Okopipi Howrah, Tasmania, Australia
By gooseandegg on 12-Nov-17. Waypoint GA11071

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Type: Moveable
Container: Micro
Coordinates: S42° 54.283' E147° 25.141' (WGS 84)
  55G 534206E 5249680N (UTM)
Elevation: 33 m
Local Government Area: Clarence

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Okopipi is the native name for the Blue Poison Dart Frog. It is usually found in the forests surrounded by the Sipaliwini Savanna in southern Suriname (in South America).

 

Okopipi

This one has escaped.........

 

A moveable with a mission to get back to Tasmania. This moveable is in a race to get back to Southern Tasmania. Who or what is it racing against you may ask, well it’s in a race with GA11068 Stainless Steel Speedboat  We will both place a moveable in Tasmania and then the other will move it to the same location in Alexandra Victoria, the goal is who’s moveable can get back to the location it was first hidden in shortest time. Please help our moveables make it back to the Apple Isle.     

    

                                                                                                                          Mission aborted                                                                                                                                  

Okopipi is now back in Tasmania and ready to be found and moved as normal. He will be hanging out with Neville while he is waiting for some love.  Just a reminder that Neville is retired and lives at this location permanently.

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15-Apr-21
Bye Bye Okopipi

It was nice to meet you
 
15-Apr-21
Staying home Exclamation
 
15-Apr-21
Moved 3.04km
moved home to retire
 
20-Oct-20
Spotted with Goose's party gnomes while collecting a dino. You certainly have a nice retirement home.
 
01-Mar-20
Nice to find this cache at the event. Never seen it before and it was good to catch up with it before it retires.

Tftc.
 
29-Feb-20
Hi goose
Found and Sainted this cache at the Leap Year Event this morning
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
 
29-Feb-20
Spotted this guy at the Leap Year Event today - a very appropriate moveable for the day!
 
29-Feb-20
What a social frog, spotted at the GC Leap Day Event. TFTM
 
29-Feb-20
"Hello gooseandegg thank you for the cache.

I spotted your cache on the table to the leap day event.

Found on Saturday 29 February 2020 at 1058

TFTC"
 
29-Feb-20
Moved 3.04km
Making a guest appearance at the request of budgie.
Will be coming back home with me
 
27-Jan-20
Spotted hanging out with Boris and Neville. Let him be, so he could party on. TFTM
 
29-Dec-19
Hi Goose
Had walked into and out of the Jurassic Park with Budge and stopped to get another on the way back to Hobart; then pulled up here to let Budgie get CHIRPED in Hobart!
Following these finds it was off to a mates place for a visit
Arrived and was invited for lunch and a FRANKS - sure tasted good after the hard morning I had put in
Mine host's hospitality was really appreciated - THANK YOU
This cache was Sainted at 1305 hours without mine host's knowledge as I left- Thanks again
Loved the cache hide; sorry I disturbed the caching party for Nev and his mate
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
 
27-Dec-19
Welcome home little buddy!

Found partying with my gnomes and a lot of other creatures! I keep telling them "no more parties", but do they listen? Brick Wall
 
27-Dec-19
Moved 166.96km
Visiting the party gnomes and home to see Dad, Mum and my sisters
 
26-Dec-19
Grabbed, will move on soon.
 
26-Dec-19
Moved 438.11km
Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur Swapped over, already collected Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur
 
13-Dec-19
Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur Collected Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur
 
29-Oct-19
Moved 7.18km
Dropped off into hiding place.
 
29-Oct-19
Surprised it was still there & waiting.
Will move on next location.
Thanks I'm a Laaaaaaaady, duh!Clan Griffin
 
A review of this moveable has shown that the cache is still in location, just sitting there waiting to be found. So, if you're in the area, or simply passing through, why not stop and help it on its way again.....
 
07-Jun-19
DancingDancing First logged find woohoo left him there couldn't get him closer to Tazzie good lucks DancingDancing
 
24-Mar-19
Moved 742.66km
Dropped the frog. Waiting to be picked up
 
24-Mar-19
Found in the hands of Thomo31.
 
24-Mar-19
Found in the hands of Thomo31.
 
21-Mar-19
 
18-Mar-19
A group of trackables on their way to Victoria with thomo31. SL Tnx gooseandegg
 
16-Mar-19
TFTC!! Mr. GreenMr. GreenMr. GreenMr. Green
 
15-Mar-19
Another frog retrieved and he will soon be going away on a long trip.
Thanks for the frog.
 
15-Mar-19
Moved 24.86km
Picked up while caching with rogerw3. Resting with a group of moveables before heading in a journey next week.
 
11-Mar-19
On a day trip in the area with LuckyL10n and we stopped by to grab to this one. Log was signed and cache was left in the location.

Thanks for the moveable goosenandegg.
 
