Alma - Why 3? Alma, South Australia, Australia
By Moses on the move on 11-Oct-07. Waypoint GC16K4J

Another quiet location. Cache found and log signed

Travelling with iluvtrekking on a SA caching foray. Staying a couple of days in Clare to grab some finds. Thanks for the hide

Found with richlink as part of our Annual Caravan Geocaching Trip.We are staying in Clare for a couple of days and gathering some hides around the countryside. Thanks for the cache.

Caching along some back roads from Riverton to Owen and then around the nice little town of Owen and enjoying coffee at the delightful Steamy Beanz Cafe and lunch at the Owen Arms HotelLike others before us we found the cache about 14metres south of where our GZ was showing. However the hide was in a pretty obvious spot so no problem at all. Many thanks for this multi Moses on the move

Found it! After almost getting bogged on the way to the first location (Do not use Branson Road in the wet, even though there is no sign saying Dry Weather Road only) worked out the co-ordinates and headed to GZ. Picked up another cache en route at some interesting ruins. Quick find at GZ as the day starts to warm up. TFTC!

Detoured on way to Adelaide and pick up some caches around this area. TFTCSorted coordinates out and made the few kms drive to make a quick find.

Not too sure if it was me or cache creep I found the cache approximately 12m away from my GZ, at least I found it Im absolutely stunned that its been 1041 days since last found, con people not Geocache out this way Logged stamped and all returned as foundTFTC

Today Bob from Elsewhere, FeatherWaite and I headed north from Adelaide to find some caches. We were mainly targeting multis, but also found a few puzzle caches and some Traditionals. We covered a fairly large area from Hamley Bridge, up to Clare, then back to Kapunda via Marrabel.

Most of the multis were short and quite straightforward and the puzzles had been solved in preparation beforehand.

The weather was nice and mild, which made for a great day for caching. Despite it being a public holiday, the roads weren’t too busy, there weren’t a lot of people about around most GZs, which made things a bit easier.

Thanks to all the cache owners for the caches.

Find 3206

Today I was invited by FeatherWaite and e.gregory to join them on a trip to the Barossa Valley.

Little did I know that the intended route would be via Stockport, Hamely Bridge up to Clare by the back roads, joining the highway at Watervale. Then back to Kapunda via Mintaro, Saddleworth and Marrabel.
The closest we got to the Barossa Valley was the Sturt Highway north of Nurioopta on the way home.

Thanks to Moses on the move for the cache.

It's Fine Elsewhere

Arrived at WP1 and soon collected the info, it could be a Used 2ab here, then off to GZ, Someome was in the cemetery so had to wait and have a look around before they disappeared. Cache is all good

Today I decided to go for a nice drive along the back country roads just cleaning up the caches along the way, todays travels I needed up from two wells to Owen, balaclava and back via port Wakefield, all in all 48 finds for the morning complete.

Thanks for the cache

TFTC nice location great history so sad back in the day the loss of young life

TFTC
Out & about with Geo hubby Animal62 on this glorious Sunday collecting as many smiley faces as possible so after collecting the information needed we proceeded onward to find the cache.
After reading about all of the residents resting peacefully here we soon had the cache in hand, the log was signed then returned back to its hiding spot.

Passing through on the way north. Interesting multi. Tftc.

A rare day off for us during grain harvest. So we headed off to find a few caches. A lovely drive through rural areas surveying the crops, kangaroos and vistas.

Picked up the TB , hopefully we can get it moving soon.

TFTC

After retrieving the relevant information from the school and contemplating classroom conditions during summer and winter months I departed to the final location where a quick find was made. The area seems home to a pair of large owls that gave me quite a start when they suddenly started flying around.

I have dropped a travel bug to continue it's journey.

Thank you Moses on the move for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.
Found 4 January 2019 12:29 pm Find # 785

found with allister w. stamped log as mystery randoms to save space. Found after targeting the 2 nearby OTD series and then slowly made our way here to get mu multi count up. quick solve/find.

Found with Sir Spectre on a day out in the area with the 2 OTD series being our main goal. A good day out with approximately 80 finds and only a couple DNFs. TFTC

Intersting stop to stretch the legs, collected the info before heading to GZ for a straight forward find, love reading about the past
TFTC Moses on the move

Tftc caching in the area and did this one as well enjoy learning about history and seeing old cemetery.

