Ophidiophobia Serpentine, Victoria, Australia
By The Morris on 02-Nov-07. Waypoint GC1744Q

Drove in to within 20mtrs, no water anywhere to be seen at the moment so an easy find. Thanks

Nice walk not a hard find

No creek to worry about crossing today so an easy walk across. TFTC

Found

A nice quick find. I think I'm slowly finding that geocaching is great to break up the drive especially with kids. Miss 1 hasn't been a fan of driving home today so we have had a fair few stops and finds.Thanks for the cache.

Found it! TFTC

A nice walk to GZ with the horses along the way wanting me to stop and chat..cache located after a few minutes of searching. I used to have FOMO and FSS (full set syndrome) lol I'm over both. Now it's just a slight fear of heights in certain circumstances.

I was afraid I was going to get wet feet but I scared a bunny and he showed me the dry way in

Nice find - a bit dry around here though having come from Gippsland and all the rain

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Nice easy find here before the day gets too hot. Cool dry creek beds tftc

JTreeTrack2 was out and about with Mr Dromaniax and the company of our Muggle parents. They Thoroughly enjoyed the trip, the sites, the effort gone in to placing caches in fascinating areas and places. The caches that we came across were all in good condition and were signed and returned as found. Thankyou to all the effort that has gone into placing the cache. Sorry for the generic log, my logging has 7 months of unloved. Thanks again for placing this cache.

I was out and about with JTreeTrack2 and our parents, and this was day number two. We decided to take Mum and Dad away for a trip down memory lane, and while out and about, we were picking up some caches along the way.We spent two days travelling around the central North region of Victoria and had some fantastic weather.All caches we found were in excellent condition unless otherwise noted.Thank you, Team Megradel, for this Traditional cache.

Replaced with a nice new container and is back in play again- happy hunting

Disabling until I get a chance to check it out

Looked high and low and far and wide, i could not see any likely anything. As previous comment said you can see where the floods went through.

No luck today

Found during a great trip up to Swan Hill - Nice place and cache.

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A nice quick one thanks, i am hoping to collect a lot of caches today

The long weekend is upon us and after organising to pick something up from Strathmerton Saturday morning, I checked the map before hand and here is a place that I have not visited before which was Moulamein.
I guy I work with stayed here in January and recommend that it was worth a visit.
So after detouring via Conargo to see if the pub has finished being rebuilt (not open yet) I arrived at my destination.
After touring around Moulameinand spending a great night in my cabin at the pub that overlooked the Edwards River it was on to my next destination Lake Boga then Kerang as it was the only accomodation that I could find.
I was taking the less travelled roads which usually meant dirt roads but that was fine by me and then the bitumen.
After spending the night in the pub it was time to head towards home, went for a walk around the the Loddon River and Levee bank then now to head south again.
Nice little drive to this one and a short walk.
I don’t like snakes and spiders but I don’t fear them.
Heights is my issue after falling through a roof at work back in the day, so I don’t do ladders very well.

Thanks The Morris and Team Megradel TFTC.

To my mother's disdain, I find most things exhilarating so not. Whole lot will scare me. I will say I am terrified of heights though. No problem going up, it's when I'm up high that the fear kicks in. Thanks for the cache!

Found it

With the group camp now all wrapped up and the last stragglers having left I was now on my own. I set off today for a drive around the neighbouring areas and grabbed a couple of caches along the way.

After exploring the hidden campsites along the loddon river near here I found this cache quickly.

I don’t like snakes and spiders but don’t necessarily fear them. Heights is a different story (which for someone who is 2m tall seems odd). I’ve been working on if for some time now and this has improved greatly. I am still hesitant when near the edge of sheer drops or lookouts.

Thanks Team Megradel for placing this gamepiece in the wild for us to find.

My fear is huntsmans. Hairy legs, beady eyes and who can trust a spider that doesn't make a web! Thanks for the diversion off the road...a hit day, puppy needs to stretch her legs and this was a perfect opportunity!

TFTC hmmm…dry grass, warm day; snakes!

Found. TFTC

A quick find here. Thanks for the hide and bringing us here. My phobias are snakes and rats.

