Serio Comberton, New South Wales, Australia
By Zalgariath on 01-Dec-11. Waypoint GA4126

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Type: Moveable
Container: Regular
Coordinates: S34° 57.619' E150° 39.023' (WGS 84)
  56H 285469E 6128836N (UTM)
Elevation: 76 m
Local Government Area: Shoalhaven City

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Description

Late, But in Earnest. Serio joins Leapfrog in January!

  "Sero Sed Serio" is Latin for "Late, But in Earnest"

It is the motto of Clan Kerr, my mother's maiden name and Scottish ancestory.

Three new Leap Frogs were released at the ZEAMMAFF Event held on January 3rd 2012... who fit this motto perfectly and so were awarded names accordingly!

 

 Serio is a Stonebuilt Packed Bikram Frog with a weighty personallity. So rather than trees he likes to be firmly planted in the ground contorting himself into many different positions. His two best mates are (Gn)Sed and Sero who also came late to the party but are chuffed to be involved in the Leap Frog Event this year! Please help him jump around and make up for lost time. After the event he will become a normal GCA Moveable Cache :D

               

If you find him, take him with you and log a "FOUND" Entry.

Then find him a new home and  take the co-ordinates there and come back to log a "MOVED" entry.

Please try NOT to hide him next to existing GC.com caches so he doesnt get stolen by  mistake!

 

                

Hints

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Logs

18-May-21
Moved 142.61km
Serio hopped out here, and has found a home in a stump. (Further from a road this time.) I wandered about searching for a hollow log or stump, and there was a dearth of hollows. Poor animals when they want shelter. Finally I found a stump, made when a tree has been cut down. I have included photographs to aid the search. I added a bison tube and new log.
 
17-May-21
Serio is travelling with me at present on the south coast, looking for a new home. I thought Serio had found a holiday home today...but there was a cache already in it Shocked. An unexpected extra log for me. Serio has the front passenger seat.
 
18-Apr-21
I dried the log and photographed the signatures to put here. I see blurred ink, so some signatures might be washed off. I need to buy a waterproof felt pen to write the GA code on Serio. Then I will release it.
 
17-Apr-21
Back on the Hop! Clan PhoenixRibbit
 
17-Apr-21
He's been found! Thank you so much to Goldenwattle, Serio gets a second lease on life... sans his log backpack. He is now legless, find a move to get a smiley Very HappyRibbitVery Happy
 
13-Apr-21
Serio being washed to prepare for travel again. Needs to be unarchived.
 
12-Apr-21
Here is a photograph of the state I found Serio in. As can be seen, the trees are gone, when comparing this photograph to one I took in my old log on 18-Sep-19. I think the log will be okay, but it is wet and slimy at present. I threw the broken sistema out and I am drying the log. I will wash Serio.
 
12-Apr-21
Hello Zalgariath,
Seeing Serio was reported missing from where I left it, I took a drive to check it out. Sometimes workmen find caches when doing work and place them aside, so I thought maybe they might have done that here. I have come upon a couple of other instances where they did that. A bridge was replaced and they found the cache underneath, so they left it at the base of a nearby tree, and another instant, a tree was cut down and the cache that was up the tree, was placed at the stump.
Here I arrived to find the road widened and the group of large trees (pine and gum) all gone. I don't know why this section of road got widened, because neither direction either side of this place has been widened. Doesn't make sense, but it has happened.
I got out of the car and wandered to the now open area that is GZ. Where would workmen leave a cache if they found it? I walked over to the new fence, glanced along it, and there was Serio, propped up against the fence. It looks worn but Serio's intact. I will add a photograph to show you. There was a sistema cache box with log beside Serio. Did Serio have a box as well; I don't remember?
You can unarchive Serio, as it's been found. I haven't examined it that closely yet though (it needs a wash), just 'chucked' it (gently) in the car. The box has had it though.

Regards Goldenwattle.
 
