Hoping for a Winter Christmas Day Brookton, Western Australia, Australia
By
Splitty Miller JJCC on 18-Dec-16. Waypoint GA9005
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Moveable |
| Container: | Nano |
| Coordinates: | S32° 20.389' E117° 2.115' (WGS 84) |
| 50H 503317E 6421896N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 253 m |
| Local Government Area: | Brookton |
/117.03525,-32.339816666667,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
Logs
Moved a little further south, heading for a cooler Christmas location!
Room for caravan stop, at interesting location.
Room for caravan stop, at interesting location.
Cache found and removed. Cache was a little damp, contents dried out. New log with new location will be posted in near future. TFTH Log signed.
Not found but that could have been the thunderstorm overhead saturating us completely whilst we tried to look so not sure if it is still there or not.
Found at the above co ordinates today. Bit damp
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hoping this will move on before Christmas or it will be just another hot summer day. Thanks Splitty Miller
Parked inside house of a geocacher, enjoying fresh sea breeze, awaiting next adventure.
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.
Discovered 'Hoping for a Winter Christmas Day' 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 Splitty Miller JJCC for the cache.
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 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.
NOT at above coordinates
Attending "Moveable & Mystery Madness" event GA10647
Attending "Moveable & Mystery Madness" event GA10647
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.
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. As we had already visited all states and territories except Western Australia this year it was time for us to hop on a plane and head for Perth, Western Australia.
When we were at home we had noticed that Lazarus68 had been collecting moveable caches during a recent visit to the eastern states. We wondered if Lazarus would be back in the west by the time we visited and if we would have an opportunity to find the moveables that were in his care. So, we contacted Lazarus and the stars did align. We made arrangements to visit and we were able to log finds on quite a few moveable caches. Many thanks Lazarus68 for making these caches available for our visit. In turn, we left another ten moveables in the area which are also now in the care of Lazarus68.
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.
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. As we had already visited all states and territories except Western Australia this year it was time for us to hop on a plane and head for Perth, Western Australia.
When we were at home we had noticed that Lazarus68 had been collecting moveable caches during a recent visit to the eastern states. We wondered if Lazarus would be back in the west by the time we visited and if we would have an opportunity to find the moveables that were in his care. So, we contacted Lazarus and the stars did align. We made arrangements to visit and we were able to log finds on quite a few moveable caches. Many thanks Lazarus68 for making these caches available for our visit. In turn, we left another ten moveables in the area which are also now in the care of Lazarus68.
In my safe hands 
Intend moving this to Perth WA, where some fresh moveables will be welcome.
Intend moving this to Perth WA, where some fresh moveables will be welcome.
Found in the hands of pjmpjm today, left with him to relocate very soon.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Found in company with Team Canary . . .
Will move this one along soon, to another Blue Mountains location . . .
Left at Leura during a storm for a local cacher.
This is NOT a lucky cache for me. Second attempt but had no idea where to look for it. We tried quite a few spots but maybe someone had already grabbed it? Is there a hint from the last hider/
Dropped off in a quiet spot in Parramatta Park
Rated: for Overall Experience
Whoops I think I made a mistake, logged this one in my GPSr but didn't note it as a moveable so it was a quick find after getting a few further up the valley signed the log then replaced as found. Thanks for the cache Splitty Miller JJCC
Rated: for Overall Experience
relocated to another Uniting church area this time in Wilberforce
My last stop on my short outing to get this moveable. It will fit for a scavenge as part of the hunt.
I would be hoping for a cool day rather than a stinking hot one for Christmas. I would be extremely surprised if we got a white Christmas. tftc
with me until another location to stop is found
I would be hoping for a cool day rather than a stinking hot one for Christmas. I would be extremely surprised if we got a white Christmas. tftc
with me until another location to stop is found
Rated: for Overall Experience
Hidden out of sight of prying eyes soaking up some history
Found this one early this morning...thankfully the outer xmas sack made this an easy find. Qnother scavenge found for the Summer Scavenger Series. Will move on shortly.
Rated: for Overall Experience
I hate nanos!!! I wasn't quite sure what I was looking for based on the hint but I didn't find anything useful. Although I did find the GC at the exact same co-ords 
