Swampy Bridge - Caroline Springs Stroll Caroline Springs, Victoria, Australia
By caughtatwork on 07-Jun-15. Waypoint GA7258
Cache Details
Difficulty: | |
Terrain: | |
Type: | Traditional |
Container: | Small |
Coordinates: | S37° 44.885' E144° 43.974' (WGS 84) |
55H 300262E 5819715N (UTM) | |
Elevation: | 79 m |
Local Government Area: | Melton |
Description
A stroll around the lakes of Caroline Springs
Caroline Springs, just 25km west of Melbourne is a thriving community with a great trail of paths and walkways between the artificial lakes, ponds and creeks. Set in 800 hectares of grazing land Caroline Springs was developed on greenfield land since starting in 1999. At the north of the suburb is the town square and main shopping center known as CS Square, and a man-made lake known as Lake Caroline. It is around the man made lakes that your meanderings will take you as you collect the various geocaches around the area.
The cache you seek is a 200ml sistema container painted to blend into the surroundings. Be aware of water and snakes in the summer time.
Winter is Coming is all about geocaching during the cold weather, the challenge of controlling dragonZones and your own obsession with completing goals and earning dZPoints. These challenges and points are in addition to your normal dragonZone points. Your normal dragonZone points will also be accrued towards your total in this game. There are a number of different challenges to choose from during this game. Some will be easy. Some will be tough. Some may be impossible. Challenges can be accomplished more than once. The game software will calculate your points as you log your geocaches at Geocaching Australia. Challenges are there to give your points a boost and you are not required to achieve any challenge in order to participate in the game. Simply being a dragonZone game member will allow you to participate. Once you have collected your first points in the game, you will appear on the ladder. All points collected from all dragonZone activities will count towards your position on the ladder. This includes standard finds, daily dZPoints, challenge bonus points, trophy points and any points awarded by the game administrators.
Hints
Abegu rnfg fvqr, orgjrra ebpx naq pbapergr. |
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Decode |
Logs
Many thanks caughtatwork, enjoyed our day exploring the area.
over from Tassie on a raiding mission
thanks for the cache
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The cooler weather this weekend made today perfect for a bike ride. With a stiff southerly blowing, I decided that I'd tackle the lower reaches of the Kororoit Creek with the wind at my tail, rather than the tougher option... then enjoy a non-stop jaunt alongside the Ring Road and Western Freeway to where I left off last week.
It was certainly quite different this time around: express rather than stopping all stations (caches), then, once I'd made it to the vicinity of the prison, a cool, and occasionally damp evening compared to the balmy weather of late.
By the time I reached the middle of Caroline Springs, there were nearly a dozen and a half more smileys, with only a few I couldn't locate, and finds on some caches that had been dormant for a year and a half. Oh, and both my phone and GPSr were running on fumes when I finally got on a train. All in all, a good evening expedition.
Many thanks, C@W.
GCA#348
Had a car parked right at GZ the first time round so we returned after finding all the others to search for this one.
Took nothing
Left Grandparents Again pathtag
Thanks caughtatwork
I completed a great little circuit of the lakes of Caroline Springs.
Some great caches that you can complete in just on an hour.
Nice spot here where I parked close by.
Quick find before moving on.
TFTC
Anyways, this first one was found ok, and with the weather the way it was, I used the hint on every one....couldn't see the sense in trying to find something, while holding the umbrella up like a target for any lightning to aim for.
Log/s was soon signed, cache replaced and I was getting wetter....if that was even possible! But, it was still a caching run, and I enjoyed the area. I can remember when they started to build the area....new suburb, new display homes, it was all the go. Mid 90's I think??
Thanks for the series caughtatwork....just hope you don't mind cut n paste logs!!!
A few muggles walking all different directions here so I walked up to the roundabout and back to give them time to disperse. No trouble finding the cache once the coast was clear. I signed in second place yet again while admiring the bird life here.
Thanks caughtatwork for the pleasant lunchtime walk (and caches obviously)
TNLNSL. Thanks caughtatwork.