Hanging Out with Jim Newham, Victoria, Australia
By aussiepuschaks & Unicornnikita on 14-Feb-09. Waypoint GC1EEN0

Have archived this one after changes to the entry gate area resulted in the cache disappearing, along with the hide. Will need to find a new spot in the Newham area now! Thanks to all who found and left great comments.

The barrel is gone and a brand new shiny sign now out the front. Looked around for a bit, though was a race against failing light and cold,, rainy weather. Sorry to say, I think it is gone.

To the owner: I love this winery and come out often. Would you consider a new cache somewhere close again?

Another quick find today with 6Hinemoa2 on a caching tour of the area.
Thanks AussiePuschaks for bringing us here, no time to sample the delights inside though. TNLNSL

Found today with Bogonhazy. Neat tidy drive by. TNLN
TFTC

Found while on 100 blitz with Lostmonster & Co

Found this one on our way to Ballarat for a three days caching blitz with Purpledreamer.
Nice quick find with no muggles about today.
Many thanks for the cache.

25 May 2011 | 10:24 AM found on a cold wet day just as the wine tour bus went past.

Now the geogirlfriend says to me, “Would you like to go to Hanging Rock?” Of course I say (and under my breathe – I wonder what caches are out that way!)

So here we are, hanging out at Hanging Rock. We had a nice lunch before starting out. The walk was very pleasant and we had fun exploring the area. We probably spent a lazy 3 hours wandering about and taking photographs. Interestingly we paid nothing to enter the area. When I went to pay for the car parking I placed $20 note in the ticket machine and received a receipt for $10 to get me out the gate, and 10 two dollar coins! Bonus !

Now let’s to do some nearby caches… well here’s one – Hanging out with Jim. A short time later here we are signing the log. Thanks AussiePuschaks.

Found on our way to a weekend in Melbourne. Couple of odd looks from some walkers even though we weren't really doing anything. Exchanges made and took GC. TFTC

After what seems like an eternity since our last cache adventure we were pleased to locate this one. Took a hairclip and frog, left 2 pencils, dinosaur and book. Had a great day out at the rock, thanks for the adventure!

#1232 @ 2.05pm. Found on our way through to Melbourne. A nice place to visit however we didn't have time to check out the wares today as we were pressed for time. TFTC AussiePuschaks

Took: Pig GC
Left: Bad Mojo GC

Heading down to do the nearby night cache and had some time to kill, a quick find and log. No monkeys spied or muggles for that matter. TFTC

Dropped off Oink geocoin, and started Bug Vitis Vinifera on its travels.

A nice part of the world
TFTC

Found with Chaplain Mike and Princess Amy, TNLN TFTC SL

Found with Chaplain Mike and Stick Kid, TNLN TFTC

First and only find for the day @ 4:30pm, nice and easy find, took a look at Cache contents with geokids. Signed Logbook, TNLN, TFTC.
Chaplain Mike

Reperio at 1625. Took in the extended route from the ACT to Castlemaine to meet up with family for Christmas to stop by and grab this one. With the day warm and sunny, the drive through this part of Victoria was beautiful. Pulled up at GZ and it wasn't long before the cache was located. I wonder if there are any monkeys in there.

Gratias.

A lovely drive up a real country road. Thanks to aussiepuschaks & Unicornnikita for this cache and also the property owners for allowing this.
We didn't drop in for a tasting as time was already getting away from us as we were heading to Hanging Rock for the Leonard Cohen concert.

1645. After a fruitless search for GA2622 on nearby Hanging Rock then an aborted find of GCXCEK because it was in the no stopping zone at the access gate to the setup for next Saturday's Leonard Cohen gig also at Hanging Rock, it was pleasant relief to locate this so quickly. If I didn't have a train to meet, a visit to the winery would have been welcome. And my first genuine Geocaching.com container - I suspect the 4 latches improves on the 2 latch Sistema in terms of waterproofing. TNLN. Thanks folks and also for a road to Kyneton previously untravelled.

