Rhynie Rail Rattler Giles Corner, South Australia, Australia
By Mark_oo on 17-Aug-07. Waypoint GC156XY

Thanks Mark_oo for placing this cache and for the ongoing maintenance. Find #10745 on 2/11/2024 at 4:10PMA plan was hatched to ride along the Riesling Trail and collect a few caches. A delightful day in the company of Cheezel and Jolly riding along and signing logs. This is a special place, very enjoyable. We also collected some others that were nearby or along the way.

Out for an RT day of caching. TFTC CVC and ongoing maintenance for all to enjoy. All caches in good condition.

Thanks paper dry

No good

TFTC. Out with Shumba7 on a rail trail road trip.

TFTC found while on a trip to SA doing a couple of rail trails with Algae. I rode my bicycle and Algae rode his electric unicycle.

Probably not the best condition but dry. Popped it back, hopefully ready for the next find. Nice and shady for the puppies

Over the least few days we have chosen to walk various parts of the Riesling/Rattler trails grabbing any caches we could find as we passed by. We found the log book and plastic bag lying open on the ground the other side of the shelter from the rainwater tank.We put both into a mint tin and hid it much closer to GZMany thanks for the hide Mark_oo

Stopped off here after a weekend of gravel riding in ClareA quick find, stamp and returnTFTC

Spent the afternoon doing some more caches on the rattler trail on the scooter. Had 32 finds and all caches were in good condition, unless mentioned in the log. TFTC
Replaced container and put logbook in a ziplock bag. Nice setup of an old railway site.

Spending a few days exploring and caching around the Clare Valley. Visiting some towns that I haven’t been before so lots of unfound geocaches up for grabs.

Day one was Hamley Bridge, Stockport, Tarlee and Riverton. Very warm today so didn’t break any records and needed frequent stops to rehydrate.

After checking in to the Riverton Caravan Park, I set off on my bike to make a start along the Rattler Trail. Only one DNF on the trail today.

After a couple of hours on my bike, the cool water of the Riverton Pool was beckoning me so I called it a day a headed back to Riverton.

Thanks for the cache Mark_oo.
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Found out with jams group riding electric bikes logged as jams

The JAMS crew went on an October long weekend adventure back to Clare. We brought Tallbikestan along as we were targetting the bike tracks and he is the best rider amongst us. Allister W and sir_spectre we the other main riders, with JJ52 and I the support crew and walkers. A huge weekend of fun and adventure was had by all, until I made SS sick with my cold....oops.
Thanks to all those who have kept not just the bike tracks but all the other caches alive for us to find.
All caches signed as JAMS.
Thanks to Mark_oo from mogni

A return visit to Clare was planned for the long weekend with the JAMS crew plus tallbikestan to find a lot of the caches that we didn't get to on our last visit along with the Rattler, Riesling and NE trails as well as the Mid North Channel Country trail. [^]

We had three very full days with perfect weather for caching, lots of bike riding, lots of walking and lots of driving along dirt tracks. We were lucky it had not recently been wet as some of the roads we drove on would not have been passable if wet. Loved the scenery at this time of year with everything looking very green as well as the bright yellow of the canola crops.

A fun weekend of caching, lots of caches found and lots of cool places visited.

Thanks for the cache Mark_oo.

A big long weekend with the JAMS Crew (JJ52, allister w(me), mogni, Sir Spectre and tallbikestan). We road from Riverton to Stanley Flat on day 1. Then more riding near Spalding on day 2. Then finished the weekend with finding caches around the area in the car. TFTC

So glad we had electric bikes to do this trail.
The JAMS team ( JJ52,Allister w, Mogni, and sir_spectre minus mitchell&hound ) but Tallbikestan was with us instead and we where out for there usually monthly caching adventure. This time it was over the october long weekend instead of the usual day trip. The taget this time was Drop into the Light a long ladder cache on the way to clare and then to clear the Rattler trail, Riesling Trail, Ne Trail saturday on the bikes and then sunday do the Mid North Channel Country bike trail. Monday on the return home was to get Peter's view a 2001 cache. Of course there was many, many other's found on route to the various target for the weekend, somewhere around 260 found by the team. It could have been more but we were not going at a flat out pace, just steady and getting a blow out on the bike 1.6 km's from the end of the Mid North Channel Country bike trail didn't help. I didn't see any snakes this trip but allister did, he saw 5. The caches this trip where written in as JAMS, i forgot the stamps. Also 1 cache was placed by the JAMS team this trip. Out of all the bike tracks i preferred the Rattler /Riesling trail. I like riding through the very rich ( after all the recent rains ) fields of yellow flowers.