11-Mar-19
#GA3465 - 13:10; In Sydney on a caching mission with Sol de lune and after a stroll in the bush a little to the south, we headed in to SIEC for a couple of moveables including this one. An easy find, log signed and left in place for the next finder. TFTC gooseandegg Very HappyClan Cerberus
 
15-Feb-19
Moved 41.62km
S33 51.529 E150 51.487 to S33 51.530 E150 51.484 ---- 2 for the $ of 1 visit - a nice look out here - enjoy
 
05-Jan-19
Found in the hands of HansJJ – its been a fantastic time to see these movables – both of us enjoyed them – many thanks – I love them Clan Griffin
 
05-Jan-19
Found in the hands of HansJJ – its been a fantastic time to see these movables – both of us enjoyed them – many thanks Clan Griffin
 
31-Dec-18
I was here in this area to complete some caches and came here to do a history cache, there was a movable close by and I thought I will see if it is still there, Well, I found many items here. Took a couple of seconds to register what’s going on and I figured I will take them all. That is 4 off movables and this is one of them. I will be moving them further west of here on a day trip planed.
Also, today I wanted to find this cache for the Journey or Destination - Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST
It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.
On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.
For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.
1.Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.
2.Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.
3.Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.
4.Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.
5.Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.
Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.
Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.
At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.
Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.
A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia
The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing
The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period
The geocache was physically found by you during the game period
The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache
The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period
The geocache is one of the following types:
Burke and Wills, Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache), Traditional, TrigPoint, Augmented Reality, Beacon, Gadget, Multi-cache, Night Cache, Podcache, Reverse, Unknown or Mystery
A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:
The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia, The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced, The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period, The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more), The geocache is one of the following types:, Moveable, Traditional, Augmented Reality, Beacon, Gadget, Multi-cache, Night Cache, Podcache, Reverse, Unknown or Mystery
The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.
The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.
Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.
The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.
The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.
Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
So, A BIG thanks for the movable, I must say a very interesting movable it is. Clan GriffinClan GriffinClan Griffin
 
08-Dec-18
Moved 0.79km
Back in play with a few others for company
 
04-Dec-18
Found with the geokids after a big caching day. TFTC
 
Found in the hands of teamMerlin
 
03-Dec-18
Family day out looking for caches and moveables!
 
03-Dec-18
Found with Team Merlin and others
 
01-Dec-18
Found this one hiding away...will move on shortly.
 
01-Dec-18
Moved 15.34km
Moved to Tizzana Winery with a few others hiding behind the guardrail hoping to stay out of sight from the dragons. Thanks gooseandegg
 
22-Sep-18
Picked up to move on somewhere else. Thanks for the moveable gooseandegg
 
19-Sep-18
Moved 24.05km
moved to a new area near water
 
17-Sep-18
collected to move along after a morning walk through this area
 
15-Sep-18
Moved 112.25km
Moved closer to the Sydney action at the foot of the Blue Mountains.
 
14-Sep-18
Got this one on a trip down to Berry, thanks tuena for the help.
 
13-Sep-18
Moved 20.65km
Virtual move as will be picked up tomorrow - don't look here.
 
13-Sep-18
Retrieved from this lonely valley with nigh a kangaroo in sight.
 
07-May-18
Moved 144.32km
Moved to a location along the road to Tallowa Dam in Kangaroo Valley. You will have to negotiate the embankment - don't park on the road. High clearance vehicle but 4WD not necessary. There are a couple of options to access the parking. A short walk into the bush with some fine scribbly gums to admire. Cache is with a few other moveables. Averaged location. If you see a large, leaning scribbly gum you're nearly there.
 
28-Feb-18
Found in the Woolies carpark - thanks Roger.
 
28-Feb-18
Moved 0.38km
Moved to Woollies for pick up, don't bother looking gone already.
 
24-Feb-18
Here we are again, must take you further away next week.
 
23-Feb-18
I decided to take advantage of a couple flexdays to come up the mountains and stay with my favorite old man
Of course there was a price to pay and I was made to find a few caches to pay for my bread and board, nothing onerous this far but I fear he may have other plans for the next couple days.
Thanks for the cache
 
22-Feb-18
Moved 32.42km

Okoppi is now in Lithgow!

 
21-Feb-18
Logged while in the hands of a local cacher. TFTC
 
18-Feb-18

Found! Very near my house! Will be moving it along soon!

 
18-Feb-18
Moved 67.4km
Moved up the mountains to visit the local Geocacher.
Don't bother looking, already picked up.
 
18-Feb-18
Got you, now what to do with you
 
17-Feb-18
Moved 917.64km
 
18-Jan-18
Picked up and moving north.
 
15-Jan-18
Moved 3.75km
Ready to travel.
 
14-Jan-18
Quick find in a top spot. TFTC Gooseandegg....cheers ST.
 
10-Jan-18
Moved 26.86km
After a quick sleep over Okopipi is back out again in a spot with a great view
 
09-Jan-18
A quick find, well he actually found us! Very cute little guy, will move him on asap. TFTC
 
09-Jan-18
Moved 239.66km
As the rain fell this morning Okopipi started to get restless so he hopped in the car as we we getting ready to head west for lunch with friends. He was last seen sitting on a fellow cachers door mat.