Rated: for Overall Experience

Picked up a travel bug. Nice area

with debanco, quick easy find. took B1 left fire engine. TFTH

Wow a Coopers barrel!!!!! Just like my name. wombatjo and I couldn't see any monkeys !!! SL left bus stop TB TFTH

Home away from home for homer

Found at 11:10 an easy find. The camo paint job is not good anymore but the cache is still in good condition. No swaps today.
Regards
Crisp Image

Quick drive by. I didn't visit any of the nearby wineries....maybe next time....when I have somebody else to drive me ...he he he. TFTC

Easy drive by with a great view. TNLN TFTC.

A really quick drive-by which was much appreciated after a long day's caching. TNLN. TFTC

Found by Johnny Mud, Mrs Mud and GeoSam @ 1520 after a visit to Hanging Rock. Our first visit to the area. The container base is cracked and there was a bit of moisture inside. We dried it out as best as we could and lined the interior with a plastic bag to try and keep the contents a little drier. Other than that all is good in this part of the world! TNLNSL. TFTC.

Found while meandering my way to Heathcote for an astronomy night. Watery sun was setting, and I managed to retrieve this guy without further reference to the Garmin. I love getting out of town into this area. Thanks for the cache.

This entry was edited by squalid on Sunday, 13 June 2010 at 17:20:04.

Found on the way back from a 2 day Bendigo cache blitz with my mate Blacklegend17 (Marshy). Actually ended up here by accident as I had taken a wrong turn. TFTC.

A nice easy find while driving through the area for work. Didn't have the GPS with me, so used some local knowledge (and the hint) to grab the cache. Would have gone in and purchased some goods if the place was open!

great little find
took a geo coin left a padlock and key & frog magnent
took half rubberball left large butterfly hair clip
singed log planing the next cache to place the coin
happy hunting

We were thirsty, but a bit late in the day. Thanks.

First find for St Pat's day. Left a geocoin TFTC.

Nice easy find in the rain no.3 / 5

Cheers
Under

Easily found by Cachemum and Cacheboy in a familiar location close to home (didn't really need the GPS). Cachehounds showed no interest at all.

TNLF TFTC

Found it quite easily, Great area, Good car show at Hanging Rock
Took Smiley Ball, Left Compass keytag

Found while out for a bit of a country drive. Nice spot to view Hanging Rock.

L a banana in pyjamas

T a plastic dancing squirrel

TFTC

Found Sun 24 Jan 2010, 10am by John-Gill and son. Beautiful view over still dam, trees teeming with birds, and pitch-black cows which took exception to being moo'ed at!
Beautiful, tranquil spot. In: Ball, Out: Ball. TFTC

I was hanging out for some white Port
but 4 Fun wouldn't let me go in
Terrain 2 ?
Thanks aussiepuschaks & Unicornnikita

We were very tempted to call in and try their wares however there are just so many caches to find in this part of the world and soooo.... little time [^]
Cheers

Found It!! easy find thanks, cache quite waterlogged, poured out the water and attempted to dry some of it out. log dry still.

TFTC

easy, but thirsty work.thanks

~18:16 King Jnr with my Queen and bub in the Car.

On the way home for a great wedding in a nearby winery. A lovely day in a great area. A very easy find - I felt like lying down and opening a valve...

Thanks for bringing us here.

We now have a personal TB to track the km's travelled while caching so just dipping it in to catch up on the km's
Thanks - GJMMelb

We now have a personal TB to track the km's travelled while caching so just dipping it in to catch up on the km's
Thanks - GJMMelb

Nice easy find by MMelb to start off our day before visiting Hanging Rock itself. Some of the camoflauge had fallen away so cache was exposed so we covered it up again but I think if its really windy it might happen again.
Took squashy water ball and left a small rubber cricket ball and 3 Bob the Builder Crayons. GMelb and MMelb played with the ball while I was logging the find lol
TFTC our first of 3 before visiting HR
GJMMelb

Found at 10.22am
It was cold wet and windy today, A dramatic change from the sub tropics where we were just 2 days ago.
Cache found easily, good views from here.
A CFA chap came past us twice, curious about what we were up to
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

In a lovely place that I come to occasionally ,a nice crisp morning.tnln
thanks

Found by Bob at 1245

A lovely area to visit on such a beautiful day. I don't think I've ever traveled around here before, although I have been to Hanging Rock, and I had a great time exploring some of these neat country roads and cute little towns. The cache was a nice, quick find too.

