102241N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 424 m |
| Local Government Area: | Mount Barker District |
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Description
J & J's sixty-fifth geocache hide. A nice simple traditional with a not often seen view.
A nice easy roadside park and grab.
There is a view of that awful intersection between Bull Creek Road and Paris Creek Road. I wonder how many near misses the local have seen from here over the years?
The cache is a regular sized Sistema containing logbook, pen, dessicant and stash note.
Happy hunting!
Hints
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Logs
Out doing some rally work for the Adelaide Rally and grabbing some caches along the way TFTC
I was driving to find a park in Meadows for the Easter fair but got sidetracked. We ended up on the side road off the track that led from the main road, then parked so close we could have nearly leaned out of the car to reach the cache. Well, maybe not that close, but pretty close. Great views on a great day out.
Found It!
As I drove up here it started to pour with rain. Visibility was not great but there was a bit of a view. I quickly found the cache before retreating to the car to sign the log out of the rain. Then as I got back to the main road the rain stopped...
TFTC
As I drove up here it started to pour with rain. Visibility was not great but there was a bit of a view. I quickly found the cache before retreating to the car to sign the log out of the rain. Then as I got back to the main road the rain stopped...
TFTC
With a little spare time on my hands today I decided it was about time I headed south a little and looked for another of the new J & J caches 
This one was a very pleasant little drive along a road that I have never visited before and a also a nice easy find
Cheers and thanks for the cache and the views J & J
This one was a very pleasant little drive along a road that I have never visited before and a also a nice easy find
Cheers and thanks for the cache and the views J & J
Planning for this trip began in June - we knew we would be heading to Adelaide but which way would we go? This depended on our targets. We looked at our list of unclaimed Dragon Zone trophies and picked out several that we could feasibly collect the required number of finds to qualify for the trophy. We then had to identify caches that would meet our targets and from here it was time to plan a route that would take us past the caches we had identified. Any caches too far off our route were discarded and replaced by suitable alternatives.
All was running smoothly until the Christmas in July game was announced. We would be travelling in the latter part of the game. It was difficult to include this in our target caches as we did not know what was required. Once the game began and we understood what we needed to do we could then add other caches to the target list.
We were just getting our heads, yes all four of them, around this when more Dragon Zone trophies were added. Which ones could we meet and which should we ignore? Do we need to add more GA caches and/or do we need to change our route and our targets? We decided on our target list and then our route and timeline. We had just drawn a line under everything and were about to begin printing our caching booklets, route maps and target lists when caught@work published 23 new caches on the Western Ring Path. Earlier we had decided on the caches in the Edgewater Walk series. If we added the new ones on the Western Ring Path and as many of the CCC series as possible, we could probably reach the required number of caches to qualify for the Dragon Zone trophies “Restraining Order Stalker” (Find 100 DZ caches hidden by the same cacher) and “Obsession!=Insanity” (find 50 DZ caches in a day). As the latter would give us our first Blaze Trophy, it was decided to alter everything to include the CCC series.Four Fun, in South Australia published five puzzle caches that would bring good points in the Christmas in July game. Can we solve the puzzles? A few more adjustments to the route and the caches to find list and we would be off.
Having successfully completed our Melbourne challenges and gained our first Blaze Dragon Zone trophy it was time to focus on the Christmas in July game. We started on the Kenneth Stirling Conservation Park puzzle caches recently published by Four-Fun. With Four-Fun's puzzles found it was time to concentrate on several other GCA caches nearby.
As we had a break from grand parent duties today we looked for some caches to fill requirements for the Christmas in July game as well as contribute to Dragon Zone trophy challenges.
After finding a nearby moveable cache we noticed that we had almost driven past this cache so we did an about turn and headed to it. It was a lovely drive to this cache with many local parrots in the trees lining the roads and brilliant rural views. The sun had come out by now and the sky was clear.
Again accurate coordinates lead to a quick find of a well hidden cache. We were surprised to find a blank log book so will claim our second {FTF} at 11:15
Thanks for the cache J_&_J and thank you for bringing us to this lovely rural area
All was running smoothly until the Christmas in July game was announced. We would be travelling in the latter part of the game. It was difficult to include this in our target caches as we did not know what was required. Once the game began and we understood what we needed to do we could then add other caches to the target list.
We were just getting our heads, yes all four of them, around this when more Dragon Zone trophies were added. Which ones could we meet and which should we ignore? Do we need to add more GA caches and/or do we need to change our route and our targets? We decided on our target list and then our route and timeline. We had just drawn a line under everything and were about to begin printing our caching booklets, route maps and target lists when caught@work published 23 new caches on the Western Ring Path. Earlier we had decided on the caches in the Edgewater Walk series. If we added the new ones on the Western Ring Path and as many of the CCC series as possible, we could probably reach the required number of caches to qualify for the Dragon Zone trophies “Restraining Order Stalker” (Find 100 DZ caches hidden by the same cacher) and “Obsession!=Insanity” (find 50 DZ caches in a day). As the latter would give us our first Blaze Trophy, it was decided to alter everything to include the CCC series.Four Fun, in South Australia published five puzzle caches that would bring good points in the Christmas in July game. Can we solve the puzzles? A few more adjustments to the route and the caches to find list and we would be off.
Having successfully completed our Melbourne challenges and gained our first Blaze Dragon Zone trophy it was time to focus on the Christmas in July game. We started on the Kenneth Stirling Conservation Park puzzle caches recently published by Four-Fun. With Four-Fun's puzzles found it was time to concentrate on several other GCA caches nearby.
As we had a break from grand parent duties today we looked for some caches to fill requirements for the Christmas in July game as well as contribute to Dragon Zone trophy challenges.
After finding a nearby moveable cache we noticed that we had almost driven past this cache so we did an about turn and headed to it. It was a lovely drive to this cache with many local parrots in the trees lining the roads and brilliant rural views. The sun had come out by now and the sky was clear.
Again accurate coordinates lead to a quick find of a well hidden cache. We were surprised to find a blank log book so will claim our second {FTF} at 11:15
Thanks for the cache J_&_J and thank you for bringing us to this lovely rural area
