A Path Tag with a Story ! Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By fitzy_1965 on 31-May-20. Waypoint GA15584

In line with amendments made to requirements for listing and finding a Locationess geocache, this geocache has been reviewed and found not be in line with the listing requirements.

https://wiki.geocaching.com.au/wiki/Locationless_cache
Armchair style Locationless caches where the finder is not required to explore the real world, identify a location and accompany the "Find" with photographic evidence are no longer accepted.
A Locationless cache listing must require the finder to locate an object or perform a task in the real world, collect the co-ordinates and log the find with accompanying photographic evidence.

The geocaching community would like to thank you for listing this Locationess geocache and congratulations to all that found this locationless geocache.

As the geocache no longer meets the requirements we will archive the cache listing.

We have made pathtags to celebrate the birth of each of our grandchildren so each is special in it's own way. This one is for our only granddaughter, she's now 3 and is a little terror but like all of our grandkids we love her dearly.

If anyone in Australia wishes to trade for any of our tags we would be very happy to accept.

This pathtag is called "the rising phoenix"
I traded my own pathtag for another pathtag from this cacher and when it arrived this one was in there too.
I had just been looking through the tags on pathtag.com and saw it but didnt add it to my wishlist as it had been all given out back in 2014 so thought there would be no chance. It was sent as my own tag is a Phoenix.
TFTLC

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This is my tag. It is of a photo I took in 2009 in Broome of a Boab tree down at Town Beach, the aqua coloured water there is amazing. I love boabs as no one is the same, I prefer them 'naked' than with leaves. They have lovely flowers too. TFTC

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Each of the pathtags in the display has a story, as does the display stand.
The stand was one that we won and is created by Zalgarieth.
The pathtag at the top right is our very first pathtag, by Urch, and was found in a cache while we were on a big lap trip in 2009.
The top left is our pathtag, the bottom right is Zalgarieths and the rest are all GCA pathtags, a couple that we purchased but mist we have been awarded for various games and activities.
Thanks for the cache fitzy_1965.

I have quite a few pathtags in my collection.

I even have a design but still to make.

I will one day.

This pathtag was one of the first I ever had Tag #14895.

nightcaching downunder.

I met the tag owner ° at an event one day.

I ahd been caching awhile mainly solo and did not really appreciate the opportunites caching offered.

° got me into nightcaching and I remember going on quite a few night trails around 10 years ago with a great core group of caches.

I've clocked up a few more now but always thankful to °.

TFTL

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Sitting back after Covid restrictions lifted by doing Puzzles and locationless caches.
This is another nice one to do as well.
This pathtag is my 1st 1,000 tag only just received during lockdown.
I only had about 600 GCA finds before lockdown, and reached 1,000 quickly with all the puzzles.
And I'll probably reach 2,000 before the end of July the way it is going.
Thanks for the brain exercise and the cache,
Roostaman.

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The beginning of 2019 was a very stressful time for my family. Amongst our worries was that one of our sons had health issues and had lost his passion for studying music. While looking at pathtags.com I saw that 'harrowang' had a personal pathtag with a musical theme. I was lucky enough to meet Mrs 'harrowang' at ClearWaters Mega and asked her for one of the pathtags. The following day she gave me one. When I got home I gave it to my son and he carried it in his wallet for the following six months. He has now turned his life around and is enjoying music again. I will always be grateful to Mrs 'harrowang'.

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As for pathtags with a story, Id like to say...'What He Said'. The story behind the Hawaii trip and the wedding anniversary was something you couldn't plan. The stars aligned and we were there just at the right time.

However as that has been told, I'll go to one of my first pathtag finds from a cacher known as Fore! The attached photo is a sample of her tags and the play on words with the word Fore! In this selection we have the Fore! cent piece, the Forty cent piece and the Fore! dollar coin. Anyone who knows Fore!'s cache will know the play on words she always has. All good fun...and the pathtags are great.

Thanks for the chance to look back through the collection fitzy_1965....

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Our log from 3 May 2014 tells part of the story.

