[CATS] - Basalt Plains Balliang, Victoria, Australia
By caughtatwork on 20-Jun-09. Waypoint GA1496

After a rather tiring day, having finished the Ballarat Geotour after 2am this morning followed by a trip to Frankston it was now time to find somewhere to bunk down for the night and I headed up to the Boar Gully Campground stopping for a few caches along the way.
Cache and contents were in good order.

Thanks CAUGHTATWORK
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Loved the walk in which was what we needed as the last cache of the day before the trip home. Plenty of early wildflowers and a great view.
All the contents were in great condition which shows what a great style of hide this is as it has been almost 18 months since the last finder. A couple of trades were made as the kids always love to do.

We had come to the area to do some of the trail of nearby caches that is aimed specifically at kids yet when we got home I asked them which was their favourite for the day and the unanimous decision was this one. Quality will always win I guess.

Rated: for Overall Experience

17:00
I dragged my younger child away from her screens and gadgets, and handed her a gadget with a screen to spend a day having "Fun for Kids". Despite her efforts, she actually had fun. In fact, by the time we found this cache, she wanted to continue along the beautiful rocky track and admire the view for a while longer. So I call that a win.

As for the cache... you should have seen the eyes light up as I popped the lid on this beauty. And that was in the midst of a series aimed at children. Took nothing, left same, as someone possesses plenty of the generous contents already.

Thanks, C@W, for the view, the cache, and the pause for reflection in the mad midst of a power trail.

GCA#373

Rated: for Overall Experience

We are currently touring Victoria with our geovan in tow, using geocaching as a guide. We have visited many amazing locations through geocaching and your cache [CATS] - Basalt Plains was one we visited along the way. A quick walk to GZ to uncover this well hidden cache. Accurate co ordinates appreciated.

Many thanks Caughtatwork for publishing this cache for our enjoyment and adding to our geocaching experience today. Cache and contents were in excellent condition.

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Rated: for Overall Experience

After our unsuccessful search for Kangaroo we were not very optomistic about our chances of finding this cache. We really enjoyed the 100m walk to GZ as there were a large number of wild flowers blooming and a few very healthy grass trees. At GZ we surprised ourselves by locating the cache in the first place we looked. Having been u disturbed for over 4 years it had migrated well down the hollow log and was embedded in fine wood dust and bark. We could just rea h the container with a walking pole and were reluctant to crawl i to the log incase the cache had company. After about 10 minutes of gently pushing, poking and lifting we managed to loosen the container and manoever it so that the braver team member could reach it by leaning into the hollow log.
We were delighted to find the large container and its contents in pristine condition after being last found in October 2012 - a testament to the theory that if you want your cache to last then you need a well hidden, robust container.
Thanks for the cache caughtatwork and for a wonderful caching experience. We hope more cachers will take the time to look for this cache.

This was my last GCA cache while on the way home from today's bushwalk. An enjoyable short walk to GZ with some great views across the plains towards the City soon had me with the stash in hand at 19:00.

TNLNSL. Thanks once again caughtatwork.

This was my last find in the Ranges today.

A nice little walk across to GZ.

I'm sure the views are great during the day.

I was here under torch light!!

TFTC

10:10
Continuing on our tour of the Brisbane Ranges. The flora at this spot was not as prominent as at "Highway to Nowhere", the spectacular view was a treat though.
This type of hide certainly keeps everything in the generously stocked cache in mint condition.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt caughtatwork.

Rated: for Overall Experience

This cache offered the best view of the day by far. Although the GPS was jumping around a bit, was still a fairly easy find.

Cheers Gordo

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Found by Bob at 1305

I must have missed the parking area, because I just followed the arrow on my GPSr and got a bit of a surprise when I came to the rather nicely laid out track (which I've since seen described in the cache notes). I must say, I wasn't expecting the views at GZ and got a big surprise when the whole panorama opened out before me - it's the best way to appreciate something like this - let it be quite unexpected. At GZ, there were a few possibilities but, thankfully, these CATS caches limit the amount of fumbling round when you get to GZ.

TNLN

Thanks again caughtatwork

Wow this is a stunning view and the only one of our three today without rain...oh wait no it rained on the way back to the van!!! Number one son and geo dad said they walked UP from the valley to this point on a dad and son hike last year. I was even more impressed now that I got to see this area too! Don't miss this cache. It is really a lovely spot. Thanks again C@W for a great location and great cache. Rain started so we took and left something in a hurry (!!) TFTC

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Found by Team Ladava including Grandchildren around 11.30
Well, well well, a 2nd to find and what a magnificent view all the way to the city.
With of mission of babysitting this weekend and with their specific request to go treasure hunting, a trifecta of caughtatwork’s CATS hides seemed the prefect solution for boisterous, noisy and excided kids.
We love bush caching and your invariably well stocked were very well received.
Took stuff and left stuff in a bit of a frenzy
Our thanks to c@w for another masterpiece.

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Found 9.00am
We saw this cache launched a while back but we did not think that it would still be unfound, the Brissy Ranges are one of our favorite areas to cache in so we really looked forward to a return visit. Found the parking area quite easily and we then set off down the track towards GZ, great views across and along the valley. We soon got close to the cache and started to search the likely areas, my GPSr lead us to a different area at first but soon pointed towards a spot where the cache was found.

We love this size of cache and it was chock full some quality swaps, the blank first page was a real bonus.

Took Nothing
Left Car + Stickers

Many thanks C@W for another great GCA cache

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