Golden Micro - Western Ring Path Sunshine West, Victoria, Australia
By
caughtatwork on 18-Feb-17. Waypoint GA9916
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Micro |
| Coordinates: | S37° 47.950' E144° 47.586' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 305700E 5814173N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 41 m |
| Local Government Area: | Brimbank |
/144.7931,-37.799167,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
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. The Golden Micro was the only coloured micro I had on me at the time I was planting the geocaches along this path, so it is what it is. That does make it slightly easier to spot than a green or black but you might still strugle to find this little blighter. You do NOT need to cross the fence (the co-ordinates might have you on the wrong side by a metre or two) and the cache is accessible from the path side. The location initially looks like a needle in a haystack, so there is a good hint that should narrow it down for you considerably. I will say that it's not in a tree and the cache (obviously) is gold and a micro (bison tube)
Hints
Onfr bs gur 1fg zrgny cbfg sebz gur jbbqra cbfg, va sebag bs gur zhygv-gehaxrq gerr. |
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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.
Nice little ride up the path here I was soon digging round.
At first I thought it had been muggled.
The area here smelt rather lovely not.
Then I spotted the glistening cache nice and well disguised.
TFTC
At first I thought it had been muggled.
The area here smelt rather lovely not.
Then I spotted the glistening cache nice and well disguised.
TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
21:25
Micro... check. Golden... check. Bang on GZ according to the GPSr, and the first place I checked. Perfect.
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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#295
Micro... check. Golden... check. Bang on GZ according to the GPSr, and the first place I checked. Perfect.
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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#295
Rated: for Overall Experience
#GA1900 - 13:38; 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.
My auntie told me where to search for this cache but I couldn't find it until she gave me an extra hint and then I found it. I like the golden colour.
Thank you for placing this cache.
My auntie told me where to search for this cache but I couldn't find it until she gave me an extra hint and then I found it. I like the golden colour.
Thank you for placing this cache.
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.
For the last section of our walk we moved our car to Federation Way and planned to do six more caches (towards Fitzgerald Rd) before heading home.
My caching experience allowed me to locate this cache quickly while the princess had walked past without noticing it.
Thank you caughtatwork for this series.
For the last section of our walk we moved our car to Federation Way and planned to do six more caches (towards Fitzgerald Rd) before heading home.
My caching experience allowed me to locate this cache quickly while the princess had walked past without noticing it.
Thank you caughtatwork for this series.
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 12:50. Thanks caughtatwork for the cache and others in the area.
