Croakstar Walgoolan, Western Australia, Australia
By
Bubblzdee on 01-Dec-11. Waypoint GA3767
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Moveable |
| Container: | Regular |
| Coordinates: | S31° 22.794' E118° 33.943' (WGS 84) |
| 50J 648885E 6527234N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 328 m |
| Local Government Area: | Westonia |
/118.565717,-31.3799,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
Please move 'Croakstar' far and wide!
This cache is part of 'Leapfrog' a moveable cache race running from 1 Dec 2011 to 31 Jan 2012
Your challenge is to locate this cache, collect it, run away, make your log and rehide it somewhere else, as far away as possible, and as quickly as possible. When you find it and move it along, please rehide it safely, but provide a detailed hint in your "moved" log so that he can easily found next time. Please feel free to log this cache as often as you wish, as long as you are having fun finding and rehiding it. Of course, you should wait until one other person has hidden it before you can log it as a find again.
There are some simple guidelines:
- When you grab the cache please rehide it within 2 days to keep the cache moving.
- Please rehide the cache as far away from where you found it as possible. The further the better!
- Log your find at Geoaching Australia as soon as you can so others are not trying to find the cache you just moved. When logging your find at geocaching.com.au, please insert the co-ordinates in the coords box. This allows the software to automatically update the new location.
Please keep this cache in Australia but feel free to move it interstate if you feel in the mood. Wherever possible, try and keep to the difficulty / terrain rating as originally listed. Of course the best fun about one of these caches is that you don't have to worry about being spotted retrieving the cache. Feel free to be as obvious as you need to be in order to claim it.
Hints
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Logs
Out in the sticks, past the rabbit proof fence, half-way to Kalgoorlie.
Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who brought all these moveables along.
Thanks to all the cachers who brought all these moveables along.
Found today at the Moveable and Mystery Madness event.
Thanks to all the cachers who gathered up all these moveables.
Rated: for Overall Experience
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.
Thanks for the cache.
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.
Thanks for the cache.
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.
Thanks for the cache.
Discovered 'Croakstar' 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 Bubblzdee for the cache.
Rated: for Overall Experience
NOT at above coordinates.
Awaiting "Moveable & Mystery Madness" event GA10647
Awaiting "Moveable & Mystery Madness" event GA10647
In my hands 
and happy to report is in good condition.
Thank you for the cache bubblzdee
According to Wikipedia...
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (Ancient Greek an-, without + oura, tail). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago. Frogs are widely distributed, ranging from the tropics to subarctic regions, but the greatest concentration of species diversity is in tropical rainforests. There are approximately 4,800 recorded species, accounting for over 85% of extant amphibian species. They are also one of the five most diverse vertebrate orders.
The body plan of an adult frog is generally characterized by a stout body, protruding eyes, cleft tongue, limbs folded underneath, and the absence of a tail. Besides living in fresh water and on dry land, the adults of some species are adapted for living underground or in trees. The skins of frog are glandular, with secretions ranging from distasteful to toxic. Warty species of frog tend to be called toads but the distinction between frogs and toads is based on informal naming conventions concentrating on the warts rather than taxonomy or evolutionary history. Frogs' skins vary in colour from well-camouflaged dappled brown, grey and green to vivid patterns of bright red or yellow and black to advertise toxicity and warn off predators.
Frogs typically lay their eggs in water. The eggs hatch into aquatic larvae called tadpoles that have tails and internal gills. They have highly specialized rasping mouth parts suitable for herbivorous, omnivorous or planktivorous diets. The life cycle is completed when they metamorphose into adults. A few species deposit eggs on land or bypass the tadpole stage. Adult frogs generally have a carnivorous diet consisting of small invertebrates, but omnivorous species exist and a few feed on fruit. Frogs are extremely efficient at converting what they eat into body mass. They are an important food source for predators and part of the food web dynamics of many of the world's ecosystems. The skin is semi-permeable, making them susceptible to dehydration, so they either live in moist places or have special adaptations to deal with dry habitats. Frogs produce a wide range of vocalizations, particularly in their breeding season, and exhibit many different kinds of complex behaviours to attract mates, to fend off predators and to generally survive.
Frogs are valued as food by humans and also have many cultural roles in literature, symbolism and religion. Frog populations have declined significantly since the 1950s. More than one third of species are considered to be threatened with extinction and over one hundred and twenty are believed to have become extinct since the 1980s. The number of malformations among frogs is on the rise and an emerging fungal disease, chytridiomycosis, has spread around the world. Conservation biologists are working to understand the causes of these problems and to resolve them.
