The Stand - Western Ring Path St Albans, Victoria, Australia
By caughtatwork on 03-Oct-17. Waypoint GA10950

Today we started with the Western Ring Path series of caches then headed over to Cairnlea to find some more in that area. This one was 1st on the list before we split up and headed off on our mission of finding 36 caches. Unfortunately we could only manage 24 finds, the rest were DNF"S.

This one is in need of urgent maintainence as only the container remains. Stamped the container.

Another one that blends in well with the location. Couldn't see it, but felt in while checking the area. Fits in nicely.

Last one for today. Back again in a few days so hope to grab the other half a dozen them.

Thanks again for the series....and what turned out to be a pretty good walk today. My wife certainly enjoyed the sunshine.

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17:35
This one had its very own 8-legged guardian. As I didn't notice it until I'd picked up the container, the creature landed way... over... there, somewhere. Problem solved.

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Well.

This wasn't the day I'd planned, but family matters had turned the weekend on its head. Between sleeping in after the fun of caching in the dark until so late it was almost early, and staying at home to referee while the better half ran some errands, it wasn't until mid afternoon that I rolled out the gate.

Finally logging my first cache for the day after crossing the Whitten Bridge, I continued anticlockwise around the Ring Road, bagging 42 finds, and a handful of DNFs.

Thanks, C@W... today's haul has gone a long way toward my ambition of getting my GA logs over 10% of the GC total.

GCA#267

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This section of the path is surrounded by were dry grass and a scattering of low shrubs that seem to be struggling to survive. I'm sure the CO's comments about the pollution from the highway, soil and lack of water are all factors contributing to the sorry sight of these little stands of trees. Its a pity that some local governments do not do a little research into plants that are most likely to survive and enhance these areas before spending their tax/rate payers money.

After a circuit of the stand the cache container was located tucked well out of sight. Again we admired the creative use of what was available in the area. Container and contents were in good order.

Thanks for another good hide along this pathway Caughtatwork.

I am staying with my auntie 'cathlud' this weekend and we love the Western Ring Path caches. She says that they are good for me to find. I enjoy using her GPS, reading the cache descriptions and then searching for the caches.

I couldn't find this cache until my auntie pointed to it. It was good camouflage.

Thank you for placing this cache for us to find.

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My niece (PrincessFiona) is unexpectedly staying with me for the next four days. We had a few hours free-time this morning and I noticed that another section of the Western Ring Path of caches had been recently published. We have previously enjoyed this series so we made the 40 minute drive from home, to spend 70 minutes caching and then 40 minute drive back.
I let my niece use my GPS and find the caches. I sign the log (she can't write small enough on the narrow logs) and she rehides the cache before we are off to the next one.

As we walked along we discussed what 'Stand' could indicate. The power-line towers STAND very tall but we were looking for, and found, a STAND of trees.

Thank you caughtatwork for this cache and continuing series.

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#GA2062 - 13:00; In Melbourne with the geohoney for a few days to visit the geoteen, and today the girls had a day planned around appointments, retail and the art gallery, so I was off a caching again! The plan for today was to collect eleven new caches along the Western Ring Path which have appeared since my last visit in July. Parked not too far from the start of this section of the trail and headed off on foot. Managed to collect eleven caches for eleven *FTF* as I made my way along the bikepath. I checked the hints for a couple of the caches where there were muggles close by and I wanted to speed up the hunt to avoid scrutiny, but the majority were easily located and the coords were spot on the whole way along. Decided to move the geomobile and I probably took the long way around, but managed to find a convenient park near the trail to continue the mission. This one was neatly tucked away out of sight, but made the find okay. TFTC caughtatwork

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Come and find me.