A long way between resting places. I’m still wondering Why3. TFTC

The town's divided but all end up together in the end?
Certainly a peacful spot and some history abounds.
Thanks for another great smiley Moses on the move

Wasn't sure I had the right GC but when we go there it was apparent we did! Two kangaroos disturbed but at least they weren't in the same predicament as the other residents! Tftc!

Visited after the Pinery fire and all information needed is still available.

Did a maintenance run today and all is good.

nice find.

Worked this one out years ago, but from memory the gz was in the opposite direction.
Finally got back to Alma today and found the cache.
TNLNSL
Thanks for the multi.

Found with the Hero Husband (Moneydork) on a weekend away. Thanks.

An interesting multi. Wow, this was quite a thriving community back in the day. TFTC

Another tragedy, all these forgotten souls, especially the babies, SL TFTC

Found as a part of TheKellyGang, writing this as a genaric log as I was a part of TheKellyGang and am now out on my own.
If you do not agree with this you are more than welcome to delete the log.

Found on an afternoon out around Tarlee

Out with Brisal5 getting a good start on our stats for the year..... Having found the APM series we were off to wind our way home and explore the area.
Thanks

Mogni and I decided to get the New Year off to a good start with a power trail. The APM series was the goal. But as usual we had to get there first! After spending far too long in Two Wells for 2 DNF's it was time to get caching. Got through the APM series and time for a few more caches before heading home.

Took the short cut from Tree Triangle. Glad it was dry. Stopped at the first WP and quickly worked out GZ. Damn back the way we came.....as usual. So we left Alma and headed through Alma and arrived at....Alma. No wonder people are dying to get here. Big place! Found the cache too. Thanks Moses on the Move.

Found on the way home from the 4WD show in Adelaide Quick find for Geodad as he has driven passed this so many time it has annoyed him so today is the day to get this one marked off the list. Geomum confused herself at first must be tired but finally worked out she had read the description wrong, Geomum worked out the Co ordinates and Geomum was spot on Geodad found this quick and easy.TFTC

Out with muggle partner for the day and all up I found 24 caches and had 3DNF's, 2 on the same cache
A great day to be out an about on dirt roads doing the locus cache thing! [^]
Saw lots of lizards, sheep, cows, goats, horses, a rabbit and lots of birds but luckily no snakes

Why not 3?
The distances that can now be travelled in a day, but which used to take weeks, have led to many church and school closures and left us with many historical sites for geocachers to be placed at or incorporated into multis

TNLN. SL. TFTC Moses on the move

Headed north to do some maintenance with Firesafe
always good to learn some history of the area that we are in

Cold wet. Not far from my Mum & Dad.

Container okay again

South Australia 2013 with Sol de Lune. We headed off on 12/4 and arrived home on 28/4. The trip was to visit the SA series so more time could be spent at the Mega itself next year. We did a huge variety of caching around Murray Bridge, the Mid North, Yorke Peninsula and Whyalla Region. Apart from one wet night and two wet days we were able to spend heaps of time caching.

Today is for the Its a small world and Premiers of SA series. Along with a few caches to get there and back to Gawler. Getting our multi count up has become a symbol of this trip, so we gave this one a go, and soon had our reward in hand.

Thanks.

10463.715 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2006 World Travel Silver A#14

Albida

Grabbed with Albida on our 2 week caching run from Canberra to, and around, different parts of South Australia including Loxton, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Yorke Peninsula and around to Whyalla before heading home via Broken Hill, Cobar and Parkes. We completed a few power trails and left a couple to do when in the area again for next years Mega event.

Overall a great many different styles and types of caches found. A great time was had caching for 16 days straight as well as camping along the way.

Thanks for adding to the fun with this cache.

A pleasant stop on the way to the Balaklava Rocks "second Breakfast" event. Thanks for the hide!

On a caching run with CPWanderer and to attend The Second Breakfast Event cache TFTC

The cache container needs replacing, sorry I didn't have anything suitable with us. The container looks like it's been chewed by a mouse or something similar. Contents are a bit damp and the local wildlife has taken up residence!

Quickly found the required information and set off to GZ. Following the car navigator directions we set off down the dirt road, turned right and then left and followed a reasonable dirt road. Then the road turned into a track and finally into a farmers paddock Backtracking we discovered that we should have turned left then right... crazy navigator [:(!]