Day fourteen of our short South Australian trip with BettyBoo3747 and the geo-doggies.
Our last day on the Rattler series. We drove down to Riverton and unloaded the deadly treadlies and hit the bike trails riding for the last half of the Rattler series. We then traveled to Tanunda collecting a few caches on the way.

There is certainly not much left of Rhynie. Good that they built a shelter here with some history - made a nice stop for morning tea.
Thanks, Robmc.

#19245. Day 14 of our Vic/SA trip with Robmc the geodogs and our bicycles. A day of moving on - leaving Clare and heading to Tanunda for a few days. First though we wanted to finish off the Rattler Trail so drove to the oval at Riverton and rode as far as #31. It was a bit of a hard slog into a strong head wind on the open sections but a pretty good ride on the way back in quick time.

This one needs maintenance as the Eclipse tin has rusted and the lid has broken off.

Thanks Mark_oo

Found it so good

LTF

Found it TFTC Found in good condition. A new log added

In all our travels we would not have even thought to travel to this location.
(HaHa). In your dreams, these cachers do.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

Devilish

Brilliant and Clever

I like it

Another one off the list

TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - Mark oo [^]

Found it

No pen today so could not complete log. Tftc

So sad the station is gone completely

Today i headed north to complete some of the rattler trail, parked up and made my way along the trail, a nice 12km return walk along here and pretty easy done, all the caches were easily found and some need fixing.
TFTC

Found it while having a picnic break along The Ratyler Trail

We stopped here for a break and some lunch. Thank you for the history lesson and some water for my .

Left Riverton on foot @ 7.45am this morning chasing the caches, enjoying the company of my friend, with the breeze and sunshine on our faces, chatting all the way, we arrived in Auburn @ 5pm this afternoon with only a couple of DNF's and 60+ finds.
TFTC
Keep smiling

Headed up this way with the bike, the main aim being the Rattler Trail and of course anything else I was going to ride past and this was one of those. Water has done damage here, log almost unusable, these tins are not waterproof! Needs some TLC from the CO.
Thanks to Mark_oo for putting out this cache for me to find

*This log composed and published using GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife).*

A much belated TFTC!
Found with Geo-Mum Kayche20, Clive Staples, and Geo-dog Bess on the 29-9-18 !
Catching up on logs!

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Tftc, easy find but log is waterlogged.
Riding the Rattler Trail on a cold and windy day but still enjoyable

Nice cool afternoon for a short walk along the trail with Jack and Sebastbat.

Started here - the road brings us right to the station site.

No station, but a handy info board in a nice shelter.

And your cache. That was a bit damp. These little tins aren't really waterproof.

Stamped and scrawled.

tftc Mark_oo




All the best caches are hidden at a safe social distance




Caching continues with some serious help from soap, water, and especially alcohol...


Once cacher per 4sqm

Space is good. Fresh air is good. Exercise is good.

#washyourhands you don't know where that cache has been!

Gloves are great, but only if you change them between caches!

#washyourhandsagain

Support the regions! Hide a cache in the Barossa

#keepwashingyourhandsagainandagain

[xx(] If you stay "Covidsafe" you may just avoid a whole bunch of other nasty germs too

Hand hygiene and keeping safe distances can reduce your chance of common cold, flu, pneumonia and a whole bunch of other nasties, as well as that corona thing

Ease your restrictions carefully.

Enjoy caching. It's good for your physical and mental health

Mr Felix on his bike today out Geocaching , didnt see another person, so ensuring social distancing, he managed to find your cache.

TFTC

After finding cache Rattler 64 near our camp ground in Auburn, we decided to stay one night longer, and to bike the Rattler trail to Riverton. And so we did the next morning, caching on the way and back, and enjoying a good lunch in Riverton.

All in all it was a good day, some 40 km on the bikes, 5 DNFs, good weather, nice sized boxes and a lot of fun.