11-Apr-21
Oh noes! Serio was my favourite frog I made. Ribbit
 
11-Apr-21
Not here. There is a new dirt road, with new fences (I think) and certainly no trees on the roadside, so nowhere to hide a frog.
 
Reading previous logs for this moveable indicates that the cache is still in location, just sitting there waiting to be found. So, if you're in the area, or simply passing through, why not stop and help it on its way again.....
 
23-Sep-19
Spotted with Goldenwattle. TFTC.
 
18-Sep-19
Moved 19.22km
Hidden under a dense native pine. At base of gum tree, second from left when facing towards road. Under leaves.
 
09-Sep-19
I came to find this cache, but found four moveables here. I planned only to discover them, but a car pulled in near me and so I had to take the caches with me. TFTC Zalgariath.
 
17-Aug-19
Moved 9.7km
Dropped and ready to go! Cheers!
 
21-Jul-19
Retrieved while grabbing the other moveables here but have already found this moveable. Will move on soon.
 
20-Jul-19
Moved 6.47km
Down and ready to go again...
 
20-Jul-19
Found while out and about grabbing a few others. Now with me and will be moved on shortly.

Thanks Zal...
 
19-Jul-19
Moved 8.57km
Moved to a new spot waiting for the next journey
 
02-Jul-19
Found in the hands of Joolay today - great to grab some more moveables. TFTC
 
02-Jul-19
Spied this little fellow in the hands of Joolay after she had pickef him up from his recent hidey hole. Thanks for the cache Zalgariath.
 
02-Jul-19
Picked up today will drop off soon
 
01-Jul-19
Moved 3.37km
Back out for collection!
 
29-Jun-19
Moved 17.22km
out with another cacher
 
29-Jun-19
Nice to see you again Serio!
 
29-Jun-19
Moved 948.67km

Down and ready to go
 
29-Jun-19
Found this fellow on its arrival in the ACT.

Thanks for the cache Zalgariath
 
29-Jun-19
Found a whole pile of lovely GA caches when I met ParisLaura!
As soon as Black Bunny has seen them, we will set them free in the ACT.
 
21-Jun-19
Moved 11.9km
Just a cacher met me today in the city for a chat and moveable swap. This one was passed on and headed for its next adventure.
 
25-Apr-19
A collection of GCA caches made their way to the lovely Mawson Lakes in South Australia and were hidden all in wonderful spots around lakes and parks. I had a lovely afternoon out picking up some GCAs with Mr 10 year old, and also putting out some more.

I have taken this cache today with the intention to move it along again soon. Great to see such an old cache still in circulation! Very HappySmileCoolLaughingWink
 
24-Apr-19
Moved 965.22km
Serio was looking for a quiet place to wait for its next move and found a spot in a garden bed beside a path.
 
03-Mar-19
Found waiting patiently by the garage door with a mottled collection of moveables all hoping for an adventure. Will be off and out soon.
 
03-Mar-19
Moved 85.63km
We've had a collection of moveable caches for way too long, apologies to the cache owners, so have passed them on to another team to take with them on an expedition, happy travels
 
02-Feb-19
We were in the area to visit family and they decided to come along with us to see if we could find some moveable caches. We needed a find today to fill a gap on our dragon zone calendar and ended up finding seven so a good day, the grandkids were impressed. We'll move theses ones along asap. TFTC
 
09-Dec-18
Moved 2.47km
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03-Dec-18
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One of several moveables we spotted at our Event today.

Many thanks Zalgariath 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

Have you joined a clan? Enhance your geocaching experience by joining a clan and being a part of the Dragon Zone. Choose a team Clan Griffin Gold - Griffin, Clan Phoenix Green - Phoenix, Clan Cerberus Blue - Cerberus or Clan Minotaur Orange - Minotaur. Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe.
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03-Dec-18
This fine summer's evening attended geocaching australia event: The Moveables are Here!!, graciously hosted by Tassie Trekkers. Was fortunate to make it to the event as was not working and I only noted that it was going to be held on the previous evening - almost missed it. So many moveables in the one spot, roughly 150 in attendance. Nothing for it but to record a couple of notebook pages full of numbers. A very cute, however, rather chilled out looking froggy, found among others at Riverside.. thanks..!!
 