Thanks

On our hoilday nice little stop

Tftc.

Good quick find. Didn't experience ophidiophobia but did experience leporiphobia

-Somonther

Find No. 3105. Found at 3.13pm.

A public holiday so we decided to go for a drive in the van with geodog Penny on board to find the caches in this area that we still had left to find.
Parked the van and over we walked. No problems with the creek today as it was bone dry.
Cache quickly found, log signed and back we walked to the van and off we went.
TFTC

After spending time in lockdown due to covid19, and home schooling, grabbed the grandkids and set off for a trip to Swan Hill, so the fun begins. Tftc and my fear is spiders, I'm adjusting to them a bit.

Thanks to The Morris for this hide, we were able to drive along the track today.
A short walk to GZ and the cache was found.
A beautiful day had emerged with almost no wind and plenty of sunshine.

Way too easy was out in The open so hide it a little better. Thanks

Quiet out here in Pon Pon bush. Quick easy find. TFTC ️️

Great find and some wonderful swaps. Two very happy kids.

Ophidiophobia was transferred from The Morris to user Team Megradel

Found thanks the kids were excited.

It has good thing inside. Good place to hide it

On the long way to Melbourne for the AGP F1 grabbing caches as I go. TFTC

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

After a DNF quite some time ago, today it was an easy find. Such is caching. No chance of ophidiatism today.

Another great day on our one-year tripp around Australia. We love to travel in this country and we love to look for geocaches. This geocache has again shown us a place that we might not have visited without geocache.
Thank you for the geocache !
Greetings from Switzerland.

Now on the way to the MEGA in St. Arnoud.

muff1 were staying in Shepparton and so we had arranged to go caching today [^]
As 3 new geocaches had been published nearby the plans for the day went from a kayak cache find for them to 3 FTFs for us all
We all, Rex included, jumped into Harry [^] and I only scared Mrs muff1 about twice with my driving
Found 7 caches for the trip and that included the virtual at Echuca - Moama on the old bridge
Had a great fish and chips lunch [^] from Top of the Town shop in Echuca and then returned to Shepp early enough that Mr muff1 still got to do the kayak cache in Victoria Park Lake just on dusk

Mr muff1 somehow left his GPSr sitting over at GZ so he had to make a 2nd trip back to retrieve it! [^]
Thankfully that problem was ascertained BEFORE we had left the area [^] and not 50km away
The only phobia I used to have was cockroaches , now it's heights, driving, people, phone calls, life
I do like cache finds though! [^]

TNLN. SL. TFTC The Morris

Mr Morris almost stood on a snake as we crossed the swamp. Be careful out there -lucky they were both asleep

Coordinates changed from:
S 36° 24.683 E 143° 58.273

Coordinates changed to:
S 36° 24.681 E 143° 58.277

Distance from original: 22.8 feet or 7.0 meters.

New cache in place

Yuckiness

TFTGC!

Container was open and water logged!

Easy find on our way to Swan Hill, picked up a part for my toilet cistern while I was at it...

Cache was out in the open, log is extremely water logged...

Easy find after lunch and op shop visit.

Nice easy find. Container was very damp and struggled to sign the log. TFTC

What a lovely walk into the bush. Great choice!

Need maintenance!!!! But thank you for it

Today we headed off on our long-awaited big road trip to Barcaldine, and this cache had the honour of being the first of the trip.

Ophidiophobia? Yes yes yes! But it turned out to not be a problem today as the terrain was quite bare and open. Cache found quickly and in good condition. TFTC Lord & Lady Morris.

Find #1840 for me. Found with my muggle friend at 1:20 pm towards the end of our short geocaching road-trip which took us to the Terrick Terrick National Park from Bendigo before heading back south along the Loddon Valley Highway. Now, what on earth is Ophidiophobia? Snakes, apparently - I had to look it up when I got home. Probably a good thing I didn't know what it meant when we found the cache as it might have spooked me! Anyway no snakes were seen here, but we did find the cache. Thanks for bringing us here today The Morris and thanks for this and the other caches which you placed along our route for us to find today!

Found with TeamRobbie. Thanks for the cache!!!

