Rankin's Ford Monegeetta North, Victoria, Australia
By teamppss on 21-May-08. Waypoint GC1CF5M

Location of GZ no longer suitable with some fallen branches and unfortunately people have been dumping rubbish nearby which spoils the location

Needs maintenance. Recent tree fall may have covered GC.

Recent tree fall may have obscured location.

It wasn't there! There are loads of fallen trees and it wasn't under any of them.

Was looking at the same time as another geocacher and his family but we had no success. Should have read the logs as it doesn't look promising but it was in an interesting location and we were in the neighbourhood anyway

Taken off line as it looks like some fallen trees may have obscured the GZ, will maintain and relist ASAP

No luck

the first cache of the day a quick stop then we where on our way thanks!

Thanks for showing us this great little spot and detour. Just deepenough to be able to drive through the ford today.

Another find to close out the day. The kids came up trumps pretty quick. TFTC

A quick splash through the water feature and the cache was soon in hand. Used to be a lovely well looked after area but seems nature is fighting back. A lovely spot thanks you. TNLN

Dropped in for a look today and cache still in place so good luck for the hunt. Plenty of water still flowing down the nearby creek

Found in the first place I looked after I had also checked out all other possibilities Lovely area but spoilt by the rubbish. Braved the water successfully on my onward journey TFTC teamppss

Found after spending the night at a winery in Lancefield. We decided since we had the 4WD today we'd get off the main roads. The Chief had fun crossing the ford. Some foxes have had a lovely time near GZ, not much left of a sheep apart from the wool. TFTC

Found the big tree base but couldn't pick out the cache, seems it was found recently though.

Catching up on logging.
This was found on an overnight trip to cache to Sunbury & home again.
TFTC

Locked and looked but couldn't find it ..great spot

F

Well this was off the main drag but lovely drive though not liking tree routes on road near end or river flowing over up a head lucky cache before lovely creek

Found while out with Cauzsa on a caching trip. Reminds me of a ford near home. Nice area.
TFTC

Found by SnapHappy
My humble apologies for the late / amended log... After travelling around Australia for the past few months, I have managed to find all my caching associated paperwork / notes & photo's so I can (finally) log all my finds...

My sincerest thanks to all the cache owners for their hides & all the effort gone into them & I'm sorry for the generic log... I have seen many beautifull area's that I would not of seen or experience if not for your hides...
- P

Quick find in what would otherwise be a nice area if not for the rubbish dumped everywhere Nice drive to get there. Thanks teampss

The Demolition Crew headed north of Melbourne on what we thought was going to be a wet and cold night. Luckily the rain stayed away but it was freezing. The areas visited included Wallen, Strath Creek, Broadford, Kilmore, Lancefield, Romsey, Kerrie and Clarkfield. It was a great night for a drive in these area, as we caught up on this weeks gaching news. A big thank you to all the cache owners who have placed and maintained these caches.
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We forded the creek with about 500 mm of water over it for a quick find.

Found on a TDC run, lots of laughs and good times had while out finding caches. Thanks teamppss for the cache.

Thanks for showing us this pretty place!

Finding this cache took somewhat longer than it should have but we did enjoy the challange of finding it. It was a much nicer spot after we left as we took out a large bag of trash but unfortunately we could not take the TV that had been dumped there! Good cache hide for your 1st one teamppss and thanks for bringing us to this lovely spot for a picnic lunch.

I hadn't read the instructions properly and arrived at the ford on the "wrong" side.... thought I'd wash the gumboots rather than get stuck trying to get geomobile accross , though geomobile was very dirty from an earlier cache and could have done with a wash!
thank you teampss for placing a cache in such a lovely spot.

As I arrived near GZ I pulled up short as the ford had water flowing rapidly over it. Decided that wet feet were better than a stuck car especially as I was on my own.
Nice little spot here - a shame there were no picnic facilities left.
TFTC teamppss

Fun cache! Had a fun time trying to cross the creek

Just made it through the river in the golf.lovely river. GPS was off by a bit.

