François Frog - Leapfrog Cache Race Tooperang, South Australia, Australia
By Misterdrewkittytoo on 01-Dec-11. Waypoint GA3540

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Type: Moveable
Container: Micro
Coordinates: S35° 22.310' E138° 39.156' (WGS 84)
  54H 286749E 6083191N (UTM)
Elevation: 203 m
Local Government Area: Alexandrina

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Description

François Frog needs your help.  He is on the run from the French Foreign Legion after escaping from Francko’s Fantastic French Food.  Francko had amputated his back legs and in doing so made François’s eyes bulge.   He escaped from the restaurant and his mission is to spread the word about cruelty to frogs in French restaurants .  Business has been bad for Francko since François got away and he has sent the Foreign Legion after him.  So please move François stealthily  so the Foreign Legion don’t track him down and send him back to Francko

François Frog Would like to travel around Australia meeting lots of cachers and seeing lots of things If Possible Could You Take A Photo Of François Frog So We Can Keep Track Of His Journey

The Rules

 

·  The game commences at 00:00:00 1 December 2011 AEDST and concludes 23:59:59 31 January 2012 AEDST

 

·  The game administrators decision is final

·  Caches must be found and hidden by the same cacher (i.e. no mailing the cache to another cacher to hide)

·  There is no limit to the number of times other cachers can find / move this cache provided there are at least two other finds / moves in between

·  If a cacher moves this cache overseas and it remains unfound overseas for 1 week or more, the same cacher may move this cache (within the country or to another country) without                   breaking the "2 moves" rule

 

·  There is no limit to the distance other cachers can move this cache

 

·  Other cachers in the game may find / move this cache, but they must move it on within 2 days

 

     François Frog Would like to make his way back to fernland trackable hotel once the game is over

    (http://coord.info/GC2H4PZ) <------- Fernlands Address

 

 

Hints

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Logs

16-Jan-21
Moved 1.33km
 
16-Jan-21
my first geocaching Australia cache!! woohoo

easy one

TFTC

found on January 16th 2021
find 1
 
21-Mar-20
Moved 30.66km
Resting in the serenity of Cleland Gully Road.
 
15-Feb-20
This one took a while to find. Sat lock was all over the place thanks to all the tall trees, of which most had "many trunks". We spread the search out, and I eventually found the cache in a tree I thought I'd already checked fully.

We added our stamp to the logbook, and took the cache back to J & J Central to plan it's next move.

Thanks misterdrewkittytoo.

 
14-Feb-20
Moved 30.97km
 
22-Nov-19
Picked up from parislaura
Will get it moving again soon
Cheers
 
02-Aug-19
Found this cute little amphibian today, what a cute little guy - I enjoyed the frog race, glad to see some of them still circulating.

Ill move this one on again soon.

TFTC RibbitRibbitRibbitRibbitRibbitRibbitRibbitRibbitRibbit
 
31-Jul-19
Moved 949.94km
 
20-Jul-19
Found with Just a cacher while passing.

Thanks for the cache
 
20-Jul-19
Lovely movables picked up and will be moved along soon.
 
20-Jul-19
Moved 22.21km
Cache has now been found and either relocated or handed off to another local cacher who will move it on shortly...
 
As usual, GCA moveables left at a GC Mega can sit around for a while...look at the number of trackables still listed at any Mega.

Any moveables still listed at the Queanbeyan Mega are currently being rounded up and will be moved on as soon as possible.
 
16-Jul-19
3 months since last seen, needs archiving
 
22-Apr-19
Great to see this old Leapfrog still hopping around. Spotted on the moveables table at the Clear Waters Event at Queanbeyan. TFTM misterdrewkittytoo.
 
22-Apr-19
Found on the mega in queanbeyan
TFTC Wilbert67
 
21-Apr-19
Seen on the table of GCA movables at the Clear Waters Mega event.
 
20-Apr-19
Spotted at the event in Queanbeyan
 
20-Apr-19
Found on the movables tables at the Clear Waters mega event.
 
