Big Red Avenel, Victoria, Australia
By Trunksnsuch on 22-Jul-07. Waypoint GC14HHV

With so many no finds .. including my own no find .. it's time this one went the way of missing caches .. it's a good spot for someone who lives closer.

Spent a short time searching but had no luck. Will try again when back in the area. Thanks anyway.

Couldn't find this one

No luck with finding this one today.

mmmmm will have to have a return visit

We searched every inch of gz as thoroughly as we could, but no luck here today. Thanks for the cache.

We made that find harder than it needed to be. You don't need to climb the tree it is about 1 meter off the ground.

Quick find on the way home to Melbourne.. Tftc

Very disappointing did not find, The coordinates put me on the road, the cache page suggest where to look, I looked all around and over under even out and I still couldn't find it thanks anyway

Nice quick grab!

It was good but there was no pencil in there so we had to get one and we didn't see it until we had a good look so keep it there

Have often wondered what's in Avenel, now I know
TFTC

Another long weekend....another trip away..this time 1/2 of our team headed to Albury for a weekend of caching with Rapidlywild and Coruze. Day one was spent around Mt Disappointment where we finished up fairly late and headed to the hotel for a good nights rest. Today was also another big one, as we meandered our way back to Albury stopping through the little towns along the way.

Thanks to all the cache owners for the placements and giving us a reason to come and check out another area of this country of ours, apologies for the generic log.

Thanks to Rapidlywild and Coruze for another enjoyable weekend.

A long weekend, what does that mean? Well GEOCACHING of course

Plans were in place to get out this long weekend with one party of the FurfacesLL and head towards Albury. We had organised a weekend of caching with Coruze which included puzzle collections (Albury/Wodonga) and power trail targeting (Mt Disappointment) and what ever little town we can invade along the way.

Alot happened this weekend, lots of caches, lots of laughter, many km's, long days and long nights. We all walked away battered and bruised after this weekend but it was worth it and would do it again in a heart beat lol

We had finished the power trail and surrounds yesterday so today we headed northbound and collected caches and visited a heap of towns too.

Thanks Trunksnsuch for the placement of this cache[^]

stayed at Nagambie over the Easter break, and managed to convince the family to venture out this way to pick up some caches (plus I'm trying to get to #300). unfortunately I couldn't locate this one. I looked high and low and even higher and all around but still no luck. It sure is a busy little corner though. Interesting history about "Red" so we even had a tour of the cemetery which is always fascinating. Thanks anyway, and now I smell like a peppercorn tree.

This my second attempt at Big Red, and I'm pleased to say I can get my smiley. This was a team effort with my muggle daughter reading previous logs and her muggle boyfriend helping me search. Replaced container with a new one. SL TFTC

#1878 Back today for a re-attempt. This time with success! The previous finder assumed incorrectly about the cache being muggled as the original cache is still snug in-situ, although the lid has come loose. The replacement cache was removed as it shouldn't have been installed and the log should be changed to a dnf. We said a quick hi to Big Red before moving on. TFTC Tunksnsuch.

Found

Found cache on ground,obviously muggled. Put together best we could with some fresh paper and logged, probably requires maintenance. Great location with some history,tftc.

After nearly giving up I thought nar 1 more look and yep you guessed it I found it

Great cache

Tftc, found while taking a trip up to NSW

A couple minutes into the search a muggle turned up nearby, so we have to abandon this one for another day.

Happy new year cache run, sl,tftc

TFTC. Inspired a group of young cousins to search for Red's headstone.

Sneaky Gus and I found it with a bit of luck

Well the MEGA geo getaway had come to a close so it was time for me to head back to the CAN

Nabbed this one on the way back for a quick find and a stretch of the legs Once I worked out "small" actually meant "micro" it was an easy find-just had to reach out, dust away some leaf litter and there it was Grateful I didn't have to stick my hands in anywhere!

Thanks for the hide, Trunksnsuch

After missing our exit off the highway, we had to double back and came across this cache. Loved the history behind this one. Very interesting. Found at 1:38am, and it is in need of a new container. TFTC.

With not much time (on or way to airport) and lots of cars going past, we decided to do a dnf on this one TFTC hopefully we'll be back another day

Finley Made It Needs New Container

Not very experienced cachers. Looked for a while in what sounds like the right place but no luck....

Lots of sets of eyes searching but Jr Cachehunter number one made the find.


Lots of spaces to look in!

Thanks for bringing us here on a great history lesson.

TFTC.

On the way to Melbourne to grab geomates from the airport with indianagleeson tftc

Big red nearly had me stumped but a quick check of the previous logs soon had me on track!

TFTC!
Quick park and grab on our way down to Melbourne to pick up RedLeader&Fox2 from the airport.
Found with Shellumbus.

What a good hiding place

Very easy find today with no muggles in sight! TFTC

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one of the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH Trunksnsuch [^]

There has been a lot of pruning done on the suspect tree? Have looked a couple of times with no luck so far

Found at 1310hrs, TFTC

Just on our way home after spending a couple of days at Nagambie. Looking for caches on the way of course.
Not able to figure out where the name to this one comes in but loved the perfume around the peppercorn tree.

