"Mirrabooka" Dianella, Western Australia, Australia
By dezzabills on 31-Jan-17. Waypoint GA9681

Chwiliwr took us out for a drive and we called in to find this cache on our travels but there has been a whole disturbance around ground zero with the big log now on the track and not where Chwiliwr thought it had been when he found the cache last year. We expanded the search for some distance but it appears the cache could now be missing as a result of whoever shifted the log.

We came out for a trip north of the river. We decided to walk up the paths to this cache from the last one instead of shifting the car and enjoyed the walk to GZ.

Found cache without problems. Log signed and cache returned as found.

Thanks dezzabills for the cache.

Rated: for Overall Experience

I needed to find a couple of GCA caches today to complete a dragonzone trophy. Since I pass these two caches on the way home from work, OK its a slight detour. I had to consult the GPS and read the description quite intently as a couple of muggle walkers passed by. Luckily they paid no attention. The cache was found after a little search. I missed the hide on the first walk a round the object The trails in this reserve are busy with walkers in the early evenings as I had to wait for another couple to pass by before replacing the cache. Many thanks dezzabills for the cache,

Rated: for Overall Experience

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.

After finding Australia Day 2017 we headed back to our entrance point and headed in the other direction. We were amazed at the number and variety of wild flowers flowering in this part of the park. There were many shades of pink, reds, yellows and mauves as well as a striking silvery blue. We actually walked passed the hide as we were absorbed in checking out the flowers. Once we recognised our mistake we soon had uncovered a well hidden cache. Container and contents were in excellent condition.

Thanks Dezzabills for bringing us to this lovely parkland and for the cache.

I had very little time very early in the morning to find a cache, so when I turned up to this patch of bush it was a mad dash around the tracks to find both caches in the zone. This was the first one, it had me dithering around a while in the dark, before checking the hint and examining a nearby feature. Clever hide! TFTC dezzabills

Haha, I loved the clue. Good to find this one a bit more secluded after a DNF close by. Great little patch of bush and those concrete towers are pretty impressive!!

Beautiful day to be outdoors, TFTC!!

FlyingPigSquadron has landed! for a quick FTF with ILT TFTC&H Dezzabills

As soon as we saw this one we raced out to claim a rare FTF with FlyingPigSquadron. A nice quick find, thanks to accurate coordinates. Thanks Dezzabills

Rated: for Overall Experience

Saw this published this morning so after getting the kiddies ready for school made the slight detour from work to grab what I thought would be a comfortable ftf. Looks like I've been beaten to this one so a STF for me. TFTC

good to go