The name frog derives from Old English frogga, abbreviated to frox, forsc, and frosc, probably deriving from Proto-Indo-European preu = "to jump". About 88% of amphibian species are classified in the order Anura. These include around 4,810 species in 33 families, of which the Leptodactylidae (1,100 spp.), Hylidae (800 spp.) and Ranidae (750 spp.) are the richest in species.
The use of the common names "frog" and "toad" has no taxonomic justification. From a classification perspective, all members of the order Anura are frogs, but only members of the family Bufonidae are considered "true toads". The use of the term "frog" in common names usually refers to species that are aquatic or semi-aquatic and have smooth, moist skins; the term "toad" generally refers to species that are terrestrial with dry, warty skins. There are numerous exceptions to this rule. The European fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) has a slightly warty skin and prefers a watery habitat whereas the Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) is in the toad family Bufonidae and has a smooth skin.
The Anura include all modern frogs and any fossil species that fit within the anuran definition. The characteristics of anuran adults include: 9 or fewer presacral vertebrae, the presence of a urostyle formed of fused vertebrae, no tail, a long and forward-sloping ilium, shorter fore limbs than hind limbs, radius and ulna fused, tibia and fibula fused, elongated ankle bones, absence of a prefrontal bone, presence of a hyoid plate, a lower jaw without teeth (with the exception of Gastrotheca guentheri) consisting of three pairs of bones (angulosplenial, dentary, and mentomeckelian, with the last pair being absent in Pipoidea), an unsupported tongue, lymph spaces underneath the skin, and a muscle, the protractor lentis, attached to the lens of the eye. The anuran larva or tadpole has a single central respiratory spiracle and mouthparts consisting of keratinous beaks and denticles.
Frogs and toads are broadly classified into three suborders: Archaeobatrachia, which includes four families of primitive frogs; Mesobatrachia, which includes five families of more evolutionary intermediate frogs; and Neobatrachia, by far the largest group, which contains the remaining 24 families of modern frogs, including most common species throughout the world. The Neobatrachia suborder is further divided into the two superfamilies Hyloidea and Ranoidea. This classification is based on such morphological features as the number of vertebrae, the structure of the pectoral girdle, and the morphology of tadpoles. While this classification is largely accepted, relationships among families of frogs are still debated.
Some species of anurans hybridize readily. For instance, the edible frog (Pelophylax esculentus) is a hybrid between the pool frog (P. lessonae) and the marsh frog (P. ridibundus). The fire-bellied toads Bombina bombina and B. variegata are similar in forming hybrids. These are less fertile than their parents, giving rise to a hybrid zone where the hybrids are prevalent.
and happy to report is in good condition.Thank you for the cache bubblzdee
According to Wikipedia...
A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (Ancient Greek an-, without + oura, tail). The oldest fossil "proto-frog" appeared in the early Triassic of Madagascar, but molecular clock dating suggests their origins may extend further back to the Permian, 265 million years ago. Frogs are widely distributed, ranging from the tropics to subarctic regions, but the greatest concentration of species diversity is in tropical rainforests. There are approximately 4,800 recorded species, accounting for over 85% of extant amphibian species. They are also one of the five most diverse vertebrate orders.
The body plan of an adult frog is generally characterized by a stout body, protruding eyes, cleft tongue, limbs folded underneath, and the absence of a tail. Besides living in fresh water and on dry land, the adults of some species are adapted for living underground or in trees. The skins of frog are glandular, with secretions ranging from distasteful to toxic. Warty species of frog tend to be called toads but the distinction between frogs and toads is based on informal naming conventions concentrating on the warts rather than taxonomy or evolutionary history. Frogs' skins vary in colour from well-camouflaged dappled brown, grey and green to vivid patterns of bright red or yellow and black to advertise toxicity and warn off predators.