Second find for today on our second attempt. Found it with A-team122. Thanks for the cache.

Find #2 for today with Geonps. Returned to this one after our failed attempt last week and read through recent logs to work out what container we were looking for, successful!

A little detour on the way home from Melbourne to get this little sucker out of the way. I needs a little maintenance as the lid is loose and does not stay on... TFTC

After living away from home for 6 months, I have managed to find all my caching associated paperwork / notes & photo's so I can (finally) log all my finds... Found this cache while House Sitting near Trawool...

[red]My humble apologies for the late log...[/red]

My sincerest thanks to all the cache owners for their hides & all the effort gone into them & I'm sorry for the generic log... I have seen many beautiful area's that I would not of seen or experience if not for your hides...
Thanks for bringing me here and for the cache (and the history)...
- P

Took: Nothing Left: Nothing Dipped TB's...

Suscoe was heading north today on a magnificent mid Spring day.
This was our 6th find of the day.
We read some things that we hadn't read before and then set about the search. After some time we resorted to a PAF.
Well there it was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well done to Trunksnsuch for placing this cache here, a nice hide.

Went looking in the dark not a good idea had to go back in day lite

Thanks

Good find

At last I have found this. I have visited this cache before without any luck.

TFTC

Lots less growth around here this time. This is my third visit and I have finally found it when out collecting a few caches with haydo03 and yamidotty.

TFTC

#669 for us today, found after a lovely family lunch at the nearby winery.

After a great day caching around in the Strathbogies yesterday, today it was off for a big family lunch at the winery and then back home to Juc. This one was in my sights due to its Kelly connections, as all things Kelly-cache are very big down Geelong way at the moment...We had left VT a bit early, planning to grab this one on the way, however an accident on the Hume, which brought us to a standstill put paid to that idea. They decided to turn everyone around and detour them via Longwood, so we made it to Avenel in time for our reservation, but with no time to spare even as we passed within metres of the cache !

After a very enjoyable lunch, it was back to the cemetery, where a long hunt ensued, with many revolutions around the obvious hiding place. The coordinates today had me right on the while line in the middle of the road, but there was really only one place it was likely to be. I was on the verge of giving up, when suddenly, there it was. Thankfully a sunny Sunday arvo didn't see that much traffic.

Thanks for the cache Trunksnuch !

As previous finders have said, the container is a bit under the weather, but log was fine and dry today.



This entry was edited by juc_cacher on Sunday, 07 September 2014 at 12:49:36 UTC.

Had a go but without luck. Based on past logs, I think I was searching I the right spot, but couldn't come up with the goods. Still took a moment to seek out Red, so thanks!

Got it finally on my second try. TFTC

This one was a must while visiting Avenel. It is many years since I have been to this little town, so close to
my home town. Glad I could put a smiley on the map here. Thanks for highlighting this grave here

My second try for this one - and I found it almost straight away. How could I have missed it last time? The cache itself may need to be replaced because the lid is not closing as it should and putting the entire cache in a ziplock bag would have only drawn attention to its hideout. TFTC

Spent a little bit of time searching for this one yesterday before doamono found it, with _joshnh and mitchaaa. TFTC!

Very tricky to find, eventually got there though. Found with doamono, Mitchaaa and myshell88. TFTC!

#45 - Great hide, TFTC!

This entry was edited by Mitchaaa on Thursday, 07 August 2014 at 12:47:19 UTC.

Never knew this little village existed. Thanks for placing a cache here and tempting me to explore new areas. What an amazing tree with so many little nooks and crannies. TFTC

Found it! Still haven't updated to premium so had to find on website... Great Cache, took a while to find! TFTC!

We stopped for the markets on the way back to Sydney and this was such a bonus. Great bit of history and a well hidden cache. Had to take a photo of my favourite art of the view at the cemetery with the cache contents because I stupidly forgot a pen Thanks for the fun stop:)

Avenel had a market day today, so way too many muggles. But had an interesting look around the cemetery. Will be back.

Took quite a bit of searching but soon found it. As the witchjy was signing the log, Doc was treated to an alternative history lesson. According to an older gentleman, Ned was actually buried under what is now the roadway, NOT at the Old Melbourne Gaol. I'm a tad sceptical of that, but who knows. TFTC.

On our way up the hume stopped to feed pirate baby and let the toddler stretch his pirate legs at a local playground. A very short drive found us at the local cemetery where geoplunderer husband got all sticky finding breathe freshener.

Another interesting bit of Kelly history. On market day we thought could have muggle trouble, but as a nearby group left their car we had GZ to ourselves and we found it after a couple of minutes searching.
Thanks Trunksnsuch

Yep, sure is a busy little bit of road. Got lucky and had the cache in hand quite quickly. Thanks for placing one here Trunks.