03-Dec-18
Moved 183.14km
This cache will be attending the GA13289 The Moveables are Here Event 3.12.18 at the Tail Race, Riverside. Please don't look for me yet as I am hitching a ride!
 
02-Dec-18
Hi and thanks for this moveable that I spotted whilst tabled at the Snug event.
I left it in place for others to find and move on.
 
02-Dec-18
Hi Zalgariath
Arrived at the event early and Sainted this cache at 1145 hours
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
My FINDS: GCA 3326; GC 3575; Tot 6901
 
02-Dec-18
Out and about today with RLD4963 and the GeoGSP, I stopped in at the moveable event (GA13269). It was flat out spotting and logging moveable caches - have not seen so much action at a geocaching event before. Luckily there was a nearby GC event after this one, where we could recover with a cuppa and a biscuit. Good luck to everyone for the current GCA game, and thanks to everyone who has published geocaches in time for the event! Cheers.
 
02-Dec-18
Found at the Snug moveable meet along with many other moveables. What a busy time I will have logging all these moveables. I found four moveables at Evandale and bought these along for the ride. Other people bought many more though! Everyone had a great time. Today’s event will help everyone in their position on the ladder for the summer game. The game is described below

TFTC
Stainless Steel Rat

The latest Geocaching Australia game runs from 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST


This new 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.

A moving cache, by nature, may have been moved since you last determined its location. It may have been picked up but not yet rehidden so it's considered 'in-transit'. There is no foolproof method of determining where a cache is simply by the log types that have been placed against the cache. In general the following applies:

A moved log with new co-ordinates indicates that the cache is in the new location ready to be found.
A found log with new co-ordinates indicates that the cache is in the new location ready to be found.
A found log with no new co-ordinates may indicate one of two situations:
The cache has been found and left in place.
The best way to determine this is to read the found log and hopefully the cacher who found the cache has indicated whether it is still in place.
The cache has been found and the cacher has taken it away to re-hide it.
The best was to determine this is to read the found log and hopefully the cacher who found the cache has indicated whether they have taken it away.
In essence, you will need to read the last log to determine whether the cache is in place or whether the cache has been moved. Remember that even though the logs indicate the cache may be at a certain location, it may have been picked up and moved only moments before you arrived. That's part of the challenge of a moving cache; you're never quite sure whether it's a DNF because you can't spot it or it's been moved along.
 
02-Dec-18
Hello Zalgariath thank you for the cache.

I found this one sitting on the table at the Movable event along with many others.
Found on Sunday 2 December 2018 at 1100

TFTC
 
02-Dec-18
Found at the Snug moveable meet (GA13269)

Wow there sure were plenty of moveable caches there of lots of different sizes

A great time was had by all the people that attended

Thanks for the cache

The event was a great idea (well done Stainless Steel Rat) as it tied in with a nearby GC event that was scheduled after this. Coming at the start of the new summer games also allowed the attendees to rack up a few points for the Journey or Destination Game (information below)

The latest Geocaching Australia game runs from 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST


This new 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.

A moving cache, by nature, may have been moved since you last determined its location. It may have been picked up but not yet rehidden so it's considered 'in-transit'. There is no foolproof method of determining where a cache is simply by the log types that have been placed against the cache. In general the following applies:

A moved log with new co-ordinates indicates that the cache is in the new location ready to be found.
A found log with new co-ordinates indicates that the cache is in the new location ready to be found.
A found log with no new co-ordinates may indicate one of two situations:
The cache has been found and left in place.
The best way to determine this is to read the found log and hopefully the cacher who found the cache has indicated whether it is still in place.
The cache has been found and the cacher has taken it away to re-hide it.
The best was to determine this is to read the found log and hopefully the cacher who found the cache has indicated whether they have taken it away.
In essence, you will need to read the last log to determine whether the cache is in place or whether the cache has been moved. Remember that even though the logs indicate the cache may be at a certain location, it may have been picked up and moved only moments before you arrived. That's part of the challenge of a moving cache; you're never quite sure whether it's a DNF because you can't spot it or it's been moved along.
 