Thank you for showing the beautiful surroundings and for preparation this trail. We had a fun day.

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Thanks to all cache owners for their caches!

This one took a while. After reading previous logs, I took gave up on the clue, and then narrowed the search area. Eventually found, but cache was home to a hundred earwigs!! Finally cleared them out and signed the log. Tftc

Found it with superman_22. First the month of September.

A quick find with thew crew

Last one for the day had the boys looking for a short while

Not where we expected but close TFTC

Today we had to head back to Adelaide and home...the campsite had offered us a free night, pay for 2 stay for 3, if only we could have. So it was a better day for caching despite the weather being just as horrid as yesterday. We got a decent haul and had a good walk. Nice mixture of caches were found and no dnfs which is always a bonus. Unfortunately we had to make do with a grotty pie for lunch but you win some and you lose some. We also called in at Taylor's winery and enjoyed a chocolate and wine tasting (which was epic and lots of fun). Super weekend, shame its back to work tomorrow. As we left the campsite we noticed pprass was also camped there easily spied by his geocaching wheel cover. It was nice to chat to some fellow cachers in the field, what lovely people.
Today I jumped back on the Rattler Trail not literally I walked about 5km. This one took me ages to locate I took the hint way to literally, once I stopped thinking about the hint it was a quick find. The replacement log is holding up well just don't think a mint tin is the right sort of container for here, it was very wet today. TFTC Mark_oo

TFTC

TFTC This is the fist cache of the day with hopefully many more to come

Interesting piece of history. Tftc.

Headed off this morning to walk the Rattler Trail, 19.5km containing 75 caches. Happily we got them all. The day was nice for this trip with an overcast sky and lower temperatures. Most finds were nice and quick, some took a little longer and other's we had to repair with the CO's permission. Our walk took us a little longer than we thought it would, but we took care not to run into any snakes today. Saw a group of kangaroo's, which ran ahead of us for half a dozen caches.

This cache was a nice quick find. tftc

Found after a bit. Such a quiet place. With kaaya18 and Molly and Bessie tftc

Rattlin’ along with Clive Staples, Molly xSquib, Bess and Boof.
TFTC.
A bit of a hunt for this one!

Found it

*Generic Log*

Another Puzzled Puzzler's day out however we were one short as Mr Brisal was nursing a sore back so could not join us.

The mission, to seek unfound caches in Clare and others that we passed by on the way. Again we did not reach our planned mission as there were too many others on the way including this series.
Many were found easily, others a little harder.

TFTC and the series.

Found

Found

We have had the Rattler series on our "to do" list since the caches were first published but we have never been in the area for sufficient time to make a start. However we had a couple of days spare after completing the Gone Fishn' series on the Yorke Peninsula. So we decided to stay a couple of nights in Auburn and to make the Rattler our priority. With the likelihood of another hot day, we made an early start.

We broken the trail into a number of sections. Mrs y'stassie walked the first section whilst Mr y'stassie took the car to the start of the second section and started walking from there. When she arrived at the end of the first section (also the start of the second section), she took the car to the start of the third section and began walking from there, leaving the car for Mr y'stassie. In that way we halved the amount of walking.

We were surprised to see this interpretation centre - very informative. It took a while to locate this cache. When we did, the logbook was beyond redemption. We removed it from the container and left a temporary logbook in its own plastic bag. However some thought needs to be given to relocating the cache so that it is less likely to be flooded in wet weather. Thanks Mark_oo for the cache.

Out riding the trail , but stopped to get this one however the log is soaked and unable to sign very well, will need replacing.

Found on a ride with Wal & Ol but unable to sign as soaked. TFTC!

Riding the Rattler with Pony1966! Log is soaked,needs replacing. TFTC

Today we explored Rhynie while doing the Rattler series using Geocaching as a guide and picking up a few caches on the way with Roostaman and this was one of them. An easy find at GZ.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

**# 17815** Found on the SA outback leg of our 2017 escape trip.
A fine Spring day for a trek along the Rattler trail with Tassie Trekkers.
Not many muggles around today, and mostly good quick finds.
Lots of great scenery and healthy crops along the way too.
Thanks for the cache Mark_oo,
***Roostaman***

Second half of the Rattler with Team Shandyk. Going Backwards again cause thats how we rattle and roll. Very late logging this section apologies to all! Apologies also that the logs will be the same all way through!

