McLaren Vale Tour #05 - Gemtree McLaren Flat, South Australia, Australia
By
J_&_J on 10-Feb-18. Waypoint GA11455
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S35° 12.218' E138° 36.951' (WGS 84) |
| 54H 282961E 6101770N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 141 m |
| Local Government Area: | Onkaparinga |
| Tour: | McLaren Vale Tour |
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Description
J & J's seventy-fifth geocache hide. A traditional in a gem of a location.
This is geocache number five of eleven in the McLaren Vale Tour.
To view the Tour in it's entirety, please click HERE.
This is our Gemtree story…There was once a tree. Not the tallest tree, nor the oldest tree, but a tree that had put its roots in just the right part of the paddock. Here the soil was deep and layered - sometimes hard and rocky, elsewhere soft and sandy - and the wind had just enough room to move, and even the rain - when it was kind enough to visit - would fall evenly and gently. Because of its favoured position, the grasses grew tall against its trunk, and the wild flowers were easily encouraged to grow closely around it, and the insects and birds that looked to trees for shelter and for vantage, eagerly moved in. One day a farmer approached the tree and wondered: “You do not grow the strongest, nor the fastest, so why is it that you grow the best fruit?” The tree let the answer whisper through the wind in its branches: “If I am shown a patient mind and a gentle hand, if I am left to follow the rhythms of my seasons – to rest in Winter; to revive in Spring; to make busy in Summer; and to provide in Fall – then I can offer fruit that tastes not just of the ground upwards, but also of the sky downwards, and of everything around me.” The farmer thought to himself: “This is truly a Gemtree – it takes only what it can give back to the land, it contributes to its surroundings, and it provides for those that live around it.” This is the heart of the Gemtree story: growing better wine ~ naturally. |
Click here to visit the Gemtree website
Access to this cache is via the cattle grid in the above image, off of Elliot Road, east of the cache.
The land is privately owned, but open to public access.
You are searching for a small Sistema container painted in cammo colours.
Remember to record the clue that is under the lid of this cache.
Happy hunting!
Hints
Tebhaq yriry, oruvaq gur OSG. :C |
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Decode |
Logs
Container had a hole in lid not able to replace when we revisited. I have a photo of where we hid it . Not sure how I privately message as new to Geocache Australia site.
Cheers again J&J
What good people these are in their efforts to care for and improve country.
Thanks Gemtree.
TFTC J_&J.
Thanks for your detailed information about accessing this cache site. We would have struggled to find this one without them.
What a beautiful cache guardian. Again accurate coordinates led to a quick find of a well hidden container. All was well with container and contents.
Thanks for this cache J_&_J. This was probably our favorite cache site today.
It took me a few up and backs to find the way into this one. Which is a little embarrassing since I've been in here before for the other cache and I was just as confused last time... But still a FTF so all is good!
TFTC
