A Hop, a Skip, and a Jump Away Diggers Rest, Victoria, Australia
By Team_Ninja, TeamGeoPlesk and LastoftheTimeLords on 24-Dec-07. Waypoint GC183BA

Sounds like it's not there anymore.

Time to let this one go if its not there anymore

I'm certain the cache is gone

The only DNF of todays caching run is worth noting for three reasons.

1) Two_Drews managed to get bogged in half an inch of mud.
2) Shortly afterward, I met squarepegs and abl973, arriving just in time to help push the car.
3) After a good 15 minutes of searching 4 GPS devices and 4 sets of eyes were unable to locate this cache. There's always the possibility that it's no longer there.

Thanks for the morning exercise, regardless.

I think this cache is gone burger...

Today was a sweep thru Sunbury with a few caching mates, this was found with GazaC. This cache will remain memorable for a long time. Mainly for the fact of me getting bogged but also for a long and fruitless search around GZ. I think it's gone.

We were off to an adventurous start as we pushed one of the cars out of the mud. With that accomplished we set off to find the cache but didn't have the same luck extricating the container from its hiding spot. Thanks for the hide anyway.

It was good to find that the road is made now. Had no trouble finding the cache. Wonder why the Holden Flora Reserve has a fence around it? TFTC Team Ninja and bringing us to this Reserve that we did not know was there.

Wasn't so sure about jumping the fence, but I trusted the cache description. I circled the area a bunch of times, before I made out the shape of the ammo can in the bushes by the trees.

Camped way down in the hollow just up the road for the night. Jumped the fence for a quick find by Mr M while Mrs M searched for interesting rocks on the side of the road. Mr M pointed out the 6t limit on the new truck and Mrs M pointed out it hadn't been reached yet!! Still got to get home to WA yet.... Merry Christmas. TFTC

Had my last job in Sunbury today for the forseeable future and decided to reward myself with a slight detour on the way home to add to my "found" collection. My time spent in Sunbury had both triumphs and failures but most importantly lots of fun & history.

I was a bit worried about the waist high grass on the way to this cache but managed to avoid seeing any wiggly sticks once again.

Nice box. TFTC

I decided to walk here from the cache a bit farther down from this one, "are your ears still ringing", only 1.1 k away as the crow flys. Now if you have found any of my caches in the western ranges, you will know this is just a warm up, so off I went along the hill side. I was following a vague track which quickly turned to nothing, and I was starting to push through some box thorn. Next second a sharp jab into the ball of my foot. I came to a sudden halt, managed to extract my foot from my walking boot and examine what caused the pain. A mighty box thorn. about an inch and a bit long. Reckon it went into my foot by about a quarter inch..... Next trick was getting it out of the boot. I couldnt pull it out with my fingers, just couldnt get a grip. I searched my bag, hoping I had left my multi tool in there (I have been swapping bags lately carrying caches and tools into a gorge lately) and happily one was still in there. So thorn extracted and off I go. I head down to the river as I can see a vehicle track along there, but this quickly dissapears, and I find myself in knee high lush grass, dont like this, so decide to head back up hill and bee line it across the bend. About halfway up the bend I see the motorbike riders I had been hearing, racing up and down a steep bank near the river bend. I stop to watch and am rewarded first with one who get halfway up the bank and the bike flips, sending him back down the rise. A moment later one of his mates goes flying up, only to emerge a tad too fast, the bike and rider sailing up, the bikes rear end rising faster the the front, and they both come down on the flat, nose first... Needless to say two very sorry riders were left lying on the ground, with a few of their mates laughing their guts out at them, had a chuckle myself. Well from here on it was pretty much an uneventful journey to the cache and back...

I suppose I had better say tftc...... tnlnsl....... (havn't written those for a while)


Cheers Gordo

TFTC,T-took swag,L-snake ring ,watch out for falling caterpillar

Like the case not much swag, took piggy, left lots of army men

Found with Pgoz, who found the cache it by stepping on it, then I went over and tripped over it. Go team!
Good to find a big container close to town. TFTC !!!!

Tftc. Nice big one, we love those ones.

Log follows 20/8

12:13
What to do when you have to stay fairly close to the airport for a pickup? Silly question, really...