TFTC TNLNSL

Apologies for generic logs. Back to finish walking the Rattler trail, with Darkmoon31, picking up where we left off in May. A very early (6am) departure from home saw us ready to go from No26 at 7am heading out in a very brisk 3 degrees. Making our way down to Riverton we arrived in plenty of time to visit the local Market on today. If you get a chance to do this then try the hot apple juice - Delicious! Could not have asked for a nicer Winters day for caching with spectacular scenery along the way. Thank you for bringing us here.

Out on the push bike collecting a few rattler trail caches such a nice day for it, well will keep movin and see how far i get today. May have to be a return trip i think.

Log is soaked but we managed to sign the second piece of paper which wasn't in the plastic bag. TFTC

The log is saturated, we put another sheet of paper in as a temporary measure, but the cache seems to be sitting in the path of the water tank overflow and may possibly need moving to higher ground.

TFTC Mark oo

Found

Mrs iluvtrekking and I dropped our geo-men off in Riverton to undertake the 44 klm cycle ride back to Clare. They spent 9 hours to complete the trail with a couple of dnf's along the way but marvelled at the scenery and had an awesome day. Thanks Mark oo

After dropping the GeoHubbies off in Richmond they peddled off into the morning mist. 9 hours and 40ks later they emerged in Clare sore but triumphant. Thanks to all concerned in placing this epic series of caches.

Nice day out with geo friends

nice trail t.f.t.c

Few spiders around

Our second day camped at Balaklava, and today we attempted the Rattler series.

A nice area to stop and get out of the heat for a while.
Located the cache after a short search, but it wasn't where we expected it to be.

Signed the log, replaced as found, and continued onto the next one.
Many thanks for placing this cache, Mark_oo, for us and others to find.

Quick and easy find while riding the Southern section of the Rattler trail.
Great spot for a break and a cache!
TFTC!

Another great find while in the area on holiday.
Thanks for setting up this cache.
SL

Really enjoyed the Rattler Trail!

BCBB found with thanks !! Sorry for the generic logs due to large numbers of finds!

Found as part of babb thanks

tb visits

This morning I was riding the Rattler Trail for a second day
But me riding has been slowed a bit by all those pesky Rattler caches
So to find this relatively old cache was a pleasant break from the norm.

The location is a nice spot to take a break, sit down and even read a bit of local history
And I found that this is where a side trail to Rhynie runs from.
This morning I had ridden out along the main road to Riverton to join the rail trail.
So later today, I will make sure to ride back to Rhynie via this spot

And yes !! You can lead a cyclist to water,
and he will find a cache

TFTC

Found with BABB! Tftc! after a few caches on the ratler this day bloody wind! After my gps died after this one!

apologizing in advance for the generic logs. was in clare for the weekend to attend the events (my first events since becoming a geocacher) and I am now back logging. Many thanks for the caches was a really good weekend

The Rattler trail was the day's target. I rode with the checker crew, of firesafe, clare007, snappy tomcats, featherwaite and me. We brought up the rear and checked that the BABB was signed in every log. It was, and we could pick who got there first, plain BABB, BABB in green, BABB group, BABB crew. We were waiting for the BABB posse, collective or babble to turn up in the logs. . As usual it was a great day with plenty of laughs and we found your cache along the way. Thanks Mark oo.

Completed a very entertaining ride along the Rattler Trail with firesafe, clare007, SnappyTomCats and brisal5, checking that all caches were signed with BABB, and its miscellaneous variants. Thanks for the cache Mark oo!

Great find as part of our weekend away in Clare hitting the local trails.
Lovely location.
What a Rattler of a day.
TFTC

Mr Tardis had a great day with the Big Auburn Bike Bash crowd. Much fun was had riding the rattler trail with a bunch of mad cachers on bikes from Auburn to Riverton. Thanks for putting a cache along this trail. The logs are signed as BCBB.

Yes I'm logging this cache 9 months after the find - sorry about that, but better late than never!

Signed the log. Thanks for the cache Mark_oo

I could win an award for most caches found but not logged online. Please forgive this very generic log. If I admired your cache you'll get a favourite point from me and I'll likely come back and edit this log once I've caught up. If this generic log makes you unhappy - delete it. Life's too short to worry over it, I had fun finding your cache either way. Cheers!

