THE BIG PELICAN! Loxton North, South Australia, Australia
By The Silver Snitch on 16-Jan-08. Waypoint GC18N8G

Due to recent flooding and our inability to get to this cache. I'm archiving it. It is a great site, so will recreate at a later date if no other cacher puts one here in the next few months.

The cache appears to be in need of owner intervention. I'm temporarily disabling it, to give the owner an opportunity to check on the cache, and take whatever action is necessary. Please respond to this situation in a timely manner (i.e., within 30 days) to prevent the cache from being archived for non-responsiveness.

Stomped around in the mud for quite a while looking but to no avail. Wonder if it is still here as the flood has been extensive and the pelican wasn't talking or giving any secrets away. Thanks for the cache.

Spent a while looking around for this with no sign of it, plenty of mud. This looks like it needs Archiving.

Out on a day caching around Loxton with Gemini7, had a good look around for this but no sign of it.
Looks like it needs archiving.

Went out for a days caching with Anyones Guess.

We were able to get to GZ which is still a bit muddy. Unfortunately the Pelican is still there but no sign of the cache.

As we arrived illegally, ignored a road closed sign back at the Apex boat ramp to check the caches around..this one looked like gone because everything was muddy, no way the cache survived the flooding but best to check it out by the owner.

I did consider going and checking on the cache on Sunday arvo, but once the water went over my knees I turned back. Might have to be a canoe rescue!

Still high and dry but you wonder for how long when you look at the water around.

Found after a call to owner and informed of new co-ords, then found and logged,tftc

This entry was edited by Tk2 on Tuesday, 04 January 2011 at 21:02:19.

Great spot. Thanks.

Replaced.

Why PMOC though? Surely no vandals here?

The brilliant Wacky and Cached replaced this for us, just in time for a New Year! Thanks so much [^]

Coordinates changed from:
S 34° 26.876 E 140° 32.996

Coordinates changed to:
S 34° 26.881 E 140° 32.976

Distance from original: 104.8 feet or 31.9 meters.

New co-ordinates for this cache are now: S34 26.881 E140 32.976
Thanks Wackys.

Cache will be replaced Dec 30.

Found with cached and wackys on our loxton tour

Will see if I can get someone to replace around New Years.

Nothing here, as previous logs think it's gone

I looked and looked but didnt find it suspect it was muggled. A few km away workers were trimming branches off GUM trees. Perhaps this cache became the victim of City Workers.

Beautiful area

Can't check at the moment but am watching this. Please log your DNF's so I know if this is consistent.

Missing???

Could this one be gone. We couldn't find it after a short search.

looked but to no avail

Searched for 30 mins but no go.

Nice easy find but a rather strange looking pelican, lovely spot anyway
TFTC

3.15pm
Found by Roma and Max.
Another interesting rather large object typical of this location!
We also arranged our overnight accomodation in a cabin at the nearby establishment while we were here, and can thoroughly recommend it.
Cheers,
from Romax.

Another quick find. SL and got back into the warmth of the car. TFTC

This was our 3607th overall find.

Found at 1:28 PM. Shells mom loves these birds. I always laugh when people are surprised to see them this far from the ocean. I don't think they realise how far they will travel.

Thanks The Silver Snitch for the cache.

TNLNSL

Easy find while checking out the new caravan park for future reference.
Had to wait for muggles to leave before having a go at this one

TNLN

Twelfth cache of the day found on the way to the Country Swimming Championships in Loxton for the weekend, and the chance to get a couple of cache's on the way through. TNLNSL. TFTC.

First find for 2010. Found by Webbstar then sent geokid to find it. TNLNSL

Found while on a weekend trip to Loxton for a friends wedding. TFTC

Was going to go for a walk the night before and get this one but after the tent was up I ended up falling asleep as soon as I hit the mattress so got it first thing the next morning. TFTC

This one gave us more trouble than it should have because the tree trunk was so dark and the cache was hidden on the shaded side. We must have done 10 laps of that tree before the hide was revealed. Thanks The Silver Snitch.

