52 Pick-Up - Eight of Hearts New South Wales, Australia
By fitzy_1965 on 10-Jun-18. Waypoint GA12276

Highway; heading north. Room for a caravan. Road guard at Billabong Creek.

I picked this up today. The cache outside was filthy and I wiped the dirt off on the grass, but the inside was as new. Will move it on. TFTC fitzy_1965.

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Apologise for the long re-deployment

Safe Travels

I was in town catching up with friends for a few days and happened to see this one on the map. I swung past to grab the moveable and a few photos. A couple of club cars were nearby so had to wait for them to move along so I could 'pick up' and head off.
This one is therefore now in my possession and will be moved asap.

Thanks fitzy_1965 for the moveable cache.

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now accompanying a GC cache at One Tree Hill lookout

Picked up to hide elsewhere

Reading previous logs for this moveable indicates 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.....

found but left here for someone else to move on

Hiding below a descendant of the original Lone Pine.

A quick find on our way home from a day visit to the Riverland. Is there a series of GCA moveables based on a full deck of Uno cards?

This geocache is no longer at the current coordinates as it's awaiting it's next move at J & J Central.

Thanks fitzy_1965.

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A popular spot around here it seems!
Found two moveables within 20m of each other
Will move it along soon
Cheers

Another moveable making its was around SA

We found this moveable in the bag we collected from ParisLaura after the pub lunch today. We will move it along soon.

Moved this one along today at a GC event. Some lovely Tassies took it with them to continue its journey

'Just a Cacher' was in town and met me in the city for a bit of a moveable swap. This one is therefore now in my possession and will be moved asap. TFTC

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down and gone

Out for a late night run with Just a cacher.
We will put these out again soon to continue their journey.

Saw this heap of movables come up and headed out for an evening drive with Black Bunny.
In good condition.

In the Wingello SF which is well known for mountain bike riders, sled dogging, 4 wheel driving & camping. Visitors to the Forest are advised that there will be a recreational event in the forest on 4-5 May 2019 with a dog club event in the main campground.

Prisoners exchanged - thanks Roger.

Moving down the coast for a prisoner exchange, don't go looking it will be gone already.

Picked up, so don't go looking this one is now home!

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Dropped off, but already picked up

Found in the hands of thomo31

Grabbed some movables as they came through The Rock in the capable hands of thomo31.

Heading to the Blue Mountains this week

Found in the hands of Thomo31.

Picked up in Bendigo and having a rest in Geelong before heading to the Blue Mountains in 2 weeks. TFTC

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Picked up along with quite a few others and they are now all on their way to Bendigo via Echuca over the next couple of days.

Having had a smooth trip on the Spirit of Tasmania, and an equally smooth trip by vehicle northwards, this moveable is now comfortably residing at Shepparton until it is collected to continue its journey

We collected this one last night in Devonport, after a lovely farewell dinner with 2y’stassies
Today he is on board the Spirit of Tasmania to start a new adventure on the mainland
Thanks for the opportunity of moving him
And hopefully another footstep towards my destination
Currently in transit

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On our recent trip to the south of the state we collected up a few moveable caches, today they were passed on to another team who will help them continue their journeys, thanks for travelling with us for a bit

Out and about again in the south of the state. This was a quick find in a lovely location, we seem to have collected up a few moveables this weekend and will move them towards the north of the state in the next few days. TFTC

Back out with a couple of mates

Found. Thanks for the cache. Taken for a drive. back out soon.

found with Lil Rafa

back out with one other waiting to be found again

Quick find while in the company of gooseandegg, I will move on as soon as I can but since I have so many it could take me a few days

Thanks for the moveable.

Found hanging out with Neville. Will be moved soon.

Conversing with Neville

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Hi fitzy
A quick find in the hand off
Sainted at 0830 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My finds: GCA 3445; GC 3599; TOT 7044

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Hand Off

Found this moveable in the hands of a friend, I will move on

TFTC and Happy New Year

Found this cache while out and about today

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.


Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.

Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.

Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.

Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.

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.

Given to Budgie while in Trevallyn, now heading south

Grabbed Happy New Year

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Back out

Out finding moveables for the current games and this was one of them.

Many thanks Fitzy_1965 for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.

Tassie Trekkers are now a locationless geocache we have published a 'Geocacher cache' - Travelling Trekkers GA10932 - so if you spot us in your area sign our log book and receive a code word to earn yourself a

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We needed to hide some of the moveable caches that we have in our possession and dropped this one off along the way to Launceston. This cache started it's Tassie journey in the north west of the state and is now in the north waiting for it's next move. TFTC

A quick find in an area we visit fairly regularly. Great food and coffee available and now also a place to find some moveable caches. We'll move this one towards the north of the state to continue it's Tassie journey. TFTC

Left beside the highway with a couple of other moveables

Before we started heading south today we check our route for moveable caches. We added these to our list and this was the first moveable collected. We were surprised to find this cache here as the coordinates sujested it was elsewhere. We will take this one for a short journey before releasing it.

A muster of old moveables in Canberra was called for, so a heap were collected and they have now made their home in and around Melbourne......hope they enjoy their new surroundings.

Time for a muster of some of the moveables in Canberra. This one is now in my hands and heading off to Melbourne to find a new home and hopefully found a few more times.

Found tonight and thought what a great idea for a series. Will move on shortly. Tftc Fitzy_1965

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Now ready for the next pickup

Found with Joolay after the event at the Gungahlin Lakes Club - we ventured out in the rain to make this grab and nearly got blown over. Joolay will move them on soon. TFTC

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Found with Kittykatch after a GC event. Will move this on when I have a spot to leave them. It was fun chasing these down and a great idea. Tonight when picking them up it went from no rain to a raging wind/rain storm but we still got them

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Spotted this cache as well as many other moveables in the hands of albida33 at the International Geocaching Day event in Belconnen today.
Signed all the logs for those that had them
Thanks for creating this cache!

After taking the bucket of caches to the International Caching day Event in Belconnen, I found a spot to drop them all off than most GCA cachers will know.

Ready to be found !

Thanks
Albida

It was great to be able to collect this cache. I will move it on tomorrow.

Thanks
Albida

After a long time hanging around, this one has been grabbed again.

Another neat series of moveables....with an obvious change to continue it one with the other suits.

Have always enjoyed a game of 52 pick-up...great fun to play, especially with an unsuspecting younger sibling. As the listing says, So Don't Laugh

Thanks fitzy_1965.....look forward to seeing more.

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Found in the hands of SdL and LL. Very good idea for a moveable cache set - cheers Fitzy!

Oh my, an early return to Canberra after today's weather not conductive to Snowboarding, and I met these near home.

TFTC Fitzy!

Dealt this one out with its mates for another hand.....

#GA3035 - 14:00; Stopped by to drop of another trackable I had collected on a recent trip north and discovered a bunch of moveables I was not expecting to be here. The previous log suggested these had been picked up, but it seems they weren't, so happy to claim a belated *FTF* as a bonus. TFTC fitzy_1965

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Dropped - but already in the hands of another cacher !

Grabbed these new movables off fitzy_1965 which I'll more than likely release in Canberra later in the week. I won't be claiming FTF.

Neat idea for a series of movables. Having fallen victim to the game in my youth, there is no need for google here!

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This one is ready to go. Down but collected by another cacher already - who is NOT claiming the first to find. It will be back out in the wild as soon as possible.