Found it with emthegem tftc

It was out of the log so I placed it back there

Found it

No PHOBIAS here today, but my wife DID make me put my gumboots on in case of snakes, as the alternative was a pair of CROCs it made sense to cover my toes, the find was quick, and all is well in phobia hollow, Thanks The Morris, a great placement

Logged it with team riddell

Nice quick easy find while having a morning tea break at Serpentine en route to Tooleybuc.
Of course we just had to look it up and now understand the placement at Serpentine.
Ophidiophobia or ophiophobia is a particular type of specific phobia, the abnormal fear of snakes. It is sometimes called by a more general term, herpetophobia, fear of reptiles and/or amphibians. The word comes from the Greek words "ophis" (ὄφις) which refers to snake and "phobia" (φοβία) meaning fear.
TFTC

A nice easy cache in a peaceful spot..
Fears of mice and spiders amongst our party...TFTC

I hate putting my hand into dark, confined spaces. Thanks The Morris

Found with dad, finally catching up on my logs after a year or more. Sorry.

Definitely not for either of us. Not warmer enough to be an issue today. Quick and easy find. Thanks for the cache and bringing us here.

Found to claim the Loddon LGA. Just as well too, time was running short and the next 4 would be DNFs on our road trip from Emerald to Swan Hill. TFTC!

Found on the way to the Swan Hill for the Lunch event tomorrow. I have a few fears, you've pretty covered them in your cache description, plus those long slithery reptiles, really have a great fear of those. Hard to imagine this creek does ever flood, but I;m sure it does at times. Thanks to The Morris for the hide, and getting me thinking about and analising my fears. LOL.

The name gave it away as soon as we saw GZ tftc

Enjoying a great day in Wedderburn and surrounding areas while caching in the company of GemmaSistema and Wozzle68. By now the looming black skies behind us had caught up with us making the need for quick dashes in and out the car to keep dry, hoping for quick finds. The last cache for the afternoon before heading back towards Wedderburn and an inviting pub meal.
Thanks for the cache The Morris.
*fear of not finding the cache*

Just one more before dinner! Ha ha

Today I cached Wedderburn and surrounds with The Tritonz and Wozzle68. We had a fabulous day exploring the area and finding a great variety of hides. So many creative hides! Many thanks

I have a fear on the landing after falling thanks for the cache

I've always wanted to say that I have Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. Fear of long words. Nuff said. TFTC The Morris.
Chiefton

Jades first find

Thanks for the cache. We have been in this area for the weekend adding to our tally. Such a perfect day for it. Log signed.

Frogwooz

Lovely bush retreat

Road Trip...... was on my way to a little town north of swan hill and just had to do some caching along the way...who wouldn't

this cache was found in good condition

thanks to the morris for this cache

TNLNSL

#2227

Found on way home from work good spot for a rest

On the way home from work. With Dissyrascal

Tftc

TFTC good walk nearly muggled.

This was day 22 of our trip out of Sydney and touring the southern states of Victoria and Tasmania.

This was a good caching day to do some touring around Victoria and finding lots of little places that were quite interesting and had lots of history and other information to absorb, as well as being beautiful places to visit. TFTC.

TFTC. After a quick trip through the bush we had another smile and back on the road

thank you for show me

Container was exposed, so we gave it a suitable covering, TFTC, took TB

Fears of meeting a Joe Blake were unfounded today, in these 35 degree temps.. Thankfully. TFTC Took nothing. Left nothing

Found it with a local aboriginal. Took a good 5 minutes.

Puffin trackable left.

Great one. Last for the day. Now for an ice cream!

found great hiding spot

Quick and easy find. My little geokid was quick onto and found it. His so proud of himself

Great use of local camo! Well hidden with lots of goodies. T4TC.

Found with The Quiet Plodder TFTC

Last of the day and we found this one OK, no spiders, snakes or any other creepy crawleys were around at the time. Logged the cache. Now phobias, we tried to think of a phobia that we had, that had not been done before and we found one, Swaggie2 (Daff) is afraid of goats, live goats that is. Now there is a challenge for you!
TFTC The Morris.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one of the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH The Morris [^]

On our way home to Qld . We are enjoying finding cache along the way and seeing different places.

Our first find!