Deciding where to park was the hardest part here... once I'd done that it was just a matter of hopping over the gate, skipping across to GZ, and jumping when I backed into a thorny bush while extracting this nice big container. Thanks for the fun.

#602

Nice to see this type of container again. All the contents are very dry despite the surrounding area being quite damp. Given its size I left behind a large bag of SWAG. Took nothing. No roos here today, they were further down the track with Billy Thorpe. TFTC.

Nice hide very wet

Thanks

Found @1600 #1566
Today found myself required to perform the task of "dropping someone off at the airport" at a rather early time I must say. However I saw the positive aspect to this as it would give me an excuse to do some caching in the surrounding areas. Been meaning to get out this way for awhile as its not a part of Melbourne I need to visit often. Overall today's run resulted in 34 finds an epic result.

Was on the run home now from caching thru Sunbury and the surrounding areas.

30th Find. By this time I was making my way home but was still in the mood to pick some caches. Had to park at the end of the road to be safe and after a short walk and indeed a Hop and Jump I was soon as GZ. Do like these cache containers very nice! TFTC Team Ninja, another of yours found today. Left blue marble took nothing.

Found @ 13:20hrs. Reasonably easy find.TFTC.

Find number 60 for Team Mooo

Parked a bit further up the road and had a fun time treking along the road finding a good spot to get past the fence! We had a good time with this one and found it with no problems.

The highlight was definitely seeing a Kangaroo and enjoying the views.

TFTC!!

the kids enjoyed this one, jumping the fence and walking through the paddock!
nice easy find, was quite exposed so camouflaged on returning!
TFTC

Found on an afternoon caching with team highrod.
SL TFTC Nice views all around here!

Found today with kinkell1 at 15:46
Found quickly but a bit saddened to see nowhere to pull off the road followed by jumping a fence. At least it's a regular!!!!

A quick easy find. A nice walk on a cold day. TFTC

Great place remember coming to this area as a on my bmx

Found it TFTC

Nice easy find while driving past for work. TFTC

## Trackable listed in cache is not there anymore!

Easy find.

Walked back from the car that I had parked a little further away. Cache was quite exposed and therefore easy to find. Tried to cover it a bit before I hopped and ducked under the fence.
TFTC Team Ninja

On my way to replace the cache X, I dropped in on this one and logged it. thanks.

We drove past and then double backed looking for access to gz. No problem then and we had the cache in no time. thanks team ninja

Easy find with the kids on a sunny after school caching adventure. Lovely secluded spot. Didn't see any wildlife other though. Took teddy, left drop cat. Always enjoy an ammo tin. Quality caching ! TFTC

Nice hide this cache.
Great park to visit one day when I have time to enjoy it.

Great hide. Careful of magpie nests

Thanks a good hide. We have lived not too far away for 16 years but have never been to this area.

An easy find. Seen a Kangaroo & Joey, Rabbit and a fox. Nice part of towm. Thanx again for the Cache.

Quick find here by Sully1, my caching buddy for the day, after we scaled the triple locked gate. No roos seen this arvo.
Nice area and views, thanks Team Ninja

Found with bogonghazy on a day round Sunbury. Jumped the gate, the cache was quickly in hand, logged and returned, and back to the car, as the forecast Thunder Storm was now looking very close. Thanks to Team Ninja. No Roos here today, although we saw a few earlier in the day.

Straight forward find, apart from the barbed wire fence! Thanks4PlacingThisC NoTB

Nice quick and easy find at site. SL TFTC

Found the cache and sat down to write in the log. Took three seconds to think of what to write but thirty seconds to remove the box thorn from my arse. TFTC

the children pulled out it was too cold for them. left a spider

Nice easy find, Thanks for fixing the fence much easier to get over for us old fat fellas. Watch out for the freakin hippo, not funny. SLTNLN T4TC.

A good Friday find. Fairly easy find, left pen and took travel bug. TFTC

Out night caching the Sunbury region with my mate Blacklegend (Marshy). Managed to get the Pathry up of the road in front of the gate to the entrance to the reserve. Got over the old wire fence and made our way down to GZ where Marshy made the find. Signed the log and rehid the cache. Thanks for the hide.