At GZ we made a beeline for the cache which was sharing it's hide with a large toadstool. Opening the container revealed a damp log book and a couple of resident spiders, one in the bag the log book was in. After signing the log we replaced the bag with a new one and put the container back in it's hide. Then we wandered around the cemetary for a while reading headstones. TFTC Moses on the move!

My father went to this school until yr6. And my families farm is just in the road. Finally got to complete this cach while visiting the family. TFTC TNLNSL

Thanks for this one, enjoyed finding

Never been here before, interesting information, who would have thought so many people lived near hear. Container has a hole in it and contents are damp. TFTC Moses

Out caching with the Rats today an a nice sunny day.

Cheers and thanks for the cache

Loved this cache. Great history. TFTC

Crazy Geo driver was given 2 choices, 1 Housework or caching. Guess whiich one he chose? 22nd find for the day.Loved the history, old school house and the cemeteries. thanks for bringing us here. TFTC TNLN SL

Logged with thehylian for team prawnstars. Thanks for the cache. TNLN.

Found with Minnes for team Prawnstars, nice Hide TFTC!

Found on my way home after spending a few days on Yorke Peninsula. Really enjoyed doing this multi. Wondered where GZ was going to be, but was very happy to discover another hidden historic spot. Thanks for the cache Moses on the move!

We headed up towards Owen for some Mothers Day caching, it had been far too long since our last cache so it was good to get back to a little caching in an area we tend to drive through but never appreciate.
hought we'd make this our last for the day. Interesting place, had to back track some of todays drive to find the cache, but thanks to olive we had it in hand quickly. TFTC

Expected the cache to be close by but needed to backtrack to make the find.Interesting little tour TFTC

Found It!
Took a rather extended route to GZ but got there in the end!
TFTC

well hidden, first multi, thanks

We visted a couple of delightful spots in order to complete this cache. Could not believe no one had done this cache since August - Thanks Moses on the move.

Beauty old church and school - we interested wander around this area... and work out the maths. went there - feel mistake but Joan wander around and found it wow... good on her!!! Smile.... SL. Thanks Moses on the move

Collected the clues at WP1 and rechecked our calculations as gz was some distance away. With our new found geocaching friends and locals we worked out that gz was an appropriate location for the cache hide so made our way there, passing the town on the way.

Arriving at gz we could see something that matched the clue so thought we were onto a good thing. Mr S made the find. Was delighted to find a pathtag in the cache so swapped with one of ours.
Good to meet the locals and learn some local history.

Great cache, even met an old scholar while checking out the site. Dropped off a pathtag and grabbed a trackabear. TFTC

Thanks MOTM
Left: TB T: Keyring
Great learning about these little places of the past

We were continuing or tour with Alansee so we had three brains to help with the three R's. Reading Riting Rithmatic, we used it all to solve this great little multi that show cased some very interesting locations around and in Alma.

Found on a rewarding and enjoyable day out caching with Team Crackers. We did think that the town was a bit spread out! Thanks to Moses on the move for the cache.

Always wonder if we have stuffed up (again) a multi when it comes out so far away. No such problems today and were grateful when we spotted the sign there then found the cache.

I love this little place at the first way point. It was so peaceful and quiet, we had a little sheep playing around aswell, obvioussly excaped from a farm but she was happy and made our daughters day.
A great cache for number 2 today. Thankyou

Found with the Parrots, sa mystery inc and someuser in between visits to Farmer Owen [:o]

TFTS Moses
Cheers and Happy Hunting from Southern Cross Caching

Love these hidden bits of history. I could just imagine the kids playing in the school yard. The distance to our calculated GZ had us worried, so we checked and then checked again. In the end we were right and made the find with bit of stretching and a couple of scrapes on geoD's behalf.

TNLN SL TFTC

Found with SA_Parrothead, Southern Cross Caching and Mystery Inc during a power trail day that was a record numbers day for me (52) and also the day that brought up my 1000th Cache. How come everyone here has the same surname? TFTC.

After spending the day hiding the 26 cache Australian Prime Minister series, I grabbed a few caches for myself.

Big drive from one end to the other. TFTC.

A great hide. A geat multi. A geat cache.
Took Peg, Left Lizard.
Thanks 4 the cache.

This one envolved a bit of driving around, but certainly enjoyable. Got to WP1, got the required info and soon on our way to the final destination. We had fun squishing millions of millipedes on the wet roads as we drove along.
Another stroll in the drizzle to GZ.