"One of our targets for this trip was to look for three of the older caches in Australia in an attempt to fill another three cells in our Month/Year Hidden grid. Yesterday we met the requirements for Lane Cove and today we went to look for "GCF1 Frying Pan" and "GC17C Aero-Vale". It was a somewhat interesting drive towards GZ with the first part of the road sealed and the remainder gravelled of varying quality. The initial surprise when we arrived were the number of campers in temporary residence. After finding a suitable park, we looked at the task of crossing the creek. After trying to keep feet dry, we threw caution to the wind and plodded our way through the shallows to get to the other side. GPS recption was very patchy with marked variations to GZ even as we stood in the one spot. After making ourselves familiar with the area we took a very close look at the spoiler photo and tried to match it to the surroundings, taking in account that things have probably changed since the photo was published. Finally we found a location and a perspective and began to search. After a further five minutes, prodding resulted in a different sound. Eureka!! We had found the cache. The cache and contents were in good condition. After signing the log, we replaced the camouflage and headed back to the creek, highly elated with our success. We got back to our car just on the hour after setting out. As we changed footwear we discovered three hitchhikers - those leeches were quickly removed and dispatched.Thanks davew for maintaining one of the iconic caches in Australian Geocaching history - we really appreciate your efforts. We also wondered why so few people have visited this cache given the time since it was published. It is one of the great caching experiences which we would recommend most highly to all. This caching experience certainly earns a favourite from us"

What we omitted from our log was that we found a pathtag in the cache placed by Aussie Liahona on 14 April 2014. We don't normally log pathtags straight away (preferring to batch log them at a later date) but finding this pathtag was special because we had been in contact with Aussie Liahona early in our caching history, had kept a loose contact over the years and had noticed that they she visited Frying Pan just three weeks before we arrived. Finding the cache was very special and finding the pathtag in a special cache just made the experience even better. A copy of the pathtag image has been added to the Gallery.

Thanks fitzy_1965 for a great refelective cache.

I don't know if this qualifys but a few years ago I decided that I would get some pathtags made and to receive one you had to attend Bushfires 80th birthday event (GC7NKQQ) that was a surprise to me placed by my good geocaching mates the suscoe's including my NGW (Non geocaching wife) which was held in Waurne Ponds Highton Geelong.
You were not getting the Pathtag until the ageing bushfire fell off the plank and I hope that will be a few years down the track but we don't know when that will happen.
At this stage there is only one in the geocaching community which I presented to the lucky cacher who attended an event that I ran.
Every year a group of Geelong cachers run a Christmas Event on the second Saturday in December and this year which was the seventh annual lunch BBQ which was held in Queenscliff we had close to sixty teams attend so these guys have been added to the list.
So all the pathtags have been placed into envelopes ready for the final event (Bushfire falls off the plank) and then will be given to the cachers that have attended the two events and a few others that have requested one. I will post the overseas tags as I have their address's which are ready to go, need some stamps.
OH I forgot the St Arnaud Caravan park has one as I started them off on collecting pathtags after a visit a few years ago and then the last Victorian Mega was held in that great location which has the greatest collection of geocaches that I have had the pleasure of finding over the last fifteen years.
I will place the images which relate to this cache. Thanks FITZY_1965 for the cache.

This one is special to me as it was one of the very first Pathtags I traded and thus began my addiction. I see the owners every now and then and will catch up with again soon hopefully. TFTL

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Our first pathtag came about when we were out geocaching with friends and MrGT54 and myself found a very large hollow tree stump and stood inside it for a photo opportunity. One of the friends said it would make as great pathtag, so we had our first design already decided upon. Here in the photo is the result. It has been very popular as a trade with other geocachers. TFTC

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Hi fitzy
Every time you gain 1000 finds in GCA finds, you are given a path tag to celebrate
So having found over 5000 GCA finds, I have five of these
In Tasmania, that's a big journey and a lot of time
So, I'm happy and proud every time I'm rewarded with this Path Tag
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint

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When at the Melbourne Event in 2015 as very new cachers at the time, we were completing one of the lab caches when we bumped into another team also trying it out who introduced us to Pathtags and gave us one of their own!
Thanks to fitzy_1965 for this locationless.

TFTC, Brainiac03

Go for it !