TNLN

Thanks aussiepuschaks & Unicornnikita

Heard rumours about a cache along the path of my regular walk with the geo-puppies, and found it without benefit of GPS or clues.

Having taken a punt on the reason for the cache name as we turned into the road, we were not surprised that GZ was where it was. Gotta love it when they're nice and straightforward (which is not to say that complicated and tricky isn't fun too from time to time!). Thanks for the cache, aussiepuschaks and Unicornnikita.

I was out for a day caching with Sam Carter, and we couldn't understand why this cache is named as it is, but not being near the rock. But as we neared GZ and saw certain signs, it all became clear. As soon as we parked and approached GZ the cache became quite obvious, even though it wasn't actually visible. No visiting the winery for us! Thanks for the cache.

We found this cache today. A nice easy find but we didn't visit the winery as we don't drink the stuff. Thanks for the cache.

As with others the meaning of the name became clear at gz, where a quick find was made as the postman drove into the winery! Thanks for the Cache

10.15am
Found by Roma and Max.
We let our Garmin auto routing program direct us to the proximity of GZ, and on departing we realised we could have done a better job ourselves!
What was surprising though were the number of walkers we passed as we came in from a northerly direction!
We signed the log and made no exchange.
Thank you aussiepuschaks & Unicornnikita for placing this cache.
Romax.

Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1340 in company of Team Ladava.Nothing like early afternoon sundowners.Clever diversion.Took TB SL Tnx aussiepuschaks&Unicornnikita.

Found with baby&Mrs gopher around 13.40 on a glorious Autumn day. A very much appreciated addition to the caches in the Macedon area in a great location. A nice large container just tops it off.
Took nothing
Left nothing
Our thanks to aussiepuschacks & Unicomnikita for the cache

Found By Bevfre 11.30amTN LN SL Thank You aussiepuschaks & Uuicornnikita

With the place to myself early this morning it was a flying visit in and out. This is one of the few caches Amy wouldn't mind doing with me as she loves visiting wineries? Do they have a cat here? That would make it twice as good in her books!

Cheers,

R - B

Found by caughtatwork at 5:22
A nice easy driveby find for this cache with the pervasive scent of fermenting grapes in the air.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks aussiepuschaks and Unicornnikita for this simple cache to almost round out our day. A nice sized cache to find as well. A much appreciated difference to a lot of caches nowadays.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

I found this cache with caughtatwork and mummy today. I found this one while caughtatwork was looking somewhere else. Thank you.

Found by Mary & David at 1220. Beautiful trees and a great view. No time today to venture in, so a return visit might be in order. Cache was clearly visible when we arrived, so we repositioned the camo on departure. Collected TB 'Bob Hasselhof'. Our thanks to aussiepuschaks & Unicornnikita.

Found during my RDO.
Took a nice drive in the country testing the new navigational aid I have stuffed into my Garmin GPSr.
It actually told me when to go.
TFTC.
TNLNSL
The Riddeller [?]

Featherdwon and I were only the second finders of this cache and as I grew up not 10km from here I know the area well.
I forgot what a great view to Mt Macedon and Hanging Rock is gained from here and we decided then and there to head up the Camels Hump on the way home.
The cache is an easy find which was great.
Thanks
TNLN

We approached this cache from the west and it wasn't until we reached the gates of the winery that the road improved dramatically.
Lovely view and a quick find.
Thanks

Found 3.30pm
Having worked most of the day there was just enough time to find this very close cache. We have visited the nearby establishment a few times, the cache was very easy to find.

TNLNSL

TFTC aussiepuschaks & Unicornnikita

Great location with fantastic views of Mt Macedon and Hanging Rock , not to mention the temptation of visiting the nearby business for some refreshments. I saw this cache pop up but have been too busy with home renovations and ongoing firefighting with the CFA to do any caching recently. I decided to take some time out and visit this location and was pleasantly surprised to still be FTF. Left "Knot Me" TB and took nothing. TFTC



[This entry was edited by teamppss on Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 5:10:57 AM.]

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