Found finally, after a good 3/4 of an hour wandering around ! Lost gps signal at ford crossing. Great hide ! Nice quite spot and not a soul around the whole time there. Which was good because we were all spread out stumbling around the bush with no idea !!! sighned log TNLN thanks teamppss

Great hide, beautiful area. Surprised creek had water in it even though we visited in Feb

Dropped in to confirm cache is still there after no find recorded, still in place but grass a bit long getting in to the area. Hint modified a little to make it a bit easier. Creek crossing about 5 inche deep at the moment so crossable with most cars.

Hunted a while, didn't see the tree across the creek, but the creek was low, and we found a narrow place to cross.
Found a tree fallen over on the picnic side, couldn't see anywhere that matched the hint! Cache hasn't been found for almost 6 months, is it still there?
Thanks anyways teamppss for taking us to this area.

TFTC. Our first cache find. Well hidden and a great spot!! Thanks.
lizard357

Found with benneyboy41 tftc

found with acb1965 came across a couple of new cachers they didnt find it and didnt stick around hope they have better luck in the future

Called by to check things out, water at ford deeper than has been in the past due to gouging of the creek bed during heavy rains. I crossed easily in my Subaru Forester but low clearance cars may have a few issues at the moment. I will leave that up to you to decide. The cache can be accessed from both sides of the creek and if you are not game to cross in the car, it is very easy to jump across the ford. There has been a tree fall in the area of GZ but the cache is still where it belongs.

6 of 10 for the trip down to Melbourne. Met up with Quasar3671 for a few caches who had been on this side of town for work. Nice spot and in the 4WD almost able to drive to GZ. Cheers and TFTC.

Caught up with Blacklegend (Marshy) for a few caches as he made his way down to Melbourne. Parked pretty close to GZ. TFTC.

Hope to be part of the world record attempt of 10/10/10 !!! Found at 4.02pm on 10th 10/10. TNLN thanks nice little area not far from home.

Had no trouble crossing the "Ford" as it had little flow and the FourBee has been lifted.
Quick find SL.............TNLN.

I wasn't game to take the 2wd little car over the ford, so parked in a nearby driveway and balanced across a tree to get over the ford. Found the cache without trouble - what a lovely peaceful place.

Windy rubbish day.Had anice visit though and placed Chris's travel bug

Wasn't quite game to take the 2wd through from the south side, so parked in an awkward spot and waded across. We sat for some time after making the find, enjoying the peaceful setting. Thanks.

Fun road to drive in on. Took both sides of the stream, Moneydork got there first to find the cache. Cheers Gav [5945]

A nice wee streamside stroll.

We found this cache at 5:20pm as the 19th of 28 on our Australia Day Bash 2010. A pretty little spot. We were hoping that we could just cross the ford to continue our journey but we chickened out and went back the other way. Thanks from D, HA, H & A B-A.

Last cache of the day here, great spot and the first creek crossing that mrs gp has allowed me to take since getting our new car! Woo! Thanks for the excuse to get dirty and wet! TNLN

Dropped in today to check the condition of my cache and all seems ok. I was very disappointed to see that motorbikes ans 4wd's have been using the area as a bit of a rally track. Even more upsetting was to see that some low life dedcided that this was a good spot to dump an old timber fence rather than dispose of it at the tip like most law abiding citizens do. This has started to taint what was a very nice spot and great location for an out of the way cache. Please email me if more obvious rubbish is being placed at the site and I may contact the council for a clenup. Don't let my notes put you off visiting this site as it is still in a nice location.

Our friends have just moved to Romsey and we made an afternoon of Geocaching the local area, this was the second one for the day. Found at 3:30pm, took screwdriver, and left two native hunters. Found a cachet of K’NEX nearby, but left it because it smelt like rotten fish.

Found on Victorian invasion trip with Big Matt and The Rats.

Lucky the ford had a solid bottom- it looked a bit menacing early in the morning in the darkness.

TFTC!

