Sadie [Pet Rocks at Brimbank] Keilor East, Victoria, Australia
By
caughtatwork on 30-Jun-12. Waypoint GA4452
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Micro |
| Coordinates: | S37° 43.848' E144° 50.288' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 309490E 5821852N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 58 m |
| Local Government Area: | Brimbank |
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Description
S is for Sadie [Pet Rocks at Brimbank]
Do you remember the fad of pet rocks? Did you want one? Do you even know what I'm talking about?
Take a stroll around Brimbank Park where you will find 26 pet rocks hiding out just waiting for you to come and find them. They may be tricky. They may be easy. They will all be identifiable as pet rocks and you'll understand why when you find the first one. If you bring your smart phone with you, at the top of each log sheet is a QR code which you can scan into your phone and it will take you directly to the log page for this cache. This means you can log each pet rock while you stroll to the next.
Brimbank Park is situated in the north-western Melbourne suburb of Keilor. (Melway ref: 15 A10). Entry is via Keilor Park Drive which is off the Western Ring Road. In 1976 Brimbank Park was opened as part of the Maribyrnong Valley Park, combined with the adjacent Horseshoe Bend Children's farm and Greenvale Reservoir Park. The Maribyrnong River has hollowed out a valley some 55 metres below the Keilor Plain, with a steep bank on the northern side and gentle terraces on the southern side forming a huge amphitheatre. The park has several sheltered picnic areas, gas barbecues, picnic tables, and playgrounds. For those who forget their picnic basket, there is the Leaping Lizard Cafe in the visitors centre. A network of cycling and walking tracks cross the park, as well as self guided walking trails.
Come and take a few hours to walk around the park, picking up some pet rocks along the way.
Hints
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Logs
#GA5113 - 15:20; In Melbourne for a couple of days and between errands, there is time for a spot of caching. I collected "the magic box" for the Victorian Reverse Geocache (GA6859) from its CO and then set off on my mission. Collected some caches along the way, then did a bit of work for the geodaughter before getting back to the mission. I originally had company when the trip was planned and the unfound caches in this series wasn't on the agenda. That all changed after the recent COVID cases and I was travelling solo, so decided to clear some of the caches I hadn't found, but my usual caching companion had. Managed to collect eight pet rocks today and not sure how the other one didn't make it into the PQ! Looks like I'll be back again for that one. This one was another quick find with the cache in good condition. TFTC caughtatwork 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Well, if we thought "Richard" was *unloved* imagine the surprise find here.
Almost four years have passed by and Sadie has sat quietly awaiting some company. (1,425 days since last log.)
One of the easiest finds of the day by far. The rewards far outweigh the effort of getting here.
A well made trail, excellent views, zero muggles all afternoon and an approaching rain storm crossing the horizon towards me.
Sadie is in great condition and another highly *recommended* cache indeed.
Thanks again caughtatwork, an invigorating wander around a superb park.
Almost four years have passed by and Sadie has sat quietly awaiting some company. (1,425 days since last log.)
One of the easiest finds of the day by far. The rewards far outweigh the effort of getting here.
A well made trail, excellent views, zero muggles all afternoon and an approaching rain storm crossing the horizon towards me.
Sadie is in great condition and another highly *recommended* cache indeed.
Thanks again caughtatwork, an invigorating wander around a superb park.
Rated: for Overall Experience
GCA Find #99
Back to Brimbank today to hopefully grab all the remaining caches. A brief search and the cache was found in the logical spot, behind a spiders web which was helping to hide it. Used a stick to extract the cache. This was an easy find using the hint.
Thanks CAUGHTATWORK
TFTC.
Back to Brimbank today to hopefully grab all the remaining caches. A brief search and the cache was found in the logical spot, behind a spiders web which was helping to hide it. Used a stick to extract the cache. This was an easy find using the hint.
Thanks CAUGHTATWORK
TFTC.
Rated: for Overall Experience
this one was spread in 3 different places but were able to put it all back together again
Well the treddly got a work out coming up here.
But it was worthwhile with the views from here are gold.
The cache was a quick find just before some muggles road past.
TFTC
But it was worthwhile with the views from here are gold.
The cache was a quick find just before some muggles road past.
TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
I was still logging the last cache when I looked up and thought that's where the next cache was and bingo.
Cute name....as is the whole series. I never had any myself, but my kids certainly loved to collect them. Back in the day, almost every market (Trash and Treasure) had at least one stall selling a range of them...so easy and cheap to make. Someone mad a few dollars.....
Thanks for the continuing fun....
Thanks for the continuing fun....
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found on our caravanning and caching tour of the area a great series that we enjoyed.
Appreciate the time and effort gone into placing these caches and the pet rock theme bought a smile to our faces every time we found one. Thanks caughtatwork.
Appreciate the time and effort gone into placing these caches and the pet rock theme bought a smile to our faces every time we found one. Thanks caughtatwork.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found during our christmas lunch in the park.
A bit hot to be out and about so we only picked up a few.
TFTC
A bit hot to be out and about so we only picked up a few.
TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
Date: 18.11.2012
Time: 1:29
Today, my caching buddy SedgwickDave and I were headed for Brimbank Park to find the 26 GCA Caches that had been placed there. It started as a rainy morning but ended up as a beautiful sunny day. but first thing is first, find a few caches on the way. Also, as is also a self imposed requirement for our caching runs is to find at least three different cache types. We managed five today... Trad, Multi, Puzzle, Earth and Letterbox.