I found this along with loads of others at this mornings GCA event Snug moveable meet (GA13269)

A quick event that was tied in with a nearby GC event that was scheduled after this. Coming at the start of the new

summer games also allowed the attendees to rack up a few points for the Journey or Destination Game (information

below)

The latest Geocaching Australia game runs from 01-Dec-2018 00:00:00 to 31-Jan-2019 23:59:59 AEST


This new 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.

A moving cache, by nature, may have been moved since you last determined its location. It may have been picked up

but not yet rehidden so it's considered 'in-transit'. There is no foolproof method of determining where a cache is

simply by the log types that have been placed against the cache. In general the following applies:

A moved log with new co-ordinates indicates that the cache is in the new location ready to be found.
A found log with new co-ordinates indicates that the cache is in the new location ready to be found.
A found log with no new co-ordinates may indicate one of two situations:
The cache has been found and left in place.
The best way to determine this is to read the found log and hopefully the cacher who found the cache has indicated

whether it is still in place.
The cache has been found and the cacher has taken it away to re-hide it.
The best was to determine this is to read the found log and hopefully the cacher who found the cache has indicated

whether they have taken it away.
In essence, you will need to read the last log to determine whether the cache is in place or whether the cache has

been moved. Remember that even though the logs indicate the cache may be at a certain location, it may have been

picked up and moved only moments before you arrived. That's part of the challenge of a moving cache; you're never

quite sure whether it's a DNF because you can't spot it or it's been moved along.
 
02-Dec-18
Wow what a collection of moveables there was to be had today at the Snug Event and this was one of them. It was like feeding time at the Zoo. A well supported event. Well done SSR on getting us together. TFTM
 
02-Dec-18
Moved 24.39km
 
01-Dec-18
Nabbed
 
02-Sep-18
What an interesting collection of moveables we found today. This guy is pretty groovy! This one was left in place as we already had some dinosaurs to move today.
 
25-Aug-18
Moved 9.95km
 
23-Aug-18
been sitting in the one spot a long time. Will move on soon. TFTM
 
09-Feb-18
Moved 18.8km
 
09-Feb-18
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Collected while visiting the resort for moveables.

Many thanks Zalgariath for publishing this cache for our enjoyment 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 We were one of the lucky teams to receive a pathtag from Geocaching Australia for publishing a "Geocacher Cache" - thanks Geocaching Australia.

Have you joined a clan? Enhance your geocaching experience by joining a clan and being a part of the Dragon Zone. Choose a team Clan Griffin Gold - Griffin, Clan Phoenix Green - Phoenix, Clan Cerberus Blue - Cerberus or Clan Minotaur Orange - Minotaur. Earn trophies and rise through the ranks from Dragon Fodder to Ruler of the Universe.

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09-Feb-18
Moved 20.37km
At the local resort for moveables.
 
05-Feb-18
A quick find while out and about. We meet again. Will move on soon. TFTM
 
26-Jan-18
Moved 3.25km
 
26-Jan-18
Nabbed
 
22-Jan-18
Moved 5.79km
Hidden as a surprise
 
13-Jan-18
Hi Zalgariath
Had to go to Hobart today for business so decided to stop at the Springs on Mt Wellington to find a cache or two for the “State of the Nation” Scavenger Hunt; as it was time to use my day for hunting caches to gain a few more points for the BEST STATE IN THE NATION, Tasmania.

Weather:
An overcast day at Huonville and a bit chilly at the start of the day – eleven degrees here. It is also raining. While looking for caches it was only four degrees Celsius on Mt Wellington.
A little bit of wind at ground zero.


