Nine mile Nelson, Victoria, Australia
By BlindShambles on 17-Aug-08. Waypoint GC1FB8F

Easy enough find but the container was full of slugs so I hope a photo suffices. Found with CatCasper.

Cache was full of slugs

Thinking about the hint I was trying to imagine why I need to walk sideways, but it all made sense in the end.

Staying in Portland for a much needed break. Heading to Nelson for the day.Thanks for the cache placement

A long weekend away geocaching with +Wife and EveTheStaffy in the Southwest.Well, no doubt this one has seen better days.A quick find here today as we stop to let EveTheStaffy out for a run around.

What a gloomy Saturday morning it was as we set off for our little interstate holiday for the weekend.We were lucky enough between breaks in the rain to quickly get out of the car and go have a search of some close by caches along our travels.Thanks for placing for us to find today

Found thanks

Adelaide to Brisbane the long way.Day Two: Millicent to MelbourneWeather: blue skies but still cold with showers. First cache in Victoria, and over 15 years old too.I imagine that there has been a lot of variation in the graffiti over the years. Fortunately the cache has survived all the passing artists and is still in workable condition even if one of the outer layers has been squashed somewhat. Cant say that the hint really helped me, but turned out that I didnt need it.Thanks for this hide BlindShambles.

Catching up on caches found whilst returning from AdelaideMany thanx to the owners of the trads, multis, virtuals and earthcaches found on the wayCache found in good conditionNot a fan of modern art!!

Found with Paddle Chick and Nanzie on our road trip to Adelaide for the mega. Enjoying the caches along the way

Bullertrout, Nanzie and i are caching our way to Adelaide for the mega. Picking up what we can in the time available. All logs are being signed as BT, N, PC or some variation of that to save space. TFTC BlindShambles#15183

PCNBT TEAM on our trip to join our other caching friends in Adelaide for the Mega this was a nice easy find thanks for this cache BlindShambles

Quick drive by pick up. TFTC

Stopped off at this site on our way to Nelson. Climbed up to the water tanks to "admire" the artwork, and then a short search found the cache. T4TC

One our trip, TEMBO! and I stoped at "Nine mile". We found the cache after a quick search and signed the logbook.Thanks to BlindShambles for hiding and maintaining the cache.T4TC Filser1

Velk cesta do Ocenie - den 18 - Portland, Victoria - Murray Bridge, South Australia (518 km)Rno jsem vyjela docela pozd a veer se mi to dost vymstilo. Ne e bych vera njak verkovala, ale v chat nebyl internet, tak jsem musela rno opt do Meke a nachystat si njak keky na cestu. Od Portlandu u jsem nejela po pobe ale vnitrozemm a udlala si zajku pro pr dalch challeng. Tch nen nikdy dost. Cel trail jsem nezvldla ani asov, ani psychicky. Byla tu miliarda otravnch much a dost off road. Taky u jsem pejela do dalho ptho australskho sttu - Jin Austrlie. Po odlovu challeng jsem se vrtila na mstn Hwy a jela po n dalch 5 hodin dost jednotvrnou krajinou. Mrn zvlnn bu, kam se podv, obas proloena pastvinou dobytka a ke konci jsem jela asi hodinu kolem velkch jezer. Vhledy ale skoro dn. Aspo silnice jsou v tomto stt o poznn lep a sm se jezdit i rychleji - max 110 km/h i mimo dlnici. A provoz byl dnes minimln. Nkdy jsem 15 - 20 minut nepotkala dn jin auto. Opt byl dnes letn den, ale vce mrak a chladnji ne vera. A vbec neprelo ! V rdiu jsem zaslechla, e na vchodnm pobe jsou njak dsn bouky a pvalov det se zplavami, tak doufm, e ne tam dojedu, budou cesty v podku. Do Murray Bridge s opravdu pknm eleznm mostem jsem dojela za tmy a taktak chytila pan recepn na motelu, kter prv odjdla dom. Jet m ubytovala, tak ve dobe dopadlo. Jsem docela KO a to m te ekaj dlouh pejezdy kad den. Blm se toti dal top atrakci mho vletu a to je prjezd Rudm stedem zem. Krsn Nov rok vem.Another nice summer day. I start in Portland, Victoria and finished in Murray Bridge, South Australia. It was a long way through National Park and bush and I arrive late evening very tired. I found some challengies and another caches on the road. This was one of them. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Czech republic. Happy New Year !

We thought like a crab and found it easily!! TFTC!!!

Quick find TFTC!!

Konie and I are heading south and west on an adventure. Next, we came to this cache. A quick find was made and the log signed before we continued on our way. TFTC

A quick find with Selva Girls today.TFTC

Found and signed dsd or darksidedan or AB or Adventure Boys to save space in the logbook. Thanks for the cache and the Adventure.

