The start - Western Ring Path Sunshine West, Victoria, Australia
By
caughtatwork on 18-Feb-17. Waypoint GA9915
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S37° 47.842' E144° 47.390' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 305408E 5814366N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 41 m |
| Local Government Area: | Brimbank |
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Description
The Western Ring Path is the continuation of the Western Freeway Path along the Western Ring Road and provide more opportunity for some walking or cycling along a nicely made asphalt path way.
Access to this section of the path can be made from Federation Way where there is is on street residential parking or via Fitzgerald Rd although there is no close parking at this access point.
Take your bike or take a walk along the path and look for some geocaches. This location marks the start of the wester ring path. The other side of Fitzgerald Road is the Western Freeway Path. Nevertheless there is now a series of geocaches hidden along this pathway with more to come in the future. You are looking for a 200ml sistema container and if the co-ordinates are accurate (and I hope they are) the location should be obvious. The hide was actually already in place here, it was just slightly adjusted to accommodate the geocache itself. I susepct that the cache will be just fine in here as the hide looks like it has been here since the fence was constrcted, but your help in hiding it well will ensure its longevity.
Hints
Va gur sbnz ebpx ng gur srapr pbeare. |
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Decode |
Logs
Back on the trail again today, searching for caches on the Western Freeway Path and Western Ring Path.
Our last day of caching the trails, with a target of 35 caches. We managed a total of 21 finds and 14 DNF'S.
Cache and contents are in good contition.
Many thanks caughtatwork for all the caches you have placed, we appreciate the time and effort gone into placing them.
Our last day of caching the trails, with a target of 35 caches. We managed a total of 21 finds and 14 DNF'S.
Cache and contents are in good contition.
Many thanks caughtatwork for all the caches you have placed, we appreciate the time and effort gone into placing them.
Crossed the road today and was soon searching for my 3rd find.
Nice piece of cammo has kept this log safe.
I then left my name and moved on.
TFTC
Nice piece of cammo has kept this log safe.
I then left my name and moved on.
TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
21:15
Hahaha... I have an old one of these in my garage, retrieved from an archived HomerJ cache... should put it out.
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Well.
This wasn't the day I'd planned, but family matters had turned the weekend on its head. Between sleeping in after the fun of caching in the dark until so late it was almost early, and staying at home to referee while the better half ran some errands, it wasn't until mid afternoon that I rolled out the gate.
Finally logging my first cache for the day after crossing the Whitten Bridge, I continued anticlockwise around the Ring Road, bagging 42 finds, and a handful of DNFs.
Thanks, C@W... today's haul has gone a long way toward my ambition of getting my GA logs over 10% of the GC total.
GCA#294
Hahaha... I have an old one of these in my garage, retrieved from an archived HomerJ cache... should put it out.
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Well.
This wasn't the day I'd planned, but family matters had turned the weekend on its head. Between sleeping in after the fun of caching in the dark until so late it was almost early, and staying at home to referee while the better half ran some errands, it wasn't until mid afternoon that I rolled out the gate.
Finally logging my first cache for the day after crossing the Whitten Bridge, I continued anticlockwise around the Ring Road, bagging 42 finds, and a handful of DNFs.
Thanks, C@W... today's haul has gone a long way toward my ambition of getting my GA logs over 10% of the GC total.
GCA#294
Rated: for Overall Experience
#GA1899 - 13:35; Day two of a caching mission to Victoria with Sol de lune. Our major goal for the week is to complete the SSS and other series along the Western Freeway/Ring Road and to then collect enough GCA caches around Docklands to bring our total finds for the day to 100+ which would build our trophy cabinets a bit more as we complete a few more 'missions'. This was one of 82 finds in just under 6 hours along the various series, where we only had the one DNF! We had now finished the 'ring path' to the north and after some lunch now headed east again on the home stretch. Apologies for the mostly generic logs. TFTC caughtatwork 
Rated: for Overall Experience
After grabbing lunch nearby, it was time for LuckyL10n and I to start the last leg of these caches. A bit of shelter as we headed along this path so the riding was a little easier without the wind in our faces.
All was good with the caches and all were found in good condition.
Thanks for the continuing series C@W.....
All was good with the caches and all were found in good condition.
Thanks for the continuing series C@W.....
Rated: for Overall Experience
This morning my auntie 'cathlud' came to watch me play hockey and then we did some geocaching on our way home.
I found this cache without the GPS. I read the details and then looked for a suitable hiding spot. My aunt thought that I was very clever but sometimes she thinks that I am cheeky.
Thank you for placing this cache and for this fun series.
I found this cache without the GPS. I read the details and then looked for a suitable hiding spot. My aunt thought that I was very clever but sometimes she thinks that I am cheeky.
Thank you for placing this cache and for this fun series.
Rated: for Overall Experience
After picking my niece (PrincessFiona) up from Yarraville we were ready for a few hours of geocaching along the Western Ring Rd Path, on our way home.
This was our bonus cache for today. Although it is named "The Start" it was 'the end' for us. After finding "Golden Micro" and walking back to "Tall Fencing" where our car was parked PrincessFiona realised that she had left her home-made slime/playdough at "Golden Micro".
Instead of walking back we decided to drive to Fitzgerald Rd and make a shorter walk. 
After retrieving the slime/playdough we found this cache on our way back to the car.
Today I found 18 of 18 (no DNFs) and we will continue the series at a later date but for now we will go home and use these finds as part of the "Christmas in July" game.
Thank you caughtatwork for this wonderful series. It was very suitable for my niece (11 years old) and I (50+).
This was our bonus cache for today. Although it is named "The Start" it was 'the end' for us. After finding "Golden Micro" and walking back to "Tall Fencing" where our car was parked PrincessFiona realised that she had left her home-made slime/playdough at "Golden Micro".
Instead of walking back we decided to drive to Fitzgerald Rd and make a shorter walk. After retrieving the slime/playdough we found this cache on our way back to the car.
Today I found 18 of 18 (no DNFs) and we will continue the series at a later date but for now we will go home and use these finds as part of the "Christmas in July" game.
Thank you caughtatwork for this wonderful series.
It was very suitable for my niece (11 years old) and I (50+).Rated: for Overall Experience
What else do you do while waiting to board the ferry home? Park at a service centre and walk 10 kms getting 21 GCA caches, 13 of which were FTF. We had a lovely walk either side of the Big M. Thanks caughtatwork for placing,(now we get triple dragon zone points), for the great cache containers, good clues and spot on coords. 
TFTC
TFTCRated: for Overall Experience
After taking a late morning tea break, we continued our walk along sections of the Western Freeway Bike Path. Although all the caches in this section had been placed in mid February, they had not been found. It was quite interesting how, with the help of leaf litter, they had blended into their environments with some having appreciable layers of natural camo. In each instance, accurate coordinates and the hint led to a quick find. The caches and their contents were in good condition. As there were no entries in the logbook, we will claim FTF at 12:40. Thanks caughtatwork for the cache and others in the area.