OK, I saw the big orange but it was closed. Very pleased to see the big pelican - I guess you could say it was open, though it had a fish in its mouth, so it looked closed! Anyway, by avoiding concentrating on the pelican we actually found the cache, so thanks for an interesting site The Silver Snitch.

2284. [font=Comic Sans Ms][green]There were some red necks across the road who seemed to be interested in eating us or something. Luckily they sloped away shortly after and we could look more properly. Eventually made the find and returned to the car via the hollow nest.

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Rated: for Overall Experience

Found this one while at loxton for the carshow

Great little container. Got my family right into it. Second one my wife found, now she is so hooked she is even planning our next adventures. 13 yr old daughter is so excited, didn't wanted to stop. Keep on caching!! Team Rangitane!!!!

Find # 32 of 112 finds on our extra long weekend in the Riverland.

We parked nearby to do the LoxKat caches so strolled over to this to finish off the caches around here for us for today. The pelican looks a bit sadder than the one in the photo.
TFTC

Found by Mary & David at 1500. Not looking too bad for 30 years on, although we'd rather have the real thing. Very interesting sign. Our thanks to The Silver Snitch.

Travel Day for GC1TJ3B - Let's Raid the Food Bowl and the chance to grab a few caches on the way

Now that is a big pelican but it is a small cache. TFTC.

A`real quicky for Mama and Papa Fairy Penguins. Thanks!

nice hide good hint quick find tftc

nice easy find tftc

Found at 11:50 AM. Easy find for the geo-grandchildren.
TFTC

What a wonderfull bird is a pelican his beak can hold more than the average cache. Not quite so in this case but we found the cache easily enough.
Thanks The Silver Snitch

Find # 2907 and 52nd on our trip to the riverlands at 1:54 pm. Accompanied by Feathertop, Robmc and Chewinprickles. Easy drive-by, TNLN, left my mark in the log, Thanx The Silver Snitch....

That is one ugly pelican! They are usually such an elegant bird, particularly in flight.
Nice quick find though.
Thanks, Robmc.

I think there will always be a strong muggle presence here so stealth is required to grab this cache unseen.
Thanks Silver Snitch

thats not a pelican! lol

What a nice park. Even though we were there on Easter Sunday just before lunch there really wasn't that many people around. I had no trouble in retrieving the cache.

TNLN

Thanks SS for taking here.

Fourth of our ten finds for the day.

We were camping at Mootatunga and came for a drive to Loxton for a meal at the Loxton Club and to find some geocaches.

Visited Glass geocoin

While one was trying to retrive the other was trying to take photo's as there was planty of muggles to be seen. TFTC

Had to use some diversion tactics to get this one. It worked. TFTC

This is definately the biggest pelican we have ever seen and it's certainly had quite an interesting life. It's great to see that all the work put in the past hasn't been wasted and that the pelican is still on show for all to see. We're sure that when the sight was chosen that the wheels were necessary and we truely hoped that one day they may agasin be used for the purpose thatr they are there
The cache was located quickly
Thanks to The Silver Snitch

Snatched while while being ovserved by the nearby watching eyes. Now I know how a targetted fish feels.

First cache of the day. Great spot and information!

An easy find with a few of the Fullarton Venturers and K8eus, but due to lack of torches, I admit, we did use the hint (shouldnt have though, a more thorough look would have come up with the cache)

TFTC!
Bek-theraccoon

A good hide - Rocky Glen Grommets found this one while crane2 was doing some waymarking. Thanks for the cache - enjoyed it.

Found with Polkys Quest!!

We checked into the caravan park and the lady who owns the park said there was a cache somewhere near the big pelican! I looked at night but had no luck but got a better discription of where to look from adrianmc at the pub. We looked again during a severe dust storm and found the cache and a almost beheaded Pelican!!!!!! TFTC TNLN

Found at 13:10 CDST.

I loved this BIG pelican, and was surprised that I had never heard of him before.

Maybe my pelican-envy made me lose my mojo a bit as I needed the hint - the cache was easily found once I read it.

Thanks Silver Snitch

No wonder there is no Murray Cod left in the river with birds like that around!
Cheers.

Well this pelican is pretty big indeed!

Found with Natskovich, newbie cacher. She was surprised by this one's hiding spot, it looks so natural!