Frogs typically lay their eggs in water. The eggs hatch into aquatic larvae called tadpoles that have tails and internal gills. They have highly specialized rasping mouth parts suitable for herbivorous, omnivorous or planktivorous diets. The life cycle is completed when they metamorphose into adults. A few species deposit eggs on land or bypass the tadpole stage. Adult frogs generally have a carnivorous diet consisting of small invertebrates, but omnivorous species exist and a few feed on fruit. Frogs are extremely efficient at converting what they eat into body mass. They are an important food source for predators and part of the food web dynamics of many of the world's ecosystems. The skin is semi-permeable, making them susceptible to dehydration, so they either live in moist places or have special adaptations to deal with dry habitats. Frogs produce a wide range of vocalizations, particularly in their breeding season, and exhibit many different kinds of complex behaviours to attract mates, to fend off predators and to generally survive.
Frogs are valued as food by humans and also have many cultural roles in literature, symbolism and religion. Frog populations have declined significantly since the 1950s. More than one third of species are considered to be threatened with extinction and over one hundred and twenty are believed to have become extinct since the 1980s. The number of malformations among frogs is on the rise and an emerging fungal disease, chytridiomycosis, has spread around the world. Conservation biologists are working to understand the causes of these problems and to resolve them.
The name frog derives from Old English frogga, abbreviated to frox, forsc, and frosc, probably deriving from Proto-Indo-European preu = "to jump". About 88% of amphibian species are classified in the order Anura. These include around 4,810 species in 33 families, of which the Leptodactylidae (1,100 spp.), Hylidae (800 spp.) and Ranidae (750 spp.) are the richest in species.
The use of the common names "frog" and "toad" has no taxonomic justification. From a classification perspective, all members of the order Anura are frogs, but only members of the family Bufonidae are considered "true toads". The use of the term "frog" in common names usually refers to species that are aquatic or semi-aquatic and have smooth, moist skins; the term "toad" generally refers to species that are terrestrial with dry, warty skins. There are numerous exceptions to this rule. The European fire-bellied toad (Bombina bombina) has a slightly warty skin and prefers a watery habitat whereas the Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) is in the toad family Bufonidae and has a smooth skin.
The Anura include all modern frogs and any fossil species that fit within the anuran definition. The characteristics of anuran adults include: 9 or fewer presacral vertebrae, the presence of a urostyle formed of fused vertebrae, no tail, a long and forward-sloping ilium, shorter fore limbs than hind limbs, radius and ulna fused, tibia and fibula fused, elongated ankle bones, absence of a prefrontal bone, presence of a hyoid plate, a lower jaw without teeth (with the exception of Gastrotheca guentheri) consisting of three pairs of bones (angulosplenial, dentary, and mentomeckelian, with the last pair being absent in Pipoidea), an unsupported tongue, lymph spaces underneath the skin, and a muscle, the protractor lentis, attached to the lens of the eye. The anuran larva or tadpole has a single central respiratory spiracle and mouthparts consisting of keratinous beaks and denticles.
Frogs and toads are broadly classified into three suborders: Archaeobatrachia, which includes four families of primitive frogs; Mesobatrachia, which includes five families of more evolutionary intermediate frogs; and Neobatrachia, by far the largest group, which contains the remaining 24 families of modern frogs, including most common species throughout the world. The Neobatrachia suborder is further divided into the two superfamilies Hyloidea and Ranoidea. This classification is based on such morphological features as the number of vertebrae, the structure of the pectoral girdle, and the morphology of tadpoles. While this classification is largely accepted, relationships among families of frogs are still debated.
Some species of anurans hybridize readily. For instance, the edible frog (Pelophylax esculentus) is a hybrid between the pool frog (P. lessonae) and the marsh frog (P. ridibundus). The fire-bellied toads Bombina bombina and B. variegata are similar in forming hybrids. These are less fertile than their parents, giving rise to a hybrid zone where the hybrids are prevalent.
getting ready for event NOT at the coordinates
Stopped at a lovely park in this quiet little country town. Ready to find again.
Found along with a hoard of other GCA moveables. Will get this back out into the wild soon. TFTC. 
Discovered in the hands of Lazarus_68, will drop off in a new location shortly.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Dropped off. Travel far and wide young froggie 
I found this cache with mummmy and caughtatwork on our week long holiday in Hobart.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Picked up this froggy geocache last night on a wander around the area. We're staying in South Hobart for a week and so we went out for a walk to see what we could find and this cache was one of them. He's been here for a while so we'll try and best him back to Melbourne when we return next week.
All good now - we have revisited and fixed cords, Ignore the rest of this log! Oops, we placed Croakstar and in our excitement forgot to record the coordinates! He is sitting under the decorated Christmas tree about 10 metres from the coordinates we have listed here. Stand at the posted coordinates, face the water, and walk straight ahead. Croakstar should be at the base of the tree slightly to your left. Sorry to be useless. If people can't locate him we will come and get his exact coordinates to post!