[Red]I apologise for the late log... Problems with GSAK and crashed computer...[/Red]

Found as part of a group assault on the Rattler Trail...

A bit of a stroll, a short search, found cache, stamped and returned...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment Frozen Feet...
- P

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped Log...

found as part of the BABB after having a great breakfast of bacn and eggs.

Participants in the Big Auburn Bike Bash. Thanks to the organisers and helpers.
Thanks Mark_oo for placing this cache for us to find when in the area

An amazing weekend of laughs, smart aleck comments, wine, food and fun shared with a fantastic group of people!
Over the whole weekend of pushibke riding, caching and travelling I managed to attend 3 great events , find 128 caches and surprisingly even scored a FTF as my last cache of the weekend at almost 8pm on my way home Thanks for leaving 1, Freddo

Today as part of the group BABB, I rode the Rattler Trail and picked up all of these caches on this newish trail [^]
Definitely need to get 'saddle fit' as that seat sure isn't as comfy as my motorbike seat and on day two, it's even more painful despite all of my padding!
This is as good as it gets! Sharing the fun, and pain, with like minded people
This weekend, I've undertaken my biggest pushbike rides in about 30 years Sadly, I felt it today and was 'directed' to withdraw about halfway along the trail
However muggle partner arrived last night and so he kindly completed the whole ride today to ensure that I could claim the finds
His first bike ride in about 40 years, too! [^]
Apart from a strong head wind and rain which soaked the last few of the group for about 5 minutes, we had clear weather on both days and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves

I wonder what the original station actually looked like[?]
There were lots of interesting features all along this trail and I know that the fact that this cache is owned by people other than the Rattler Trails series COs will still mean generic logs from this weekend. Please understand that I do appreciate your individual cache and your reason for bringing me here

TNLN. SL. TFTC Mark_oo

Our second day as part of the Big Auburn Bikers Bash (BABB) Event [^]
A great turn out on a chilly Winter's day.
But at least the cycling will keep us warm
Thanks for the cache Mark oo

I found this cache as part of a group assault on the Rattler trail.
The cache logs are signed BABB, meaning Big Auburn Bike Basjh.
Thanks for a great excuse to re-aquaint myself with a bicycle. its been at least 5 years!

Thanks for your caches.

Day two of the the weekend to do the Bike assault on the RT and Rattler series. Today we started at Auburn for the Rattler series. We had a great day today and had lots of fun with a great bunch of people. The Wind was a pain, blowings us back UP the hill at times. Apologies for the generic logs, but we appreciate the time and effort that the CO has gone to, to place this series. Log was signed collectively today as BABB as requested by the CO.. TFTS

I claim this find as a part of the BCBB. 45 kilometres over two days on the resiling and rattler trails.

Cheers for the cache and the memories.

-3bearz-

Found as a part of the BABB What a great weekend with a great bunch of Cachers and a heap of laughs. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment. Cheers Tomboy 711

Quick find while walking (or in my case shuffling) some of the Rattler Trail with Cpwanderer and Bindi the dog.
Nice to have a structure here to remember the location of the long gone station.
TFTC Mark_oo!

The log was too wet to sign, we placed in a higher location and inverted to help it dry. Suggest maybe a relocation to the nearby shelter there are several options that woukd provide good shelter. TFTC

Found along the trail, but the log is wet. It'll be fine when dry I think. TFTC!

Found it while I was doing Rattler series. Found it nice and easy. Nice shelter.. I love my little bike...

Thanks Mark oo for the cache

Today was Sorceysal's, Tess the geodog's and my last full day before heading home to Vic. We left Wallaroo and found a heap of caches enroute to Riverton to do the Rattler series.

My thanks to Mark oo once again, but sad to say this one was wet

Another epic day of caching with the bogonghazy's. Picked up over 1000 caches in 8 days in the cache rich state. A variety of hides, good co-ords and great scenery added to the enjoyment of our road trip. This was a bonus for us as we didn't think we would have time but managed to complete a few along the way Thanks for all your efforts Mark oo for the placement of this cache for us to find.

found it.
TFTC