One of 31 on a night run with my good caching mate Marty (Quasar3671) this time in the Sunbury and Riddels Creek areas. Nice quick stroll in and log the find. TFTC.

I forgot to log that I checked on and replaced the cache container a month or so ago.

1455. Started to rain as I got off my bike to climb the fence. Ride this way regulalrly but hadn't thought to check for caches until I wanted a spot to lodge the geocoin. Will explore the nearby gully on foot when drier. Contents are transitioning from damp to wet. TN, left Compass Rose geocoin 'Cyprus here I come' and a pen as it was bereft of one. TFTC.

Rated: for Overall Experience

2nd find for the day. Cache definiatly has a good name. Road in not dirt any more much have just paved it. A bit of a trick to get to but found it well enough. Contents are a bit on the wet side - Left Hippo and took Butterfly clip. TFTC

BIGGGGGG SPIDER HERE hahaha!!

Found this with a good friend of minewhile holidaying from QLD.

Some water damage, emptied cache. Log book ok.

SL, took nothing left Dusty Roads Card.

TFTC

Tftc. Lovely spot cache a tad water logged tho. Log in good nick.

Tftc. Lovely spot cache a tad water logged tho. Log in good nick.

This was our first ever official cache hunt and "Kath and Kim", Wasted no time and we began our searching, we found this cache quiet easily as we had known the area pretty well, only that we never knew to look for it.B4...

we over the fence and walk when i turn around look nice white sand up high and long too... with crank1 and alchemy2

Nice cache and place to visit
TFTC

Found with Alchemy2, Laker63. TFTC

Cool spot. Jumped the next fence for a gander and found a deep gully and what may be abandoned mine entrances ?! A fox ran off up the opposite hill. Then it started raining - again..

Followed skippy thru the fence.
TNLN. TFTC.

The gate was padlocked so J did his usual gymnastics whilst Gold stayed in the geomobile and waited (out of the wind and rain). Took a keyring and left a soldier. TFTC

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One of those furry fellows was still awake and leading the way to the cache.

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It was great on a very windy day like this to take a break, sit out of the wind behind a tree, in the sun and log this cache.
This area looks very interesting. I only wished I had more time to explore.

Cheers Team_Ninja, TeamGeoPlesk and LastoftheTimeLords, thanks for bringing me here.

Found on a lovely sunny winter Sunday afternoon caching with the 3 yo. She was thrilled to find the cache "by herself" (mind you, I had to make sure she went around the right side and was almost on top of it). She was also thrilled to spot a kangaroo in the distance, and wanted to know where all its family were. Took the Hippo TB

XC heading to Melbourne Airport to fly home to NZ... Drove rental here.. and walked to GZ.. hmmm interesting spot.. Found cache ok... Dropped in Hippo TB to enjoy the area.. I am sure hippos would like it around here in the wet..
TFTC #1144

Found on our way home to NZ following the Wagga Wagga MEGA Event.

Indeed, a hop, skip, and a jump.
TFTC

Found a nice big spider guarding this cache Cheers Gav [5614]

Wondering if the house above spotted our torchlight. T4TC, M@

Lots of spiders here at night.
TFTC

Found by The Empire
Had to jump the fence to get in, love doing stuff like that. Thanks.
- M

Another delightful surprise on 'The Quiet Plodders' plod around the Organ Pipes National Park and Diggers Rest. Proof, if needed again, that Geocaching takes you to places you'd never imagine visiting let alone exploring. It's an easy ramble along backroads from Diggers Rest to reach this Cache hidden in a pleasant location. You need to 'scramble' over a fence to get this one - but as the helpful notes provided by 'Team_Ninja, TeamGeoPlesk and LastoftheTimeLords' indicates you are not trespassing, in fact you are in a Nature Reserve administered by Parks Victoria. After a bit of scrambling about I discovered this large Cache in fine condition. TNLN. If you plod further along the Track near the Cache you drop down into a gorgeous natural Valley formed by Jacksons Creek and yet you can see, in the distance, parts of Sunbury itself. Well worth trundling the extra few hundred meters. There was another Cache not far away too (GC1BMW9) but it can't be reached (by my awkward plodding attempts at least) from down along the Creek on foot but judging on the terrain it looks as if it's in a fine location much like this Cache. Thanks to 'Team_Ninja, TeamGeoPlesk and LastoftheTimeLords' for the placing of this Cache for the opportunity by coming here to explore a picturesque location.