SL; Took: small tennis ball & Left: hawaii keyring. A nice peaceful resting spot here [^] TFTC

I really enjoyed this one,this community had big ideas just like Clinton and Clinton Central or Belalie North and Belalie South.TtruckLnaked being.tftc

Found as part of the Great YP Caching Blitz by Team Waldron, Trail06 and Moses On the Move.

110 caches were attempted in 17 hours actual caching.

Thanks to all cache owners.

TNLNSL

TFTC

This was number 18 on the way to our big YP trip with Team Waldron & Moses on the Move and Co. It was a lovely prelude to a top day caching in and around YP. Thanks for the cache, your hospitality and for a big day. TNLN.

Out with Mouse 1 as usual....

This was a good one that Budgie and I thoroughly enjoyed doing. Looks like Budgie may have found a missing branch on her family tree too - bonus! TFTC. Took nothing, left badge.

Alma is not far from Owen. Are they just good friends, or there something more serious in their relationship?

Today I was going in the right direction to pick up the prize almost straight after solving the location of GZ. Thanks moses on the move for making GZ as interesting as WP1, I could have spent a lot longer lingering and reading in this location.

Why do we have to shut the gate?
TFTC

We took ourselves on a tour of the area and managed to find a cache. While reading the description properly, I now understand why there are two WPs and not three .

I had a sneaking suspicion about GZ and was proved correct [^].

Thanks again MOTM.

[This entry was edited by nomad_penguin on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at 5:09:22 PM.]

Stopped at the first point but the second point was in the wrong direction for travel.

Have replaced the container and needed to start a new log book as the whole container was full of water. Somehow the hiding spot became a mini reservoir after each rain.

L Plate driving day.
Got the clues for this more than a year ago (while it was disabled), so it's good to finally finish off this cache .
Took superball. Left dice. SL.
The log book was damp, so replaced its bag and put in an absorbent pillow.
Thanks again Moses on the Move.

Managed to botch the coords the first time and found myself looking at a paddock. Thankfully, it was a logical hiding place, and after driving up the rough roads, I had the spot and the cache after a short search. TFTC.

Found while up this way for the other two new caches that just came out. Interesting local history.
Log was saturated, I dried it out a little bit but it could do with a really good dry out as it is still damp.

TNLN
TFTC

Went for a drive this evening to find a couple of FTF's and get some fresh air. haven't been here before but there is our history laid out before us.
SL No swaps
Thanks

Last successful find for the day..... And an interesting finish... GPS took up through some shocking tracks. Should have used my knowhow and would have save the car.... TFTC

Our 29th and last cache of the day Worked it out and got to GZ just before the sun went down. TNLNSL. TFTC

Found at 11:45 AM but didn't sign log! Cache is badly damaged by water. Logbook very wet and un-usable. Metallic items in cache badly corroded, however the plastic blue frog had a smile on it's face.
Interesting location. Enjoyed the adventure.
TNLN
TFTC

Finally found after taking a shortcut down a dirt road and got bogged!

This was our first cache, we found it on Mothers Day 2008.

Great little spot at GZ1. Couldn't imagine all those people crowded into that little building. Hopeless with the maths but found it with the clue. Thank goodness for helpful understanding friends.
took Crows badge, left CWA spoon
TFTC

Found the 1st spot, worked out gz, only to find it is in the opposite direction today... bugger!

Yoohoo-first to sign the new log book - does that make it fool's gold? TNLNSL Thanks again for the chase and replacing final cache so quickly

Back in place with new cache container today. sorry about the inconvenience of being disabled.

Dropped by to check out the school house and collect some clues for WP2.
Came across a family of feral cats living here.
Maybe this was being considered as a 'Monarto of the North' all those years ago [?].
Will have to return (to the distant WP2) when it's up and running again .

Unfortunately some one has removed the cache. I will set it up again as soon as possible.

uhm well - have to own up - we didn't find it. Enjoyed WP1 - the power of one in days gone by - heading up the church,the school and local government too! Must have been optimistic -the planners certainly allowed for urban sprawl.
Feel pretty confident that we found WP2 - it all fitted, including the hint. Many options, we poked and prodded and stuck in fingers as never before! but in all the possible hiding spots ......we found zilch.
It is probaly still there, but we will wait for another day

Wow that's one spread out little country town! What were they thinking?
I ahd lots of fun exploring around both spots as well.
Cheers Moses