Australia Day 2017 Dianella, Western Australia, Australia
By iluvtrekking on 26-Jan-17. Waypoint GA9823

Chwiliwr took us out for a drive and we called in to find this cache on our travels. After the disappointment of the not finding the previous cache this one was an easy find as it was completely exposed.

Log was signed with a group name and cache returned with a bit more cover.

Thanks iluvtrekking for the cache.

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Chwiliwr took us out for a drive and we called in to find this cache on our travels. After the disappointment of the not finding the previous cache this one was an easy find as it was completely exposed.

Log was signed with a group name and cache returned with a bit more cover.

Thanks iluvtrekking for the cache.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Chwiliwr took us out for a drive and we called in to find this cache on our travels. After the disappointment of the not finding the previous cache this one was an easy find as it was completely exposed.

Log was signed with a group name and cache returned with a bit more cover.

Thanks iluvtrekking for the cache.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found this cache while getting another nearby cache. As part of the geosportz i rode here on my clothes horse.

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We came out for a trip north of the river and were finally there. This area has changed a lot since the last time we were here.

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

Thanks iluvtrekking for the cache.

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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. The cache was found quite quickly and is in great condition. Was almost surprised by a muggle when stepping back out onto the track. Quite a busy area in the early evenings with a lot of people out enjoying a quick walk. Many thanks ILUVTREKKING for the cache.

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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.

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.

Not being familiar with the area we had a little trouble finding a useful access. Once into the area it was a quick jog down the track in light drizzle. The cache container was located without any difficult and cache and contents were in very good condition.

Thanks for the cache Iluvtrekking and for bringing us to this area.

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. I ran to this one after visting the other one first. I wasn't confident about finding this one after seeing the previous log, but I decided to commit to my line of thinking on where this one was I actually ended up finding it within a minute. And all in good condition. TFTC iluvtrekking

Think I was right on it, but there's a lot of builders on the estate now and I worried I was attracting too much attention. Will try for this one another time.

Beautiful day to be outdoors, TFTC!!

Quick find here after just missing you guys at the nearby new cache. Great to see some new GCA caches NoR. TFTC

FlyingPigSquadron has landed! Great cache, well hidden Thanks ILT

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Ready to be found.