20-Apr-19
Discovered at the Clear Waters Catchup with a large bunch of other moveables. It was great to see such support for the Geocaching Australia site and it's caches. TFTC
 
20-Apr-19
Spotted on the table at the Mega Event.

My trip to the Mega was great, found lab caches which while like gadgets are new icons to me. Found some great caches and brought back some neat ideas for new caches in Tasmania.

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TFTC
 
20-Apr-19
Day 9 Mega trip
Spotted on the table at the Mega. TFTM
 
20-Apr-19
Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur Found on the moveables table at the Clear Waters Mega Event. Thanks Misterdrewkittytoo Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur

 
Found at the movables tables at the Clear Waters mega event. Thanks for sharing. Very HappyClan MinotaurClan Minotaur
 
20-Apr-19
Found at the Mega. TFTC.
 
19-Apr-19
Seen on the Movables table at the Clear Waters Mega Event.
 
19-Apr-19
Moved 471.27km
 
19-Apr-19
at the QBN mega Event Clearwater
Thank u
Clan GriffinClan GriffinClan Griffin
 
19-Apr-19
One of the MANY moveables found at the Clear Waters Mega. TFTC.
 
19-Apr-19
Found at the mega!
 
18-Apr-19
Discovered at the Clearwaters Mega Queanbeyan.
 
27-Jan-19
Moved 79.73km
Now living in Bendigo
 
27-Jan-19
Gotcha
 
23-Jan-19
Moved 63.47km
Picked up along with quite a few others and they are now all on their way to Bendigo via Echuca over the next couple of days.
 
23-Jan-19
Moved 535.77km
Having had a smooth trip on the Spirit of Tasmania, and an equally smooth trip by vehicle northwards, this moveable is now comfortably residing at Shepparton until it is collected
 
18-Jan-19
We collected this one last night in Devonport, after a lovely farewell dinner with 2y’stassies
Today he is waiting to board the Spirit of Tasmania to start a new adventure on the mainland
Thanks for the opportunity of moving him
And hopefully another footstep towards my destination
Currently in transit
 
17-Jan-19
Moved 218.09km
On our recent trip to the south of the state we collected up a few moveable caches, today they were passed on to another team who will help them continue their journeys, thanks for travelling with us for a bit
 
14-Jan-19
Out and about again in the south of the state. This was a quick find in a location we've visited before to collect moveables, we seem to have collected up a few moveable caches this weekend and will move them towards the north of the state in the next few days. TFTC
 
12-Jan-19
Moved 2.45km
Back out with a mate
 
11-Jan-19
Found. Thanks for the cache. Taken for a drive. Back out soon.
 
11-Jan-19
found with Lil Rafa
 
09-Jan-19
Moved 6.5km
back out but there's a lack of water for this poor frog
 
07-Jan-19
Found hanging out with Neville. Will be moved soon.
 
Quick find while in the company of gooseandegg, I will move on as soon as I can but since I have so many it could take me a few days

Thanks for the moveable.
 
07-Jan-19
Moved 8.05km
Conversing with Neville
 
02-Jan-19
Hi drew
A quick find in the hand off
Sainted at 0830 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My finds: GCA 3447; GC 3599; TOT 7046
 
02-Jan-19
Moved 159.87km
 
01-Jan-19
Found this moveable in the hands of a friend, I will move on

TFTC and Happy New Year

Found this cache while out and about today

Journey or Destination

Game Period: 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST

It is sometimes said [citation needed] that the game of geocaching is not about the destination it is about the journey. This game is about the choices you make in the experience of the journey or the destination.

On your entry to the game you will be asked to create a playing field with a number of ground tiles. Your playing field is a grid 20 x 20 ground tiles making a total number of 400 possible steps you can take on your journey or destination. You choose whether you want to find and follow the path or whether you wanted to meander around. A playing field is unique to each player so there is no benefit in teaming up to beat the system through brute force.

For each qualifying geocache that you hide or find during the game period you will be offered the opportunity to click on a ground tile and reveal what lies beneath. There are a number of different ground tiles that will be revealed when you click on your playing field. It should be noted that there are no punishments for clicking a tile but there will not always be the reward you were hoping for as you reveal each tile.


