Random Bricks - Western Ring Path Sunshine West, Victoria, Australia
By
caughtatwork on 06-May-17. Waypoint GA9984
Cache Details
| Difficulty: | |
| Terrain: | |
| Type: | Traditional |
| Container: | Small |
| Coordinates: | S37° 46.933' E144° 47.489' (WGS 84) |
| 55H 305513E 5816050N (UTM) | |
| Elevation: | 48 m |
| Local Government Area: | Brimbank |
/144.791483,-37.782217,14/400x200?access_token=pk.eyJ1IjoiY2F1Z2h0YXR3b3JrIiwiYSI6ImNqa2l4ZzNzMDE5bjgzdm1sZGpuODF1Mm0ifQ.q8YMzVyzDJJlJHHV8EMjwQ)
Description
Random Bricks - Western Ring Path
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.
This location is not particularly nice, is rather noisy, you will be spotted by cars stopped by the railway crossing, the noise of the railway crossing, the trains and they whoosh past and their whistles as they approach. All in all, not a place to bring your kids for an afternoon, but as you're already walking this way to get some geocaches that might appear across the road, well you may as well stop and have a quick look. While we were at this location we found these random bricks by the side of the road. What causes bricks to just appear here? Who knows? Either way, they are now the hiding place for a small 200ml Sistema container.
Hints
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Decode |
Logs
Today we started with the Western Ring Path series of caches then headed over to Cairnlea to find some more in that area. We had selected 36 caches to find and this was one on our list. Unfortunately, we could only manage 24 finds, the rest were DNF"S.
Cache and contents were dry and in good order.
Thanks caughtatwork.
Cache and contents were dry and in good order.
Thanks caughtatwork.
Rated: for Overall Experience
20:25
It took longer to wait out the abysmal lighting sequence for trail users than it did to grab this cheeky hide when I finally reached it.
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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#288
It took longer to wait out the abysmal lighting sequence for trail users than it did to grab this cheeky hide when I finally reached it.
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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#288
Rated: for Overall Experience
#GA1879 - 11:31; 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 finished the freeway section and had now turned north to take on the 'ring path'. Apologies for the mostly generic logs. TFTC caughtatwork 
Rated: for Overall Experience
Back at the next section of series and again it was just a matter of following the GPSr, dropping the bike and grabbing the cache. In most cases it was that simple and we just plodded along cache after cache. I think we were starting to slow as the wind picked up...nothing kills a ride like riding into the wind.
All was good though and unless stated, all caches were found in good condition.
As a side note, I'd forgotten what it like living in Melbourne and waiting for train to get through a crossing. Think we waited here for almost 10 minutes as we waited for two trains to roar through. No problems though, was a bit fun watching them zoom past and being so close.....
Thanks for this one C@W.....
All was good though and unless stated, all caches were found in good condition.
As a side note, I'd forgotten what it like living in Melbourne and waiting for train to get through a crossing. Think we waited here for almost 10 minutes as we waited for two trains to roar through. No problems though, was a bit fun watching them zoom past and being so close.....
Thanks for this one C@W.....
Rated: for Overall Experience
I enjoyed my walk along the Western Ring Rd path, south of the Western Freeway, a few weeks ago with my niece, so today I planned to cycle the northern section. I have not cycled very often in the recent past but I knew that the path was mostly flat so I should not get into too much difficulty. I ended up finding 25 caches in 4 hours, with a short stop to discuss geocaching with two police officers and another stop to chat with a VicRoads worker.
Thank you caughtatwork for this series.
After negotiating the road and rail crossings I was ready for a short stop, to have a drink and wait for a break in the traffic so that I could search and retrieve this cache. Then another short wait until the traffic was moving again so I could re-hide the cache and continue my cycling.
Thank you caughtatwork for this series.
After negotiating the road and rail crossings I was ready for a short stop, to have a drink and wait for a break in the traffic so that I could search and retrieve this cache. Then another short wait until the traffic was moving again so I could re-hide the cache and continue my cycling.
Rated: for Overall Experience
Today was the perfect day to pick up some GCA smileys.
Xmas in July points need to be scored.
I threw the bike in the car and parked in a supermarket car park close by.
This was nearly a drive by.
TFTC
Xmas in July points need to be scored.
I threw the bike in the car and parked in a supermarket car park close by.
This was nearly a drive by.
TFTC
Rated: for Overall Experience
We had arrived in Melbourne early to catch the Spirit of Tasmania back to Tassie tonight. That gave us the opportunity to look for more caches along the Western Ring Path, ones that we didn't find in April because we ran out of time. We were pleased that the rain of yesterday had gone and, apart from a cold breeze, the walking conditions were very pleasant. Accurate coordinates and the hint led to a quick find. the cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks caughtatwork for the cache and the series.
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. FTF by Mr W @ 2.40 pm.(Mrs W has slowed down a bit) 
TFTC
TFTCRated: for Overall Experience