Took nothing, left warning label and daruma (small wooden japanese doll thing, you probably won't be able to identify it)

Great spot for a picnic tea.
TFTC.

I have a shonky recipe for pelican pie somewhere... [:o)] Wonder if it will fit in my camp oven. Probably not.

No one around today so an easy find. Stayed in the caravan park nearby.
Cheers from the Posspet Boys

Nice easy find after the WWFM IV in the riverland. Found it with "disk" and 2 goedisks.

Nice easy find after the WWFM IV in the riverland. Found it with "disk" and 2 goedisks.

Again, Following Waengongi's Trail found the cache .
TNLNSL.
Thanks Silver Snitch.

Very convenient hide seeing as we pitched our tent about 100m away! Mrs O'Cholio: "I reckon there's a cache there". How right she was! TFTC.

Easy find had to watch out for the muggle camper that was near.

TFTC

A lovely spot to visit. A quick and easy cache done with doheng on a caching day in Loxton. TFTC.

Cache find #26 of 46 in our Mallee Odyssey!

A great spot...
TNLNSL whilst dodging passing muggles stares...
Thanks

Found by doheng with growingupisoptional. Nice cache.

We found our 3rd Silver Snitch cache at 1.10pm as the 13th of 16 on our Loxton Lark with Bazzars and J&J. A nice little part of the river and an easy pick up. Thanks for the cache from D & A B-A.

Innamincka 08-3. A nice area to squeeze in some lunch, a good thing I did not have to share with this guy. Thanks.

1534.44. TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & First Geocoin in Orbit Silver GC A#105

Albida

Very windy and wet today so managed to find without muggle intrusions.SL TFTC.

I won’t repeat our impressions of The Big Pelican other than to say “Hmmmmm…†.
This would be a whole different proposition during the summer holiday periods, but today it was a cinch [^].

We were pleased to find this cache not far from our cabin. It was dark by the time we went looking but it didn't take long to find the elusive cache. Thanks for arranging the hunt, it was fun.

love the pelican!
TFTC

Enjoyed reading the history of the pelican. I have learnt so much this geocaching trip. TNLN, TFTC

Found this cache with froghoppin and have since created my own team name and currently logging previous finds after discussions with other cachers at a recent event TFTC

Another photo of somethink big for the photo board, TNLN TFTC

... and that was some history I didn't know either. The river looked cold and grey today.

Thanks Silver Snitch .

They breed em big up here! Crikey! TFTC

There was a walking muggle as I approached but they kept going, and the cache was a quick find. Read the plaque with interest. A mardi gras? Here" well I never! lol. Thanks Silver Snitch for the cache.

Wow, what an interesting history, never ever bothered to look closer at the big bird before - TFTC

took clip, left a far more practical pencil which fitted! TFTC

Got my notes mixed up - was using Theile's cache notes - and clues!! took a while to locate this - as the co-ords were a bit out - or maybe it was our GPS?!?

But finally found it!

Got back into car and relaised about the mix up and read your clues - it would have been much easier to have done that first - cos it was so obvious!


Thanks for bringing us here!

easy find and a nice spot!

cheers 4 da cache!

Nice easy find in the company of Team Bounty. TNLNSL. Cheers and thanks.

Nice easy find in the company of Team spanner TNLNSL. Cheers

We like this area and were happy to return to do this cache. Found the cache without any problem. Thanks The Silver Snitch

great hide found on second attempt

TNLN

THANKS

An easy find once you read the clue and ignore the dodgy gpsr readings. TFTC

Found the cache at 12.10pm. Nice area. SL. Thanks The Silver Snitch for organising the cache and hunt.

Found during the Riverland Rendezvous.

TFTC

Pelican caches I think we should start a big series of these as there are so many in the state. I added to the series last week with the APC cache. Lets see some more.

BIG!!

Found by Sam, Jedda, Declan and Cooper. Nice easy drive-by. Took peg, Left Hair clip. SL TFTC

Find number 3. Grumpy 2 found this one. Felt like a dog scrabbling around the tree. Left a German coin and a mini-peg. We replaced the plastic bag. (Thanks Crane2)