The Creek [KCW] Deer Park, Victoria, Australia
By caughtatwork on 01-Jan-20. Waypoint GA14227

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Type: Traditional
Container: Small
Coordinates: S37° 45.890' E144° 45.892' (WGS 84)
  55H 303123E 5817924N (UTM)
Elevation: 57 m
Local Government Area: Brimbank

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Kororoit Creek Walk - The Creek

Take an afternoon and have a walk along Kororoit Creek in Deer Park and enjoy the wildlife including tiger snake, eastern blue-tongued lizard, common snakeneck turtle and eastern brown snake. Sighting are now rare with development driving most of the creatures away from the built-up areas.
Come and find another geocache just a few hundred meters from the rest so you can enjoy an afternoon, or morning, or night-time stroll along the creek watching the surrounds and enjoying the fun of geocaching. You are looking for a 200ml Sistema container painted to match the surrounds.
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.

 

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ROT 13: ABCDEFGHIJKLM
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16-Apr-23
Caching along the Koroit Creek Trail today, this was one of 14 finds.

Cache and contents are in good condition.

Many thanks caughtatwork, enjoyed our day exploring the area.

 
03-Nov-20
I decided to get out and about today.

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.

Another nicely hidden cache.

All have been in good condition.

I signed and moved on.

TFTC Very Happy
 
09-Mar-20
This was the next cache we reached as we continued our walk along Kororoit Creek. In places we could see that recent rain had caused it to over flow its banks. Fortunately the cache hides have been well away from areas that are likely to flood. This cache was another quick find in an inconspicuous hide. The hint led us to GZ once our GPS took us to the general area.

Thanks for this cache caughtatwork. The cache was safe and dry and the log book was blank. {FTF} at 7.25
 
01-Jan-20
Welcome to 2020. Come and find me.
 
Brimbank (C) - dragonZone
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