PTiaB #20 (Power Trail in a Box) Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia
By
caughtatwork on 03-Jun-18. Waypoint GA12373
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Micro |
| 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
Onfr / ebbgf bs gur snyyra gerr 2z sebz gur cngu |
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Logs
Nice locale to visit today.
Good spot out of view for most.
The cache was a fairly quick find.
I signed and soon moved on.
TFTC
Good spot out of view for most.
The cache was a fairly quick find.
I signed and soon moved on.
TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
I had travelled to Queenscliff borough to grab some GC caches as this was the last LGA I required in Victoria. However I could hardly ignore the GCA caches down here and this was high on my list to find. Like so many before me, after eventually finding the cache I retired to my car to sign all the logs. It took much longer to find than it should have as there are many dead trees in the area.
Thanks Caughtatwork for this great cache.
Thanks Caughtatwork for this great cache.
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Love a cache with a difference!!
Parked very close so once the container was found we returned to the van. Two pens later we had finished the logging requirements for this one!!!
See the last finder was another Tassie caching couple Sharnies Tribe and that was way back in 2022. Such a pity that the GCA caches don't seem very well supported in this area.
At the moment this cache is a bit tricky to access as a rather large cut limb has been thrown over GZ.
We have a similar cache at home filled with Mint tins but we don't make the finders sign everyone, just read the log in each to see if it is 'the one'.
Thanks CAUGHTATWORK.
Parked very close so once the container was found we returned to the van. Two pens later we had finished the logging requirements for this one!!!
See the last finder was another Tassie caching couple Sharnies Tribe and that was way back in 2022. Such a pity that the GCA caches don't seem very well supported in this area.
At the moment this cache is a bit tricky to access as a rather large cut limb has been thrown over GZ.
We have a similar cache at home filled with Mint tins but we don't make the finders sign everyone, just read the log in each to see if it is 'the one'.
Thanks CAUGHTATWORK.
Rated: for Overall Experience
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
I was spending a couple of days down here so could not resist this interesting cache.
Logged them all in the car.
Great idea!
Logged them all in the car.
Great idea!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Not expecting this as I had not read the full description so this was a bonus.
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Visiting the area on the substitute mega trip! A bonus to find/do this power trail. Thanks C@W
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.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Once we were looking at the correct tree, the kids found it quite easily. This was our first geocache hunt and a good little kick starter in our home town (geelong). Look forward to the next. Thank you.
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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.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Not sure how this works, but all caches were signed.
Thanks for the cache CaughtatWork
#929
Thanks for the cache CaughtatWork
#929Rated: for Overall Experience
Suscoe dropped by here today on our daily walk.
Thanks to caughtatwork for this PTiaB
We did as instructed and completed the logs inside.
Thanks to caughtatwork for this PTiaB
We did as instructed and completed the logs inside.
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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.
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 21 caches.
Many thanks Caughtatwork for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.
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Found this afternoon in the quickest 21 caches ever. Sorry for the copy-paste log but they were all a blur.
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Out caching today with my sister teamashy. We are birdwatching and doing both GC and GA caches. TFTC
The last cache in the series signed and returned to Home Base and now has been logged. We packed up the cache container, waited for a few muggles to pass by before carefully returning the Home Base box to the hide and carefully replacing the cover.
Thanks for this cache in the series Caughtatwork. We now have over 50 finds on the 17th of the month and are another day closer to reaching the Blaze DragonZone Trophy - I Want it All - where we need to find 50 or more valid dragonZone geocaches on each day of the month. We also have added another DragonZone LGA, Queenscliffe, to our found zones. We had fun doing this series Caughtatwork - maybe its time Tasmania had a Power Trail in a Box.
Thanks for this cache in the series Caughtatwork. We now have over 50 finds on the 17th of the month and are another day closer to reaching the Blaze DragonZone Trophy - I Want it All - where we need to find 50 or more valid dragonZone geocaches on each day of the month. We also have added another DragonZone LGA, Queenscliffe, to our found zones. We had fun doing this series Caughtatwork - maybe its time Tasmania had a Power Trail in a Box.
#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. 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
12:30-12:35
2TF after the early edition of this year's World Wide Flash Mob in Leopold.
Logging caches at a frenetic pace... 21 Second-to-find smileys in the space of five minutes? Definitely a personal record.
Phew...
And the logging wasn't over; I returned after bumping into n0w0rries +Wife, locus cache and leafotwind nearby, and went through this rigmarole to help them also sign.
Thanks, C@W for such a fun activity... it really did seem it would never end.
GCA#425
2TF after the early edition of this year's World Wide Flash Mob in Leopold.
Logging caches at a frenetic pace... 21 Second-to-find smileys in the space of five minutes? Definitely a personal record.
Phew...
And the logging wasn't over; I returned after bumping into n0w0rries +Wife, locus cache and leafotwind nearby, and went through this rigmarole to help them also sign.
Thanks, C@W for such a fun activity... it really did seem it would never end.
GCA#425
Rated: for Overall Experience
So we have reached the end of the trail and we feel that we have most certainly earned the right to claim a joint third to find on the Home Base.
With this one sorted we made our way to the biggie!
Thanks again caughtatwork.
We had a ball!
With this one sorted we made our way to the biggie!
Thanks again caughtatwork.
We had a ball!
Rated: for Overall Experience
How very pleased I was to find this today. Since it didn’t have a number I took the liberty of numbering each one as I signed it.
A joint effort by Muggle Hubby and myself. I found the main cache, he retrieved it, and we did as you suggested, took it back to the car.
There he opened each log, passed it to me to number, date and sign, before handing it back to him to put back in it’s container securely.
Thanks for this fun filled cache container. I’m amazed it hadn’t been found already.
It gives me great delight to claim First To Find on this one.
Please forgive the copied logs.
A joint effort by Muggle Hubby and myself. I found the main cache, he retrieved it, and we did as you suggested, took it back to the car.
There he opened each log, passed it to me to number, date and sign, before handing it back to him to put back in it’s container securely.
Thanks for this fun filled cache container. I’m amazed it hadn’t been found already.
It gives me great delight to claim First To Find on this one.
Please forgive the copied logs.
Rated: for Overall Experience
