PTiaB Home Base (Power Trail in a Box) Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia
By
caughtatwork on 03-Jun-18. Waypoint GA12352
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S38° 17.453' E144° 36.853' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 291350E 5759217N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 11 m |
| Local Government Area: | Queenscliffe |
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Description
A Power Trail in a Box
Point Lonsdale Lighthouse is close to the township of Point Lonsdale in the dragonZone of Queenscliffe. It stands at the eastern end of the Bellarine Peninsula, on the western side of the entrance to Port Phillip from Bass Strait, on a headland overlooking the "Rip", a stretch of water considered one of the ten most treacherous navigable passages in the world, and the only seaborne approach to Melbourne.
Take a few moments to visit the lighthouse and grab the virtual geocache for the Lighthouses of VIC - Point Lonsdale Lighthouse listing. Then when you are done with that return to the carpark, find this geocache and then take a few minutes to return to your car to make you log.
Why return to the car? Well this is a Power Trail in a Box. Inside this 2 litre "Home Base" there are 20 film canisters, each a geocache in their own right. You log Home Base using the full size log book and each of the 20 film canisters by opening each canister and making your log on the scroll inside the canister. When you are done you will have collected the full Power Trail of 21 geocaches all while sitting in your car. Geocaching cannot get much easier than that.
This Power Trail in based on the same concept in the ACT called IAATN Power Trail in a Can and for those who are interested in chasing numbers, this is the perfect way to build those numbers without the effort or exertion that follows after walking 5 kilometres.
Given this is a box of 21 geocaches, please rehide the Home Base geocache well so it doesn't go missing and lose all 21 of these bautiful geocaches and watch out for muggles qas they will appear along the path out of nowehere.
Hints
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Logs
We were in the Point Lonsdale area today adventure labbing and took the opportunity to grab a few GCA caches as well, this one was on the hit list. All good at GZ, took the container to the car and signed all the logbooks. TFTC
My first major trip to the mainland since Covid I spent four days in Geelong after a few caches. This was my last find for the day and not realizing the time required to sign the log an early return to my accommodation went out of the window. 
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Visiting the area on the substitute mega trip! A bonus to find/do this power trail. Thanks C@W
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Well this was a bit of a surprise, having not read any of the listings out this way it was a bonus to find a power trail!
Thanks for this and the rest of the series.
Thanks for this and the rest of the series.
What a brilliant idea. Thanks for the chance to complete this power trail CAUGHTATWORK 
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What a cool idea.
We set up a system, one opened the other signed.
We got through this mini power trail in a box quickly while enjoying our visit to Point Lonsdale.
Thanks caughtatwork for the caches.
We set up a system, one opened the other signed.
We got through this mini power trail in a box quickly while enjoying our visit to Point Lonsdale.
Thanks caughtatwork for the caches.
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Great spot to get out and get some fresh, well sort of.
All caches signed and replaced as found.
Thanks for the series Caughtatwork
#950
All caches signed and replaced as found.
Thanks for the series Caughtatwork
#950Rated: for Overall Experience
Thanks to CaughtatWork for this series in a box.
Suscoe enjoyed sitting in the car following our daily masked and sanitized walk.
A few other people were out enjoying their daily exercise in the sun as well.
We worked our way through the logs.
Great to ge to the home bse after all that work.
Suscoe enjoyed sitting in the car following our daily masked and sanitized walk.
A few other people were out enjoying their daily exercise in the sun as well.
We worked our way through the logs.
Great to ge to the home bse after all that work.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I sat down at GZ to do the signing duties as it was so windy and cold no one was around. Well that is what I thought till I felt someone looking at me - two magpies less than a metre away. Tried to shoo them away but I think they wanted the Tassie Trekkers pathtag! No way it is mine - such a beautiful pathtag, thanks. TFTC caughtatwork - a great idea.
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Staying at Geelong we planned to cache in and around Queenscliff today. A beautiful area to visit and explore, made a quick find here and returned to the car to complete signing duties of the additional 20 caches.
Many thanks Caughtatwork for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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We were in the area for a few days and I couldn't leave without finding this powertrail. After a visit to the lighthouse for the obligatory photo opp then over to gz where we quickly located the container and picked a shady spot to sit and perform the signing duties.
Once we "finished" the trail the kids replaced the container and I made sure the camo was replaced.
Thanks caughtatwork for the unique powertrain.
Once we "finished" the trail the kids replaced the container and I made sure the camo was replaced.
Thanks caughtatwork for the unique powertrain.
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Interesting type of power trail, in good order and could be seen but you had to be standing above it. Have ensured it is well hidden.
Having a coaching day out with my sister teamashy. We were doing a few GC nearby and I had noticed this before I arrived in Geelong. At GZ a quick find then back to the car. we sat and signed the logs in each of the containers then after signing the main log book, returned the main cintainer to its hidey hole. Thanks for the cache(s).