Here with Big Matt and Steeba as part of our Vic invassion weekend.
Thanks for the night time adventure.

2278.

Found this cache on our Victorian Invasion trip with Steeba and The Rats. After a 3am crossing of the ford the cache was quickly found. I also think we disturbed a local roo as it could be heard hopping away as we approached the GZ

Thanks teamppss for the cache.

TNLNSL

Found by caughtatwork at 2:20
Wheeeeeeeeee! First through the ford.
Wheeeeeeeeee! Found the cache in the first place I checked
Wheeeeeeeeee! Second time through the ford.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks teamppss for a fun cache for this afternoon.
Wheeeeeeeeee!
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

First for the day.

Beautiful spot. A bit drizzly when at GZ, but beautiful all the same.

A bit of water in the Ford, good thing I approached from the North.

TNLN.

not much water around so was able to get to the cache without any problems

Found at 4.20pm GAFF1. What an easy ford after our last ford across Cobble Dick on the Werribee River in 2004! Now that was a few years ago now, but the water situation has really tightened up and now we are expecting to just see a dry creek bed as we saw today. This would have been a fantastic picnic ground a few years ago - Thanks teamppss.

Dropped in to check cache condition and to drop off two travel bugs- "Code 1 to region 14" and "Gotta go quilt"

Despite it being well into December, today was more like a glorious spring day: the sun was shining brightly, it wasn't too hot, and the recent rains had brought a strong touch of green to the area, and, what's more, caused a good flow of water in the creek. It was, therefore, beautiful and peaceful at GZ, and a kookaburra had a bit of a snicker as I was signing the log book. (#485/510). Thanks for bringing me here, teamppss.

Date/Time : 04NOV08 1100
Who: John, Jack and Kate with Team VK3JAP
In : Nil
Out : Nil
Notes : Lovely spot, will return for a BBQ or picnic. Easy find.

TNLNSL - TFTC "Teleturnbulls"

Date/Time : 31OCT @ 10.25am
Who: Ian
In : Nil
Out : Nil
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 2
Notes : Nice little spot that I never knew was here. I think I'll be back here with a long wire antenna and camp chair for some nice HF-DX work.

Nice Camo job, actually went straight to GZ but took me a little while to find it still.

TNLNSL - TFTC! - Vk3jap

Rated: for Overall Experience

A lovely out of the way spot. Lots of nice green farms around here. Out chalk in pirate and left geocoin SL TFTC

Good Picnic spot, didn't take anything, but might come back to do a switch.

Found by Mary & David at 1510. A lovely area. What a pity the picnic facilities are gone. The ford was quite shallow, and the GeoCalais got its toes wet twice. Blackwood wattle still showing some colour. Our thanks again to TEAMPPSS.

Don't know why you would remove the facilities from such a nice picnic area. But I guess it made it a bit more empty, and easier to search.
The river was only about a foot deep when we drove through it.
Thanks, Robmc.

Great spot and a nice hide too. We'd had our picnic earlier but it would have been a nice spot to have it though. Only down side would be no picnic table. Had no trouble taking the Mazda through the water.
Thanks very much.

Wow, what a fantastic spot, a great place to come for a picnic perhaps. Didn't want to take the Benz through, although it may have made it through, so a quick run across and a quick retrieve. TFTN TFTC

Went to check where the TB had gone to but it is still there about 18 inches away from the main cache. Note the TB is a mobile cache so if you find, it take it with you and pass it on. The creek is slowly getting deeper ,nearly up to door level on Commodore but can still be easily crossed on foot.

Found @ 3:55:41 PM (Cachemate time)

What a nice spot for a picnic.

Went looking for the TB but didn't find it in here!!
T: N
L: Screwdriver
SL
TFTC
1/09/08

Dropped in GCA travelling cache Omnibus TB 551087

Found by bevfre 2.15pm Drove threw the creek,very little water,TN>LN>SL Thank you Teamppss

Decided to not take the plunge as I couldn't tell quite how deep it was. Easy enough to get across though and the cache was found in a good hide. A really nice little spot out here and a jolly good spot for a cache so thanks to TEAMPPSS for a good first hide. As I walked back a vehicle came through and showed me just how deep the ford was - not too bad after all!