Another quick find on our cycle around the park
Apologies for the copy and paste, just too many to remember
Thanks to caughtatwork for the hide and the series.
Time: 1:29
Today, my caching buddy SedgwickDave and I were headed for Brimbank Park to find the 26 GCA Caches that had been placed there. It started as a rainy morning but ended up as a beautiful sunny day. but first thing is first, find a few caches on the way. Also, as is also a self imposed requirement for our caching runs is to find at least three different cache types. We managed five today... Trad, Multi, Puzzle, Earth and Letterbox.
Another quick find on our cycle around the park
Apologies for the copy and paste, just too many to remember
Thanks to caughtatwork for the hide and the series.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found with Ahomburg today while on the bikes riding around this great park. Got a flat half way thru so not only did I find caches but had to pump the tie up every 5mins. A fun day with a work out taking about 4hrs to complete. With only 1 not found and 1 other not attempted due to muggles.
Afternoon bike ride and found some friends. This was my first find of the pet rock series. Looks like fun to do but I had limited time so didn't find many on this attempt. This one was easy enough and has a nice seat nearby to take a rest.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Second of this series for me on my sojourn out here today. A nice easy one at 15:30.
TNLNSL. Thanks caughtatwork.
TNLNSL. Thanks caughtatwork.
These caches have such character, this little guy looked so cute in his hide hole.
Thanks for the another in this fun series C@W
Thanks for the another in this fun series C@W
Took the opportunity of a quiet and wonderful Winters day to go to the park and complete the series in new day. Not many people about, which helped me to ho end.
Great series, certainly worth the effort to complete. Thanks for taking me here. TFTC
Great series, certainly worth the effort to complete. Thanks for taking me here. TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
12:27
A beautiful sunny Sunday... perfect for packing some sandwiches and taking a stroll in Brimbank Park. Time for some Quality Family Time™, and all that entails: niggling, whining, complaining... and that was just from the adults.
Seriously, though, we had a great time finding the last half of the Pet Rocks together, with the girls taking turns at retrieving the containers for me to log. All in all, a fun day, finished off with the reward of hot chocolates and coffee at the cafe.
Thanks for a great series, caughtatwork.
A beautiful sunny Sunday... perfect for packing some sandwiches and taking a stroll in Brimbank Park. Time for some Quality Family Time™, and all that entails: niggling, whining, complaining... and that was just from the adults.
Seriously, though, we had a great time finding the last half of the Pet Rocks together, with the girls taking turns at retrieving the containers for me to log. All in all, a fun day, finished off with the reward of hot chocolates and coffee at the cafe.
Thanks for a great series, caughtatwork.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found by Team Ladava as we continued our stroll around this delightful park.
We had a couple of hours to spare between a little shopping in Highpoint and the appointment with the dog groomer so what better use could we put it to?
Our thanks to caughtatwork for your work in putting together this mini powertrail.
Cheers
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava
We had a couple of hours to spare between a little shopping in Highpoint and the appointment with the dog groomer so what better use could we put it to?
Our thanks to caughtatwork for your work in putting together this mini powertrail.
Cheers
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava
Rated: for Overall Experience
We were looking at a map showing caches in the Woodlands area. We then looked at the surrounding areas and noticed a very interesting group of caches, the Pet Rocks at Brimbank. We decided to visit today for some preliminary work to assess what may be needed to attempt the series. We found the first Pet Rock at 3:15pm and were back in the car by 4:30pm heading to an appointment having found a total of 14 Pet Rocks. In every case we found that the coordinates were very accurate and resulted in short searches. Normally we would write some comments specific to each cache but to do so for caches in this series may disclose too much information about the hide. So, we have opted for a commen log for each find. We really enjoyed the walk through this great park and the hunting down of Pet Rocks was a great way to spend part of the afternoon. We hope to return tomorrow to look for the remainder. Thanks for a great concept caughtatwork and thanks for the caches.
It was a cold start to the day but great for a walk around Brimbank Park searching for a few new GCA caches. After a DNF on the first one we got into our caching groove and had a fantastic time finding all the hides. We will return to finish off the series very soon.
TNLNSL
Thanks C@W, we appreciate the effort put into this series.
TNLNSL
Thanks C@W, we appreciate the effort put into this series.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I saw these get published, then my heart sunk when I saw pwags was quickly on the scene to gather up the FTF goodness. Needing a good string of finds in a day, I decided to give these a go instead of venturing south to pick up the JackSpeak series. I awoke far too early thanks to the cold so after giving the sleep option a miss (it just wasn't going to happen) I got up and planned a day's geocaching - priority #1 get the pet rocks! I detoured to grab another GCA cache on the way, then headed to Brimbank where it was still kind of quiet, although the dog-walkers were out and about, from Chihuahua to Irish Wolf Horse, uh, Hound - and a few of my favourites the Staffy. Sadie was an easy FTF, which after walking the whole series was appreciated!
Today was my opportunity to clean up the remaining half of this mini power trail, after grabbing the first 13 caches as FTF's last weekend. As there were no other logs yet online, I thought I'd be getting another 13 FTF's but as I opened the log for each one today, I found that I'd been beaten to them - congratulations to quiet1_au!
As I said last week, this is a great little power trail - many thanks to caughtatwork for hiding these cute little rocks.
Found this one at 2:08pm.
As I said last week, this is a great little power trail - many thanks to caughtatwork for hiding these cute little rocks.
Found this one at 2:08pm.
Rated: for Overall Experience