Happy travels Okopipi
 
06-Jan-18
After a Friday night commitment in Hobart we decided to spend part of Saturday caching before we headed home. We had some GCA caches to find on the Eastern shore and noticed this moveable was in residence on Rosny Hill so made a detour to pick him up. What a great little frog! He certainly wouldn't go unseen with his iridescent blue skin - might make it easy for predators to spot him. We'll take him for a little trip to the north west where we are sure he will be moved around. We left the other residents in place as we have found them all previously.

Thanks for this little hopper GooseandEgg we are sure it will have many more adventures as it travels around. It might even make it to this years Parkville event. No poison darts today, maybe it was just too hot.
 
22-Dec-17
Moved 24.24km
Back out in a well used hide with two hides
 
21-Dec-17
We left sunny Sandford early this morning bound for Huonville where it was cloudy, cool and trying to rain. We had a traditional, a puzzle, a multi and this cache on our list and they were all still FTFs (except Okopipi) so we thought we should go for a drive. We managed to get through the work traffic in Davey Street and were soon on our way south. This was our second stop as we had spent a little while trying to find the well hidden puzzle cache which was not what we were expecting. Arriving at GZ we parked and saw that GZ was 78 m away. We followed the compass and it took us into private property, which we didn't think would be correct, so returned to the car to get the coords again in case they had been entered incorrectly but no still showing 78 m! We thought it was a likely spot to hide a moveable so hunted around all the black stumps until we came up with Okopipi who was 30 m from GZ. Hopefully will be able to use this find as a scavenge in the State of the Nations games which run from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018. Will move on soon.

States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.

There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.

Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.

Go Tassie! Go Tassie!! Go Tassie !!! Go Tassie !!!!! Go Tassie !!!!!! Go Tassie !!!!!!!
 
20-Dec-17
Moved 24.24km
This little poisonous critter didn't get me much to some people's disappointment but he's in a quiet spot waiting for his next victim
MERRY CHRISTMAS and a SAFE FESTIVE SEASON to all
Cheers OldSaint
 
18-Dec-17
Hi gooseandegg
Woke up this morning and it was seven days to Christmas.
With the “States of the Nation” in motion; it was time to go and hunt plastic to overcome the feeling of “caches” necessary.

Weather:
Overcast and windy at Huonville but warm at the start of the day
Clouds cleared to blue skies with a few clouds and the wind dropped away
Temperature was hot: At Sandford while doing the first cache it was twenty-one degrees Celsius; Rosny Hill saw the temperature increase to twenty-four degrees Celsius at Brighton it increased to twenty-six degrees Celsius and back in Huonville it dropped to twenty-four again.
Consequently, no rain.

Travel:
Drove from Huonville to Hobart, then to Sandford to look for GA11132 “Chirp on Sanford; to Rosny Hill for GA11071 “Okopipi”; then a drive to Otago for a trig TP7737 “Lower Direction ST783” and finally to Brighton to find TP7738 “Brighton Council Office” covering a total distance of 178 kilometres in the car by the time we returned to Huonville. It was very hot in the car, but the air conditioner gave relief to the heat.
For the day, it took 2947 steps burning 1314 calories to cover a total of 2.44 kilometres and find four caches on foot. A total of 180.44 kilometres for the whole caching day.

GA11071 Okopipi
Having found GA11132 “Chirp on Sandford” hidden by whitewebbs; we drove 18.7 kilometres to Rosny Hill from Sandford to look for the little “poisonous critter” hidden by yourself.
It was only a short walk of fifty to sixty metres from where I parked the car to ground zero. There was a muggle walking down the road toward me as I made the find, but because it was a moveable cache I went ahead with the find and taking the usual photographs. We passed greetings as she walked by with no harm done.
This was a quick find as I have found other such caches here before.
The cache was Sainted at 1144 hours.
Walking from the car to ground zero and back was enjoyable taking 157 steps, burning only 43 calories to cover the 140 metres that I walked.
Many memories of caches past hidden came flooding back as I did this cache
THANK YOU for the memories on such a nice day.
The little blue critter will be back out for others to find for "States of the Nation."

TFTC and a MERRY CHRISTMAS to you and yours
Stay safe over the festive season
Cheers OldSaint.
 
13-Dec-17
Moved 6.25km
back out in well used hide. Found two other moveables there as well which haven't been collected since I moved them there, so a three smilies for one stop.
 
13-Dec-17
Neville and Okopipi were just relaxing when I snooped. Swooped I mean. Even though the neighbours probably thought I was snooping or worse! A very cute frog. Will move on soon. TFTM
 
12-Dec-17
Moved 653.07km
After a very short time in Alexandra Okopipi was still not happy so has returned to Tasmania. Neville has been teaching Okopipi how to be a good movable and Okopipi is now ready to tour around and is waiting to be collected. (a reminder that Neville has retired from traveling so don't take him please.)
 
19-Nov-17
The plan didn't go quite as anticipated. Okopipi was too frightened to stay in country Victoria.......
 
19-Nov-17
Moved 160.97km
 
moving to Alex to start the race, will hide it this weekend
 
17-Nov-17
Ready to be swapped with stainless-steel-rat
 
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