Dirt. The ground beneath the ground tile is just plain old brown dirt.

Dirt with some points. The ground beneath the tile is brown dirt but it has some points associated with it.

Concrete. The ground beneath is part of the pathway that will lead you on your way to your destination but has no point value.

Start. A concrete ground tile that has a blue map marker.

Destination. A ground tile that has a green map marker.


Meandering around and avoiding the path will accumulate points that will be used to place on you the ladder of wanderers. The more you stay off the path the higher the number of points you will accumulate and it will be your journey that will be the determining factor in whether you place into a prize winning position. You are free to select any ground tile to click on; they do not need to be next to each other.

Trying to find the path may mean you strike out on the dirt until you eventually come across the path and as a geocacher who can't say that this isn't a tried and true method. Once you find the path however will you try and follow the path as it changes direction around your playing field? Do you go North, South, East or West to try and find the next concrete tile along the path? If you head one way are you heading towards the start or towards the destination? When you do happen upon the destination tile then you will automatically be in a winning position.

At any point you are free to change from the journey to the destination and vice versa but you won't be able to regenerate your playing field. You are also free to keep playing as long as you have qualifying geocaches, accumulating more and more dirt tile points and placing you higher and higher on the ladder.

Qualifying geocaches fall into two categories. Finds and Hides.

A qualifying find is a geocache that meets the following criteria:

The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia

The geocache has a hidden date prior to the game commencing

The geocache was logged by you on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period

The geocache was physically found by you during the game period

The geocache is not owned by you unless it is a moveable geocache

The geocache has not previously been found by you during the game period

The geocache is one of the following types:


Burke and Wills

Moveable (you will qualify only once for a find on a moveable geocache)

Traditional

TrigPoint

Augmented Reality

Beacon

Gadget

Multi-cache

Night Cache

Podcache

Reverse

Unknown or Mystery



A qualifying hide is a geocache that meets the following criteria:

The geocache is listed at Geocaching Australia

The geocache has a hidden date after the game has commenced

The geocache was published on the Geocaching Australia website during the game period

The geocache has a container size of regular or larger (Note: A regular geocache has a volume of 1 litre or more)

The geocache is one of the following types:


Moveable

Traditional

Augmented Reality

Beacon

Gadget

Multi-cache

Night Cache

Podcache

Reverse

Unknown or Mystery



The game tracking mechanism relies upon your honesty when logging geocaches as found or hidden.

The games administrators will undertake verification of a statistically significant number of logs.

Players who continually log inaccurate information will be disqualified from the game. The game administrators decision is final.

The game administrators will subtract qualifying hide or find geocaches from your tally if they are found to be not genuine.

The game administrators reserve the right to provide clarifications to the rules at any point during the game.

Don't forget to claim your limited time game trophies, if your qualify, while the game is in progress. Once the game completes the ability to claim your trophies is lost for ever.
 
01-Jan-19
Moved 4.1km
Given to Budgie while in Trevallyn, now heading South
 
31-Dec-18
Grabbed Happy New Year
 
31-Dec-18
Moved 148.74km
 
26-Dec-18
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Out finding moveables for the current games and this was one of them.

Many thanks Misterdrewkittytoo for publishing this cache and adding to our geocaching experience.

Tassie Trekkers are now a locationless geocache we have published a 'Geocacher cache' - Travelling Trekkers GA10932 - so if you spot us in your area sign our log book and receive a code word to earn yourself a Very Happy

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01-Dec-18
Moved 276.54km
Back out

Moved 250 plus Kilometres from where I found it.
 
31-Oct-18
Hello misterdrewkittytoo thanks for the cache.

A nice easy find
Will move on soon.

Found on Wednesday 31 October 2018 at 1650
 
01-Oct-18
Moved 9.79km
Back out ready to be found with mates
 
28-Sep-18
We meet again
 
Spotted this little fella while out chasing moveables
 
27-Sep-18
Moved 4.46km
Keeping a retired gnome company whilst waiting to be picked up RibbitI'm a Gnome, duh!
 
