Lone Post [KCW] Caroline Springs, Victoria, Australia
By caughtatwork on 01-Jun-19. Waypoint GA13808
Cache Details
Difficulty: | |
Terrain: | |
Type: | Traditional |
Container: | Small |
Coordinates: | S37° 44.122' E144° 44.114' (WGS 84) |
55H 300433E 5821131N (UTM) | |
Elevation: | 80 m |
Local Government Area: | Melton |
Description
Kororoit Creek Walk - Lone Post
It appears that there was a fence along here a long time ago as there are fence posts but there is no fencing wire any anything to indicate they are still in use. This lone post here in amongst the grass, shrubs and rocks is the home to a 200ml sistema container and you should be able to find this one with ease.
About Kororoit Creek
The Kororoit Creek rises below Mount Kororoit, northeast of Melton in the north western outer suburbs of Melbourne. The creek's headwaters are north of Sunbury at approximately 400 metres (1,300 ft) above sea level in Ordovician geology. The creek flows generally south by east and passes over the volcanic lava plain of western Melbourne to its mouth at sea level, north of Altona and emptying into Altona Bay within Port Phillip. The creek is joined by one minor tributary as it descends approximately 407 metres (1,335 ft) over its 52-kilometre (32 mi) course. At the outlet in Altona Bay, the creek winds its way through the Altona Coastal Park and then the Jawbone Marine Sanctuary Park, where it enters Port Phillip.
From east of Sunbury, the Kororoit Creek makes its way down through many suburbs towards its mouth, including the towns and suburbs of Rockbank, Caroline Springs, Burnside, Kings Park, Albanvale, Deer Park, Cairnlea, West Sunshine, Ardeer, Albion, Brooklyn and Altona North.
The creek is traversed by the Melton Highway, east of Melton; the Western Highway and the Western Ring Road, at Ardeer; and the West Gate Freeway and Federation Trail at Brooklyn. The Kororoit Creek Trail runs along the banks in the lower reaches of the creek.
Hints
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Logs
A very sodden log book here, but we were still able to sign it.
Many thanks caughtatwork for placing this series of caches, we enjoyed our wander around the area.
Threw the bike in the car and headed out to find a few caches in the area here.
Only 3 dnf's of the 20+ that I managed to put my name on.
A couple of FTF's too.
I took the round tour here.
I saw so many of the clues.
Was a little concerned about joe blakes.
But soon found the hide.
TFTC
We walked around the sealed path until we were close to the hide when we made our way across the cut grass area and into the unmown area. The grass and weeds were long and quite thick and we experienced several stumbles when we failed to spot rocks and holes hidden by growth.
We spotted the caches namesake and soon had uncovered the cache container. Both it and its contents were in good condition.
Thanks for this cache caughtatwork. We do enjoy walking around this track. This section appeared to be relatively free of rubbish.
A neat spot for this one, tucked away a little further from the trail.
Thanks C@W....