I apologise for the length of time that I have had this cache, stowed it away during a house move and have just retrieved it. SORRY!
Now waiting for its next finder in a popular place on South Arm.
Cheers OldSaint.
Now waiting for its next finder in a popular place on South Arm.
Cheers OldSaint.
Hi bubblzdee
Had trouble finding this cache as the GPS was putting me on the other side of the path.
Eventually found the Appropriate stump and a quick find was then had.
Sainted the cache at 0817hrs.
Cute guy this!
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
Had trouble finding this cache as the GPS was putting me on the other side of the path.
Eventually found the Appropriate stump and a quick find was then had.
Sainted the cache at 0817hrs.
Cute guy this!
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Croakstar is back out and ready to play
Found in a spot not so far from home. Thank you for the cache and to 2y'stassies for bringing it into the area
Water and rushes - what more could a frog want. Croakstar is waiting for his next adventure.
We were pleased to be able to find Croakstar today as we had looked for him in the rosebed in the middle of the roundabout in Adelaide the day after he was picked up. Glad it was Nutwood who had moved him on. Will be back out in the North west soon.
Hope this is a tree frog as I found a nice hiding spot in a suitable tree!
Watch out for thorns? What sort of hint is that when the poor frog is hidden in a roundabout full of thorny bushes!!?
Never the less, patience and a hi-viz vest won the day. There were road works happening just next to the roundabout and no-one even looked at the person carefully examining each rose bush!
Nice frog. Good to meet a moveable with character.
Never the less, patience and a hi-viz vest won the day. There were road works happening just next to the roundabout and no-one even looked at the person carefully examining each rose bush!
Nice frog. Good to meet a moveable with character.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Sorry for the delay in moving this one, I had planned on taking him to Sydney on a business trip but accidentally left him home. He's now at a new location awaiting other cachers to visit him.
Found this little guy hiding by the river while on my lunch break. It's so nice to find a moveable in SA, which has a habit of being a movable graveyard 
. I'll move him on this weekend on a geocaching trip down south!
. I'll move him on this weekend on a geocaching trip down south!Rated: for Overall Experience
Out with Just a cacher to grab a few moveable caches to mix them up a bit over the holiday season.
A quick grab today.
Thanks for the cache bubblzdee
A quick grab today.
Thanks for the cache bubblzdee
Rated: for Overall Experience
I went out with Black Bunny for a short drive and we collected this little fellow and several others to take away on holidays with us. Nice to see an old friend again!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found this cache with a few others on a weekend cache run with GrimRaider. The gps kept bringing up more caches to be found, and with a bit of a search we found this guy on the bottom. TFTC - nice one 
Rated: for Overall Experience
After being laid up for some considerable time, little Croakstar is pleased to advise that he is up and about and once again on the move!
LuckyL10n brought this guy to the CITO so a number of us signed his log. Thanks for bringing him along LuckyL10n 
Rated: for Overall Experience
LuckyL10n brought this little guy to the CITO Event on Sunday, we checked him out before he took him away on his next adventure.
Rated: for Overall Experience
#GA187 - 16:00; Decided to finally grab little Croakstar today to get him off my close to home list as well as to get him moving on after more than two years sitting out in the paddock. I will take him to an event tomorrow and probably drop him off again soon after. TFTC bubblzdee
Rated: for Overall Experience
A nice stroll out to this fellow. All is in good nick and he looked happy there, so I left him in peace.
Jumped up North - ready to be found again...
7th of 12 today after a big caching run with Sol de Lune and fitzy_1965. Actually found in the hands of fitzy, so when we got back, we signed some logs. Cool frog. TFTC!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Down and ready to go in a drive-by location. Lots of goodies to find here.
Cheers
Cheers
Croakstar has returned to my hands - I thought it looked familiar. Will move on again soon.
Thanks again for the frog
Thanks again for the frog
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hopped off into the bush but straight into the hands of another cacher
Found on Just A Cachers and Black Bunnys table.
Thanks for the Frog.