Travel:
Drove from Huonville to Mt Wellington finding your cache and returned to Huonville.
For the day, it took 639 steps burning 458 calories to cover a total of 0.54 kilometres on foot. I drove 82.4 kilometres for the day.

GA4126 “Serio”
Having arrived at a car park from which I have chased caches before, Mt Wellington; and began to walk the thirty five metres to the cache. But it appeared that my GPS was playing up (as they often do on Mount Wellington). Geo-cache instincts took over and at ground zero little time passed before the cache was to hand.
The cache was Sainted at 0633 hours.
I had travelled thirty four kilometres by car to get to this cache and my small walk saw me expend 458 calories over a distance of 0.54 kilometres using 639 steps.
All the protocols were completed and it was time to head to my next destination.
Really enjoyed the exercise and being near the scrub - THANK YOU.

This cache will be used as part of the States of the Nation games currently running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018. As the new caches have so many options, a decision will be made as to which scavenge to use it against. It is nice to have a choice. Thanks.
States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.
There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.
Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.
If you’re not participating, get into the game and help Tassie come first please.
These caches will also help collect points for the Dragonzone Game.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
 
01-Jan-18
Moved 0.42km
 
01-Jan-18
We headed out to the mountain today to find five new caches that had been published while we have been away up North. Thanks OldSaint, Stainless=Steel-Rat and gooseandegg for creating caches which have multiple options to use in the States of the Nation games. We also scored as a bonus the first to find on OldSaint's newly published "The Photographer" cache.

After stopping at the springs we thought we might get a coffee but alas the "shop" wasn't open. I dont know why it wasn't open as it was like Flinder's Street Station, people and cars everywhere. They missed out today on lots of business.

We did however find a goose and a rat in search of coffee as well. I said I can show you mine if you show me yours (moveables that is) and the Event was published, moveables sighted, signed and some taken to be moved. Serio was collected from the Event and will be moved on soon.

We left the mountain hiding moveables all the way down that hadn't been collected by other attendees, so hopefully the elevation will help others in the games.We con tinued on to the Domain to find another OldSaint cache that had been published Christmas Eve and then over to Howrah to hide a couple more moveables before heading home. As we hadn't had lunch and it was getting late afternoon, we stopped at the grocer at Lauderdale only to find it wasn't open. We are not having much luck spending our money today! Sorry about the lengthy logs. We are currently aiming for a virtual verbosity trophy. TFTM

The States of the Nation games which we are currently participating in are running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018.

States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.

There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.

Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.

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Found at 'An impromptu gathering' at the springs with gooseandegg, Whitewebbs will move shortly. Thanks for the moveable cache.
Happy New Year Razz
 
01-Jan-18
Found at 'An impromptu gathering' at the springs. Whitewebbs will move shortly. Thanks for the moveable cache.
 
01-Jan-18
Moved 163.07km
 
29-Dec-17
Out and about in the Trevallyn area on a moveable collection run, looked for ten and found nine. This time we will sign the oldest cache in Northern Tassie GC388 as we drive past. We have been caching for seven years, and never got around to it before now, so today is the day. Serio was easily located, placed in the car and will be heading south.

We are participating in the States of the Nation games which are currently running from 16 December 2017 until 21 January 2018.

We are currently aiming for a virtual verbosity trophy, hence the lengthy logs.

States of the Nation is a real and virtual geocaching scavenger hunt where your home state will compete against other Australian states to find and hide geocaches. Over the 5 week course of the game there will be hundreds of scavenges that you can track down, find and convert into points for your state. Some scavenges will be easy. Some scavenges will be tough. Some scavenges may be impossible. Don't despair. You are not competing just for yourself; you are competing as a state.