27-Sep-18
Nice to find a movable I have not seen before. I just had to stop and pick it up. Thanks misterdrewkittytoo, great to have your frog in town
 
27-Sep-18
Moved 6.13km
Awaiting a leapfrogging ride
 
27-Sep-18
Hi misterdrewkittytoo
A quick Sainting on this cache
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My finds: GCA 3132; GC 3541; Tot 6673
 
27-Sep-18
Moved 143.16km
Back out with friends
 
26-Sep-18
leave you for a couple of hours and return to find you have been kicked out. grabbed heading south.
 
26-Sep-18
Moved 4.1km
dropped off near home to continue its journey around the state before the competition finishes at the weekend.
 
26-Sep-18
Found with some other dinosaurs - what a party they are having
 
26-Sep-18
Found knocking at my door with some friends, what an old moveable. It has done well to survive so long.
 
26-Sep-18
Moved 13.11km
 
26-Sep-18
grabbed
 
25-Sep-18
Moved 30.55km
Farewell frenchy froggy dude. May you travel far and wide and conquer new lands.. thanks..!!
 
24-Sep-18
Found this green froggy soaking up the sun and enjoying views out over the Tamar River. Dropped another moveable in his place and will endeavour to have him back on the road in the next couple of days.. thanks..!!
 
22-Sep-18
Moved 5.88km
Moved this frog down the river a way. Now gazing out across the Tamar. Mr. GreenRibbitMr. Green
 
22-Sep-18
Moved 1014.25km
Passed to Friesianess on the banks of the Supply River
 
22-Sep-18
Quick grab from nutwood! Mr. GreenRibbitMr. Green
 
14-Sep-18
Good to find an original frog, lurking by the Torrens. Will take him for a trip to see some other rivers. RibbitVery Happy
 
21-Jul-18
Moved 22.03km
 
01-Jul-18
A quick pick up while passing through
Will move it along soon
Cheers
 
10-Jun-18
Moved 2141.95km
Francois is back home in SA and enjoying new scenery and more travels. he did enjoy the plane flight...
 
04-Apr-18
After finishing a 12hr night shift at work I decided to go and check on one of my caches a short drive from work which was enjoyable due to the fog and the nice cool breeze. I then continued my drive around and grabbed several gc caches nearby and several in Ellenbrook. I went and collected a GA moveable in Ellenbrook and whilst driving around I got a notification about this cache. As I was not that far away in the northern part of Ellenbrook I headed to the general area and parked and went for a short stroll and soon had the frog in my hands. He is now off on a new adventure and will be moved in the not too distant future. Thanks for the cache misterdrewkittytoo.
 
12-Nov-17
Moved 0km
Left in place to encourage another visitor out here
 
12-Nov-17
In my hands once again.
 
09-Nov-17
Moved 8.03km
Enjoying a rest in the bush.
 
30-Oct-17
After the event, this motley crew followed me home. Very Happy As you can see, they are deep in discussion about the next great hiding place and will be out in the wild again soon.
 
28-Oct-17
Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who brought all these moveables along.
 
28-Oct-17
Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who gathered up all these moveables.
 
28-Oct-17
Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with Chwiliwr and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.
 
28-Oct-17
Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with Chwiliwr and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.
 
28-Oct-17
Attended the very enjoyable GCA Moveable & Mystery Madness event (GA10647) in Whiteman Park today with tbh and Gwawr. We found this cache with all the other moveable caches that were brought to the event by the various GCA cachers in attendence. There were also a couple found not actually at the event.
Thanks for the cache.
 
28-Oct-17
Discovered 'Francois Frog - Leapfrog Cache Race' at the Moveable & Mystery Madness Event held in Whiteman Park. The forecast was for rain but we were blessed with good weather for the day. A small but dedicated group of geocachers and a couple of new faces attended and exchanged stories of caches found and missed. Many thanks Misterdrewkittytoo for the cache.
 
28-Oct-17
Discovered at event GA10647.
 