Thanks for the Frog.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Nice find today among all the Frogs, Gnomes and others over 70 participants as well as the odd human, some of them very odd indeed!
many Frogs and Gnomes went to Canberra and who knows where from there, and many stayed to be relocated around the Sydney area very soon.
many Frogs and Gnomes went to Canberra and who knows where from there, and many stayed to be relocated around the Sydney area very soon.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found at an impromptu Frog and Gnome party in the Blue Mountains.
A great number of frogs, gnomes and other moveables gathered to swap tales of their life on the road.
Thanks for the Frog Bubblzdee
A great number of frogs, gnomes and other moveables gathered to swap tales of their life on the road.
Thanks for the Frog Bubblzdee
Rated: for Overall Experience
What we ended up with was afternoon tea, bags and bags of frogs, and pleasant chats with some very nice cachers - as well as pjmpjm and RogerW3!
Please forgive me if I got it wrong, but I seem to remember pjmpjm, RogerW3, Toriaz and Taiko's family, all at the party. As well as a few young ladies and gentlemen running around and being generally helpful.
We now have many, many frogs to rehome, so the sooner we start the better!
Please forgive me if I got it wrong, but I seem to remember pjmpjm, RogerW3, Toriaz and Taiko's family, all at the party. As well as a few young ladies and gentlemen running around and being generally helpful.
We now have many, many frogs to rehome, so the sooner we start the better!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Another meeting with Croakstar!
He was on the table with lots of other frogs and gnomes at Blackheath, NSW.
I'm sure he enjoyed the day. I know I did.
Happy travelling, Croakstar!
Rated: for Overall Experience
Spotted at the Blackheath frog party - where frogs far outnumbered the humans. TFT Love the name!
Love the name!'Croakstar' is ready to party with all his mates, they cannot wait to meet more old and new friends.
Don't go looking for any of them before 2:30pm on Sunday.
Don't go looking for any of them before 2:30pm on Sunday.
'Croakstar' is in Lithgow for a short while, he is getting ready for the big party in Blackheath.
Rated: for Overall Experience
In Lithgow, NSW now . . .
Ready to meet lots and lots of other froggies.
Enjoy yourself, Croakstar . . .
Great to find Croakstar in Leura!
Will now have to consider his future travel.
Maybe somewhere on Sunday . . .
Rated: for Overall Experience
After spending some time down at Luna Park Croakstar and Dorien decided to hop out at this nice athletics park to catch some weekend sporting action. They found a nice rock to hide under.
Another frog I have yet to meet turns up close to home. So I couldn't resist the quick drive to go and retrieve this one. Will look for a new home tomorrow.
Croakstar loved the mangrove boardwalk so much she wanted to show other froggers this fantastic new spot.
I like this little froggie he is very cute and will sit very nicley in my garden in plain sight I think.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Croakstar wanted to see a bit of Sydney's history so he came to historic Rookwood cemetery to look for some of his ancestors
When I came home today, Croakstar was obviously extremely pleased to see me because he had a big wide grin What? He smiles like that at everyone? No way, it's just especially for me 
What? He smiles like that at everyone? No way, it's just especially for me Rated: for Overall Experience
'Croakstar' has taken a liking to train travel and wanted to do it again so off we went back to Sydney with all his mates. Who knew Frogs liked train travel that much?
Don't go looking for him he has been taken already.
Don't go looking for him he has been taken already.
'Croakstar' found his way to Lithgow, he enjoyed the train trip very much so much so in fact that he now wants to do it again tomorrow in reverse and go back to the Big Smoke just for the fun of it. Who am I to deny any Frog yet another train trip to Sydney.
I am sure he will be welcomed by one and all (eventually!).
I am sure he will be welcomed by one and all (eventually!).
Rated: for Overall Experience
Croakstar spent the night here but there was a heap of excitement in the early hours of the morning as all the frogs had heard there was a train trip in the offing 
I met this frog as he flashed past me at blossom*s. They were all excited to be off on a long train trip!
Yet another new Leap Frog for me!
What fun!
And he'll be heading west . . .
Rated: for Overall Experience
Well, with a smile like that, it's no wonder Croakstar is a star!
Rated: for Overall Experience
A pond of frogs decided to get together in Sydney for an Irish dinner. Hopped out here and decided to stay a while. In the hands of another cacher.
Found on a quick jaunt at lunchtime. Will take some frogs towards the metropolis.
Rated: for Overall Experience
One of a group (or bag) of frogs that appeared on my doorstep this lunchtime. I guess they are hungry, and will offer refreshment before sending them on their way.
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