There will be a number of scavenges released on a weekly basis but each scavenge will remain until the end of the game. This means even if you decide to join the game part way through, the early scavenges are still available for you to claim. Scavenges will require you to find a geocache, hide a geocache, attend an event or do something else completely different. The game focuses on all aspects of geocaching and so all cache types, sizes, terrain and difficulty will be up for scavenging. TrigPoints, Events, History, Virtual, Webcam, Podcache and Locationless geocaches are all scavengable, so you're not just looking for a box under a bush. Each week there will be a mix of physical, non-physical and locationless geocaches so even if you are not in a geocache rich area, use the locationless component of scavenger series to get out, find something to log and gain points for your state. If you watch the scavenges as they are released you might also spot the 'not so hidden' patterns and plan for future weeks of the series.

Hiding geocaches will also be a large part of the scavenger series, but please remember this is a game of geocaching and geocaches that you hide should be long lasting, be of good quality and you should be proud of what you hide. Please avoid hiding a geocache just for the day so your state can find it before you archive it. Geocaches that exist for a short period of time may result in any claims on that geocache being disqualified. Play creatively, but also play fairly. More geocachers hiding more geocaches makes for more geocaching fun.

Go Tassie! Go Tassie!! Go Tassie!!! Go Tassie!!!! Go Tassie!!!!! Go Tassie!!!!!! Go Tassie!!!!!!! Clan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan MinotaurClan Minotaur
 
27-Dec-17
Moved 116.57km
Serio is back out ready to play, he's in a reserve close to the city
 
24-Dec-17
A quick find in our neighbourhood, we were about to head out to do some last minute Christmas errands when we heard something outside. On investigation we found this little guy hanging about just waiting for some company. We now have a collection of moveable caches to find new homes for, we'll move them all along asap. TFTC
 
23-Dec-17
Moved 28.81km
As Serio had formed a bond with Trafficus Cornus during their time travelling with Trekkers Serio decided to watch over it friend.
 
23-Dec-17
Needed a few GA dragon zone finds for today so made an early start to our morning walk. We were not quite sure of which level to approach the hiding spot but thought the Old Coast Road would be best. It was then where do we find the easiest access as all approaches looked quite steep. In the end we approached from the north and used the scrubby vegetation to prevent us slipping back down the bank.

Accurate coordinates had us on top of the hide in no time but we still had to look twice before uncovering the cache. We hadn't checked the photos so thought we were collecting a sistema. The retriever got a shock when she tried to lift it as the large frog under the sistema was very heavy. All was well in the end and the container was successfully stowed in the cache bag. It is nice to see these well designed caches still moving around the country six years after being released.

We will endeavour to get it back out soon.

 
22-Dec-17
Moved 86.7km
Out near abbatoirs.
 
21-Dec-17
Quick find tftc...cheers ST.
 
20-Dec-17
Moved 486.56km
Clan Minotaur After hitching a ride in our suitcase Serio is ready for action Clan Minotaur
 
18-Nov-17
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We are currently touring Victoria with our geovan in tow, using geocaching as a guide. We have visited many amazing locations through geocaching and today Several moveables landed close by so a trip to hunt them down was in order.

Many thanks Zalgariath for publishing this cache for our enjoyment and adding to our geocaching experience today.

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 We were one of the lucky teams to receive a pathtag from Geocaching Australia for publishing a "Geocacher Cache" - thanks Geocaching Australia.

We Have arrived in Alexandra for the Event which is happening on the eighteenth to the nineteenth of November 2017 hope to see you there.

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********************This lengthy log is because we are currently working towards a trophy for "I write treatises for a living" - Average 150 or more words per valid dragonZone geocache find log or did not find log excluding geocaches that you own. Slowly getting there********************

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18-Nov-17
Moved 600.72km
Now in Alexandra and time to find a new home. Would only like to be here for a very short time before being found and moved on.
I hope some one will take me on the weekend of the mega here in town and take me on a journey.
 
09-Nov-17
Not at posted Co Ordinatesd. Will be placed much further south as we had to Bendigo.