Dropped in to pick up TB to take to ACT for weekend cache fest. Water slowly getting deeper but Commodore didn't drown.
Took TB 42NVVGG

4.15pm
Found by Roma and Max.
Arriving in the vicinity of GZ we were pleased to find it wasn’t necessary to cross the ford.
Although the facilities may have gone this is certainly still a lovely place for a picnic.
We signed the log and made no exchange.
Thank you TEAMPPSS for bringing us to this delightful place.
Romax.

Drove in today to check things out and all OK. Creek has risen a little over the last few weeks but my old Commodore enjoyed a wash on the way through. I suggest you check the water depth before proceeding, especially if you are driving your pride and joy. If unsure use the alternate route around as listed in the notes.

I'm glad I did stop in time for this one, an inspection of the water over the crossing revealed a water level much higher than I would have liked. A well chosen first cache, very beautiful!

Thanks,

R - B

Found by Team Ladava 4.30pm
Congratulations on your first cache TEAMPPSS.
We love these caches in the bush and this was a beauty. Lovely and green at this time of the year, a great hide in a very pleasant spot and the creek was trickling (which made the ford impassable for the 2WD. We had approached from the Romsey end so enjoyed finding a different way on toward the Candy Mountain cache .
Took nothing.
Left TB, USA Cowboy mondo and racing car.
Our thanks to TEAMPPSS for your first cache and we hope there are many more as good as this one.

Rated: for Overall Experience

nice location.... and a good hide

thank you

T Coin
L Coin

Dropped in while taking a friend home. Didn't know this excisted. It was drizzling and didn't imagine the Geo-camary would make the river crossing challange. So home to wash the car before anyone sees the mess it's in.
TFTC

Found at 4:45pm. Just waited for some people to leave the area. I expected they must of been looking too, but the log book didn't reflect their visit. Thanks for the cache TEAMPPSS. A nice spot, but I was too chicken to try the water crossing in my car. No problems on foot.

took fridge magnet
left clip

oops, dropping coin.

Found 3.15pm
Picked up on the way back home from a full days caching round Plenty Gorge. Enjoyed the back roads in from the east and parked close to the ford. After a short walk the cache was quickly found. Signed the log while a local farmer was working his field opposite.

Took Pedometer
Left A "Keeper of Time" + 3D Stickers

TFTC TEAMPPSS

I found your first cache this morning while doing a short drive around the Macedon Ranges. We had breakfasted in Macedon and enjoyed the autumn colours as we approcached the cache placement from the north.
A nice easy find and then through the ford which in a few months/weeks could present problems if we have an old fashioned winter.
Thanks Teamppss for this cache in which I TNLN.

We may be the first log on this page, but I am astounded that we were beaten to the cache by the Spruce Mooses!
They logged it on the Wednesday! We logged it on the Thursday Morning!
Great place for a cache. Congratulations on your first cache and may there be many more.
TNLNSL
TFTC
The Riddellers
PS. Must have just missed Spruce Mooses on my way in if they say their dates were wrong in the log!

[This entry was edited by Riddell on Thursday, May 22, 2008 at 4:01:06 AM.]

Must have just beaten Riddell to it, I got the dates wrong in the log book. Found at about 9.30am

Anyway, when I saw this come up on my email last night I was excited - a pretty creek crossing in the area that I didn't know about?? As many who have done our caches know, Shelly loves a pretty valley.

Well I certainly wasn't disappointed. Grabbed this one this morning(just a little detour while out for work...ssshhh). Great hide, nice camo job, decent swaps and totally suitable spot. If I'd known about it I would have put one here, but that's what caching's about hey, being introduced to places you would never have otherwise gone to.

Congratulations to Teamppss on your first placement, I will enjoy a game of cards! I didn't have anything with me to put in but will certainly drop in some CFA promo stuff on my way home tonight.

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