01-Oct-17
Moved 3244.01km
NOT at above coordinates
Attending "Moveable & Mystery Madness" event GA10647
 
26-Jul-17
Planning for this trip began in June - we knew we would be heading to Adelaide but which way would we go? This depended on our targets. We looked at our list of unclaimed Dragon Zone trophies and picked out several that we could feasibly collect the required number of finds to qualify for the trophy. We then had to identify caches that would meet our targets and from here it was time to plan a route that would take us past the caches we had identified. Any caches too far off our route were discarded and replaced by suitable alternatives.

All was running smoothly until the Christmas in July game was announced. We would be travelling in the latter part of the game. It was difficult to include this in our target caches as we did not know what was required. Once the game began and we understood what we needed to do we could then add other caches to the target list.

We were just getting our heads, yes all four of them, around this when more Dragon Zone trophies were added. Which ones could we meet and which should we ignore? Do we need to add more GA caches and/or do we need to change our route and our targets? We decided on our target list and then our route and timeline. We had just drawn a line under everything and were about to begin printing our caching booklets, route maps and target lists when caught@work published 23 new caches on the Western Ring Path. Earlier we had decided on the caches in the Edgewater Walk series. If we added the new ones on the Western Ring Path and as many of the CCC series as possible, we could probably reach the required number of caches to qualify for the Dragon Zone trophies “Restraining Order Stalker” (Find 100 DZ caches hidden by the same cacher) and “Obsession!=Insanity” (find 50 DZ caches in a day). As the latter would give us our first Blaze Trophy, it was decided to alter everything to include the CCC series.Four Fun, in South Australia published five puzzle caches that would bring good points in the Christmas in July game. Can we solve the puzzles? A few more adjustments to the route and the caches to find list and we would be off.

Having successfully completed our Melbourne challenges and gained our first Blaze Dragon Zone trophy it was time to focus on the Christmas in July game. We started on the Kenneth Stirling Conservation Park puzzle caches recently published by Four-Fun. With Four-Fun's puzzles found, several of J_&_J's puzzles found and the Christmas in July game over it was time to focus on completing the requirements for a few more Dragon Zone Trophies.

When we knew that there was a possibility that we would have a break from grand parent duties we had planned this slight detour so that we could find both GA and GC caches that would meet the requirements for several Dragon Zone trophies and several GC challenge caches in several states. As we had already visited all states and territories except Western Australia this year it was time for us to hop on a plane and head for Perth, Western Australia.

When we were at home we had noticed that Lazarus68 had been collecting moveable caches during a recent visit to the eastern states. We wondered if Lazarus would be back in the west by the time we visited and if we would have an opportunity to find the moveables that were in his care. So, we contacted Lazarus and the stars did align. We made arrangements to visit and we were able to log finds on quite a few moveable caches. Many thanks Lazarus68 for making these caches available for our visit. In turn, we left another ten moveables in the area which are also now in the care of Lazarus68.
 
02-Jul-17
In my safe hands.
Intend to move this to Perth.
 
06-May-17
Moved 57.02km
Spotted this hide the other day and as I was passing today dropped off François
 
25-Mar-17
Spotted and picked up from the Meet & Greet at the Hawkesbury event - will move on shortly
 
25-Mar-17
sighted this cache whilst in attendance at Meet & Greet at the Hawkesbury event.
 
05-Mar-17
Seen at the event in Goulburn
Wilbert67
 
04-Mar-17
Called passed while on my way to other places. It was a quick find then I released #2 Hows ya Hamish Frog Burger? to the same spot where Francois Frog was. Good luck on further trips. Thanks for the moveable misterdrewkittytoo
 
20-Feb-17
Moved 140.22km
After a run away from the bad guys in Goulburn, François is now hiding in the grass in Heathcote! On y va!

(Hidden with permission of owner of course, feel free to walk towards it via the concrete)
 
19-Feb-17
Found at the Goulburn Invasion Event - Rally by the River by Geocaching NSW (GC6YPMP) in New South Wales Australia.
 
19-Feb-17
Found and grabbed François to keep him out of the hands of Franco et al. Allons y!
 
19-Feb-17
Spotted at the Geocaching NSW Rally by the River event.
Thanks Misterdrewkittytoo
 
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