Australia II Drive Crawley, Western Australia, Australia
By ROSS1957 on 12-Dec-16. Waypoint GA8914

Found It!
This one took me a bit longer to spot than it should have but I got there in the end. There are a lot of yachts around here...
TFTC

Had to be at Mount Hospital at 7.15am for tests and then after lunch in Subiaco for another test. First tests finished before 8.30am so Mr dimor drove around getting GA and GC caches and going to some places we've never been.

Was a good day and the weather was a tad humid but still good for a walk

I heeded to this one while Mr dimor brought the car around save me walking back. I quick find at the first tree I looked at

TFTC

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Chwiliwr took us all out for a drive all over the place and this cache was one of the ones we visited. Cache container had a bit of water in it but it was tipped out. Log was a bit damp but still OK to be signed and was. Container put back where we found it.

Thanks ROSS1957 for the cache.

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Chwiliwr took us all out for a drive all over the place and this cache was one of the ones we visited. Cache container had a bit of water in it but it was tipped out. Log was a bit damp but still OK to be signed and was. Container put back where we found it.

Thanks ROSS1957 for the cache.

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The family took me out for a long drive and we visited a few places to find some caches. This one was a bit wet inside but grandad tipped out the water. Log signed by grandad for me and he returned the cache to where it was found.

Thank you for the cache.

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Out with the better half, Gwiber and Gwawr doing some GCA caches around the place.

Cache found without problems in a familiar place. Log signed and cache returned as found.

(Cache container was partly filled with water but the log in the bag was only a bit damp and still able to be used. Water was tipped out but we had nothing to actually dry it with.)

Thanks ROSS1957 for the cache.

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GCA 1660. Found during a work trip to the West.

Found in the rain this afternoon after work. Glad to grab this one after a couple of DNFs.

TFTC !!

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Was in the area caching with Lazarus when we passed this cache. I found the other nearby cache at the end of the street then walked up to find this one. The cache was found quite quickly when at ground zero, although it was a little hard to see in the fading light. Apart from the it was found to be in good condition Thanks Ross for placing the cache here.

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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. With this in mind we hopped on a plane and soon found ourselves in Perth, Western Australia.

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.

We arrived at the Perth airport around 17:00 and headed out to look for the caches needed to meet our targets. It was getting dark when we arrived near GZ for this cache and the air was heavy with the scent of peppermint gum leaves. After a short hunt we had the well cammo'ed container in hand. The container and contents were in very good condition. All was quiet in this area so we were able to search, sign and replace with out interruption.

Thanks for this cache Ross1957. Not only was this a great hide it was a good sized container in a great environment and was the qualifying cache for our Dragon Zone Bronze trophy, Sandgroper and the Blaze trophy Travel All Over the Countryside

It has been a while since it has been found, but I am happy to report that all is well with the cache. Great container that didn't take to long to find in the dark. Nice camo. TFTC ROSS1957

FlyingPigSquadron has landed! for a quick find TFTC&H

Found this the other day.. tftc

A quick find here in a familiar GA moveable cache stopping point. Thanks Ross1957

tftc ross197 a quick easy find while having some xmas festivities nearby.

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Familiar location for previous hides. Nice camo!!

Huzzuh! Another FTF today! A well loved area to drop a moveable. I've been to several events at this Sailing Club too. Great spot, fantastic to have a GCA cache here TFTC Ross

Go forth and find.