When this series was published we immediately added it to our must find on our next trip to the mainland list for several reasons. The first being that there were 21 GCA caches in one spot, we had at the time many days with less than 50 finds. These caches were also in the Queenscliffe Local Government Area. We did not have a DragonZone cache find in this LGA. So after caching on the Mornington peninsula for several days we hopped on the ferry from Sorrento to Queenscliffe and headed to this series.
It was a perfect sunny morning with no wind. We were lucky there few muggles around as it took a minute or two to locate the cache, the previous finders had hidden it very well. After locating this cache container we moved further into the scrub and, sitting on a fallen dead tree with the sun on our backs, we signed the log for this cache and the logs of those caches in the box.
Thanks for this cache Caughtatwork we appreciate the placement of a GCA dragonZone cache in Queenscliffe. We also enjoyed your thoughtful placement, close to the car park so signing could be done in the car and close to several fallen logs that make natural seats for those who want to sit quietly in the sun while signing. All was well with the cache container and its contents.
It was a perfect sunny morning with no wind. We were lucky there few muggles around as it took a minute or two to locate the cache, the previous finders had hidden it very well. After locating this cache container we moved further into the scrub and, sitting on a fallen dead tree with the sun on our backs, we signed the log for this cache and the logs of those caches in the box.
Thanks for this cache Caughtatwork we appreciate the placement of a GCA dragonZone cache in Queenscliffe. We also enjoyed your thoughtful placement, close to the car park so signing could be done in the car and close to several fallen logs that make natural seats for those who want to sit quietly in the sun while signing. All was well with the cache container and its contents.
#GA3073 - 09:40; #GA3053 - 09:40; In Melbourne for a big footy weekend and with some time to spare on a fine Saturday morning, we headed to Queenscliffe to add another dragonZone to our tally. In particular, this "series" was at the top of the list. Made the find and then headed to the picnic table for log signing duties. A great series and a great reason to visit Point Lonsdale/Queenscliffe. TFTC caughtatwork
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Found on an excellent footy trip to Melbourne with Sol de lune and LuckyL10n. What a great setup - after a quick find at GZ, we sat down and systematically signed all the logs in a beautiful Point Lonsdale environment. Very enjoyable! TFTC C@W!
A weekend trip to Melbourne to attend a few AFL games with LuckyL10n, Toy Hunters and a few local friends and family, gave us the opportunity to head down this way for a can load of caches.
Arrived at GZ and soon had the PT in hand. We then headed over to the nearby board riders club to sit at the picnic table and start the signing duties. The weather was ok at this stage and sitting there 'opening' and 'signing' was rather pleasant. Once the duties were completed, everything was packed up and returned to it's hidey hole. From there we headed up to the lighthouse and then down to the pier. Haven't been down this was for quite a few years, so it was interesting to see the area again.
Have found a couple of these PT's around home, however it was good to find one in a different part of the country.
Thanks caughtatwork.....a great addition to our weekend away.
Arrived at GZ and soon had the PT in hand. We then headed over to the nearby board riders club to sit at the picnic table and start the signing duties. The weather was ok at this stage and sitting there 'opening' and 'signing' was rather pleasant. Once the duties were completed, everything was packed up and returned to it's hidey hole. From there we headed up to the lighthouse and then down to the pier. Haven't been down this was for quite a few years, so it was interesting to see the area again.
Have found a couple of these PT's around home, however it was good to find one in a different part of the country.
Thanks caughtatwork.....a great addition to our weekend away.
Rated: for Overall Experience
12:30
2TF after the early edition of this year's World Wide Flash Mob in Leopold.
A nice easy find after somebody vacated a convenient parking spot within easy walking distance.
Now the fun part...
GCA#405
2TF after the early edition of this year's World Wide Flash Mob in Leopold.
A nice easy find after somebody vacated a convenient parking spot within easy walking distance.
Now the fun part...
GCA#405
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As a team we would like to congratulate CybergranV for gaining First honors here, also to nirgal for second place and his assistance with our logs.
Of course not forgetting the cache owner, without whom none of this would have been possible.
Muchas gracias caughtatwork.
Of course not forgetting the cache owner, without whom none of this would have been possible.
Muchas gracias caughtatwork.
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First to Find at 3.11pm
I have been watching this since the cache was published five days ago.
I never expected to get 1st to find on these.
I just wanted to experience this most unusual cache type.
coming to Geelong this long weekend gave us the perfect opportunity to find it .
thanks so much for the caches Caughtatwork.
Logs following for the other twenty
I have been watching this since the cache was published five days ago.
I never expected to get 1st to find on these.
I just wanted to experience this most unusual cache type.
coming to Geelong this long weekend gave us the perfect opportunity to find it .
thanks so much for the caches Caughtatwork.
Logs following for the other twenty