Day 4 of our journey to Alexandra. Left Nanango Qld on Monday and stayed overnight in Moree. Left Moree early on Tuesday arrived in Dubbo Wednesday and now it is Thursday and we are staying in Dubbo till Friday. Next on the list and parked on the side road and walked over to this GZ and then 2 more short walks to retrieve the other two in the vicinity. TFTC Zalgariath. Clan MinotaurVery HappyClappingDancingClan Minotaur
 
04-Jul-17
Moved 7.49km
Three frogs have been living in my front yard for a while. I thought they would go for a hop over to the NT some time ago, but no. So today I decided to give them a new and much more frog friendly home in the bush. All three frogs live close to each other but have their own homes.

To get to the frogs safely you should probably put the coordinates in your driving map device or app and let it direct you so you don't miss the turn or cause traffic trouble. Please pass and turn around somewhere safely if you need to.
 
24-Mar-17
Moved 291.3km
How chill does this frog look! Ribbit
Cool cache. Ordinary location so easy to pick up if on way through to Alice.
Serio is hanging out with a few friends as they sit in hope of a trip to the centre of Australia or just somewhere else.
 
Had to visit the big smoke this week. Paused at this interesting cemetery to check it out and find a few Aussie caches. picked up this one and a few buddies for a trip out west. Smile
 
31-Jan-17
Moved 0.14km
Stayed in Rookwood moved near Croak
 
31-Jan-17
Picked up from Rookwood as it was where I was going to replace with a gnome. Thanks for the moveable Zalgariath
 
29-Jan-17
Moved 705.4km
Serio has returned home.
 
22-Jan-17
Found and left at the ccc event
 
22-Jan-17
Saw this on the table at the event. Your frog is coming home Zal. I have it.
 
22-Jan-17
Moved 18.98km
dropped off at the CCC event
 
17-Jan-17
Picked up on the way home from work to get some scavenger points.
Thanks for the frog. I'll drop off soon
 
18-Aug-16
Moved 4.45km
A short move but a change of scenery.
 
18-Aug-16
I saw that this guy was hiding in a tree stump close to my home. He was waiting with a friend, who I also picked up. Lucky my arms could just reach them. RibbitRibbit
 
14-Aug-16
Moved 455.9km
After a couple of escapes from the prisoner exchange group yesterday, others were getting restless and a couple made a break for it at Wattle Park today, including Duh! Frog. Happy travels! RibbitClan Cerberus
 
10-Aug-16
Collected this little guy to join a prisoner exchange group going to Victoria. Ribbit
 
07-Aug-16
Moved 21.12km
All prisoners collected and ready for Transport interstate this coming week!

Note: Caches are not here. They are nearby but will be in transit
 
07-Aug-16
I've recollected this in preparation for an interstate Prisoner Exchange Program that will occur in the next week or so Very Happy
 
28-May-16
Missed out on searching for this cache today, time was marching on, darkness was falling and the cold was setting in. Time to head toward home.
 
20-May-16
On a lunch time cache hunt in Callum Brae with cantanga, we stumbled on this guy. Signed but did not move it. Thanks Zalgariath Ribbit
 
20-May-16
Deeper into Callum Brea we went on this glorious Friday Lunch time. THis one was only about 50m off the path we were heading along so we stopped for another smiley. Didn't move him as he looked rather peaceful there. TFTC
 
13-Mar-16
Moved 20.63km
Hopped over to the other side of town Ribbit.
 
13-Mar-16
Discovered in the hands of Goldenwattle in a friendly neighborly exchange. Very cool. She will move them on soon. TFTC!
 
12-Mar-16
Found in a bag with other geocaches. TFTC Zalgariath.
 
12-Mar-16
Found with three other geocaches in a bag Ribbit. TFTC Zalgariath.
 
28-Feb-16
Found this guy and a few mates while doing a few CCT caches. Left them there for somebody else.
 
07-Feb-16
Moved 4.43km
Ergh. Wrong Co-ords!
 
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