There are lots of hidey holes for this and can get covered with twigs and leaves. An awesome cache next to Reds grave site, one of our stops on the Ned Kelly touring route. TFTC

I was in Avenel chasing a solved puzzle and grabbing ny local caches and this was next. Pulled up at GZ and checked the logs to find a long list of DNFs and thought - maybe move on but why not have a quick look and see what happens. Well after thirty seconds I had the cache in hand in the second place I looked, perfect condition with moosetash as the last name in the log. What is throwing some people is the container size which is more (in fact very) commonly labelled as a micro, hmm minty fresh. Thanks to Trunksnsuch for highlighting this part of Avenel's history and the cache.

If this cache is indeed a small size, i explored all possible places that could contain such a cache with aid of a powerful torch and a long tool all to no avail. Either it has gone missing or else extremely well secreted. Great tree but it defeated me today thanks anyway Trunksnsuch

Plenty of spots for a hide here but unfortunately I couldn't locate the cache here today.

Looks like the council have been through doing some work, maybe they disturbed it?

Searched for about 15 minutes. Looked high looked low looked in every nook and cranny but alas no cache today.

Tried this cache again but no result again. Had fun playing with local dog and I did check to see if cache was in stick before throwing

Have been to this one a few times, and I'm not sure I'm going to go it its not there. Maybe a geo-check?[?]

Bum! I couldn't find it. Might try again on my return to Melbourne. What a gorgeous little stop though! Thanks!

Bum! I couldn't find it. Might try again on my return to Melbourne. What a gorgeous little stop though! Thanks!

Second attempt. I give up.. T4TC Trunksnsuch!

What a great piece of history! We love an interesting place to go to and this didn't disappoint. However, we had to search for quite a while to find this one. We didn't want to give up, but after many checks in the same spot over and over again we were beginning to wonder, but finally the Moose came up with the goods. Thanks for a great cache.

Had no trouble finding this cache as it was half exposed. Signed log and cache was well rehidden just as the sun was starting to set - beautiful sunset this pm. Another interesting cemetry visit added to our list of cemetries visited over many years. TFTC Trunksnsuch and bringing us here - much appreciated.

Must have walked around a full circle 5 times before I had my hands on this cache. Thanks.

After another stroll through the dead centre pf another country town we found it. tftcsl

Sure enough, just need to look harder. Found fairly quickly today.
TFTC Trunksnsuch

Not my turn today, was going to post a "needs maintenance" but I'm not convinced, there seems to be a pattern of several dnf's and then more finds.
Will try again soon.
TFTC Trunksnsuch

Interesting little town.

today was not our day

had a good look with S.Piddy, roverman88, ashleigh.green, adrien.robinson and team purple pen.

3rd one not to find this easter weekend caching

was too afraid to put our hand in some of the holes

Looked everywhere could not find it.

Jess’s Rambling Caching Weekend
12 – Finds
3 – DNF’s

The second day for a 5 day caching trip over the long weekend.

The 3rd DNF for the weekend

Found it after a while of looking.

Find # 2666
Date 3rd Mar 2013
Time 1:29 PM

After a great weekend away paddling my yak around lake Nagambie and surrounds, following my fellow cachers around while they were claiming FTF's on my new Yak series, it was time to head back home, but not before first grabbing some puzzles that we managed to solve last night as well as some nearby traditional caches.

My second cache of today. My mate, SedgwickDave had already found this one, so left me to search. There were lots of bees around GZ today, managed to find the cache quite quickly despite the many people visiting the area today.

Thanks to Trunksnsuch for the cache. TNLN.

Find # 3022 @ 12:15 pm

Plenty of hidey spots but I soon came up trumps. Yep, spotted the grave as well.

Thanks Trunksnsuch

Have driven by lots of time never realising that there is quite a town here. Had a bit of a look about and then to the cache which was quickly found. Not so Big Red's grave, maybe next time. Thanks for our 500th cache in 2012.

Looked in lots of little nooks and crannies and was about to give up when one half of the Gloucester Roadies saw it out of the corner of her eye. Moral of the story is - keep looking! TFTC

Really well hidden... Thanks

TFTC

Good cache need to look this one will freshen your breath tftc

Found and logged at 11:53
One of 14 caches for the day while traveling round centlal Victoria
A quick find dodging mugglers
Thanks Trunksnsuch

Doing the Ned Kelly tour this was one the list to see found ok thanks for hide

Think we know where it is, but worried about poking our hands in places where nasties might be hiding

We spent quite a bit of time searching for this one. There was a lot of weeds and suckers at the base so it may well still be there, just not to be found by us today. The girls gave up looking and went and found Big Red's grave and wandered the well kept cemetery until we gave up the search and told them to get back in the car. Thanks for bringing us here and Tahnicia was particularly interested in reading the info boards scattered around town. She wants to do a tour of them all. Something for next time.
~ Crazy Creels.

I gave myself 5 mins on the way to the snow but could not beat the clock with a stick.