14-02 30th find of the day at 19:49 and 925th find in total.
Spice was rapped when we pulled up to this one. we stayed there for a while and watch the two Kangas disappear into the sunset.
It saved having to ask what the name was referring to, are they there for everyone?
(''\(OoO)/'') Thanks Team_Ninja for the caching fun!

Nice hide tftc

No roos snakes spiders or anything today on a bandit run of Sunbury , Thanks Team Ninja

nice easy find, took yoy left keyring, tftc.

This was cache # 23 of 43 for the day, on my trip to the Intervening Days II caching event. This was more a climb and a jump away, I noticed lots of comments in the log about this being private land, I was sure it was not as the gate has a sign on it that says Parks Victoria, so I had no hesitation on entering. My thanks to Team_Ninja, TeamGeoPlesk and LastoftheTimeLords for the cache.

Found it, after an interesting time getting through the fence.
It was sitting there uncovered, but in good condition.
I covered it up a bit better, but TNLN.
Thanks for the cache Ninjas.

Reminded me of my younger days when I would routinely jump fences TNLN Thanks for the cache!

It really seemed like trespassing, but I'll take your word for it Team Ninja. A very easy find, coords spot on. Took nothing left a pathtag

Found it with eagle eyed Jasper. Left army man, took game.

No roos today, but very windy. TFTC

found after a hop and a jump...no skipping for these boys though #994

Nice big cache, and was a great little location!

NINO, TFTC!

Found at 11.45am GAFF1 on our "Catch up with Sunbury and Melton" weekend.
We couldn't find an access into the paddock so we had to scale the fence - hope that was the way in!
As we approached GZ a huge hopper (hare) jumped out of the bush and scared the living daylights out of us - so this is why the cache is called hop, skip and jump!

Thanks Team_Ninja, Team GeoPlesk - this one and the previous Are Your Ears Still Ringing? cache certainly woke us up for the day ahead.

Find # 106 @ 12:24 TNLNSL TFTC

Found by Team members #1, 2 and 5 (3 & 4 at school), as part of the 'Alphabet Soup' Puzzle cache.

Great trip to a part of the local area I had never been to before.

unable to get too as there were gates, and they were locked.

We had just visited the site of the Sunbury Music Festival down the road and called past this cache. Jumped the fence and found the cache easily at GZ. Nice hide and it was very quiet this morning.
TFTC

Enjoyed the veiw of wildlife.

8th of 18 finds for the day @ 0820. Parked on the road and made the short walk to GZ. While signing the log had the local Police cruise slowly passed the geo-mobile but I stayed out of sight and they kept moving. Couldn't help but feel the neighbours were watching my every move while enjoying their breakfast!

TNLNSL TFTC

Found by Bob at 1130

On a beautiful day to make my first geocaching visit to Sunbury, this was #3 for the day and an easy find after a short walk - although I realized I probably could have made it a driveby if I hadn't initially thought the gate lead into private property. I didn't see any kangaroos around here today, unfortunately.

TNLN

Thanks Team_Ninja, TeamGeoPlesk and LastoftheTimeLords

Jumped the fence, if questioned I would just claim I was a silly Kiwi looking for Roo's!

TFTC

easy find... wasn't sure about where my GPS was pointing me (through the fence), but looked like an obvious spot, and when I got there, found it in seconds
TFTC

TNLN TFTC

Found at 11:35 - the twenty-ninth cache on my Adelaide-Melbourne trip.

After finding a suitable parking spot, I got out to check the lay of the land, and to work out the best access method. It really does look like private property, even if it is not. A ute passed by with the driver looking very suss at me, but I encountered no real problems in grabbing the cache. Nice country - just wish it would rain and green it up a bit.

Thanks Team_Ninja, TeamGeoPlesk and LastoftheTimeLords

Found with The Lone Random on a day out caching on one of the really hot Melbourne days. Great hide.
TFTC

Found w The Kiwi Friend. Extremely hot day out ... 41 degrees. So tried to get some solid caching done during the morning before the heat hits hard in the afternoon.

TFTC, The Lone Random