This came up as a potential on WikiCamps but decided there were better spots to stop, but nice to grab a cache here
Thanks BlindShambles for placing this cache and contributing to this great game. Happy trails, Deanside

Despite the fact that there had been a lot of clearing of shrubs the cache was still in it’s hidey hole. TFTC.

Severe trimming of trees. ? Lost cache. TFTH Blindshambles.

Found on our road trip from Melbourne via the Great Ocean Road to Goolwa SA

On a camping road trip to the Grampians, Mt Gambier and surrounding areas. We are now camping at Fort O,Hare Camping Ground in Dartmoor and today we were exploring the local area, including a trip down to the nearby town of Nelson stopping to locate this cache on the way. Once in the vicinity of GZ it didn't take Mr Pooky long to make the find. TFTC, the information and bringing us to thus spot. TNLN

OCW PelDroedGwin and geodog Peppa

Visiting Nelson today and headed a little further for this one.

Tftc

Ocw the Bebes. A quick park and grab and easy find for this one. Tftc

On me way back home (to SA) from a quick trip to Portland with muggle son.
TFTC
TNLN
SL

Great Cache

Found this cache after going to Apple Isle Moot & Tassie on my trip home.

I’ve may have added one of my moot pathtags for the next person to find (physical locations that will fit a pathtag only)


Thanks BlindShambles for the cache

James0116
Friday3 Feb 2023
5:28:15 pm AEDT
2838

Found on our travels through the area, heading to Portland from Millicent today. A quick park and grab on our way past. Signed log and left as found, all good here. Cheers.

Find #5151 on 31 Jan 2023.
TFTC BlindShambles!

Due to unforeseen circumstances Mr Smokey Bear will no longer be a part of Team Smokey Bear and will continue his adventures as "SmokeyBearOG".

So I'm relogging all previous finds under my new account.
Unfortunately this log will not show the original logging date.

**Thanks to BlindShambles for this adventure, looking forward to many more.**

Adam
SmokeyBearOG

A quick little find on our way to Mt Gambier. Coordinates were a bit off and the container was smaller than we expected. Tftc

Nice quick drive by with 80 degrees
Heading to the kilby sinkhole

Found with Trouble&Co while heading to Mount Gambier for a swim with the little Troubles

I have been Geocaching for the last year as part of team Dromaniax. We have enjoyed the Geocaching caching around a lot of Victoria in that time. From our first trip up to the Murray River, the next trip to Lake Eildon and the area around Buxton, an epic trip to the Little Desert to attack the This is SA series, then a great trip with our father to the High Country in Victoria, a trip to the Mornington Peninsula and a trip to the Albury-Hume Reservoir area.

I finally decided to set up my own account and am claiming all the caches I have found as part of Dromaniax.

Thank you for this Traditional cache BlindShambles

We nearly missed this one as we were watching a number of emus disappearing into the plantation. Once we concentrated on what we were here for, it was found with no problems. Thanks for placing this cache for us to find.

We were lucky when we approached this cache as we managed to be able to watch a few emus taking a stroll. Not in any hurry at all. Thanks for this cache.

Understood the hint when found.
TFTC which was easily found.
Good stop to break a journey.

Good coordinates led to quick find.

A good spot to pull off the road . The cache was found - good co ords thank you.

Stopped to admire the art work

Easy find today
Tftc

I could have parked much closer than I did.
On a road trip from Perth to Canberra with a few side trips for LGAs. TFTC

I found this cache on a caching adventure out west by myself. Testing out the new van to see how it goes as a camper.

Today I would start at Baileys Rocks campground, where I camped last night and drive down through Casterton and Dartmoor to Nelson before quickly ducking over the border to SA, then heading back East to find camp at Sawpit Free campground near Portland.

Not sure what the hint means but I found it in the obvious spot with good coordinates.

TFTC.

Plans had been made for a weekend away to find the This is SA series of caches in Little Desert. We had planned that AusFox;, Sims_family and my muggle brother. Unfortunately for AusFox;, caught the dreaded Vids and wasn't up to the weekend. So my muggle brother and I headed off for a long weekend of camping and caching. Given we camped at Eight Mile last night it seemed appropriate to visit Nine Mile. We made a nice quick find here. The cache is in excellent condition. Thank you for this cache BlindShambles.

On way to Nelson from Nhill. Quickly stopped. I had a great time finding your cache BlindShambles, thank you so much for placing it.

Some great looking art , even had a cache guardian ( The Skeleton ) watching over us

SL at 11:50am. Nice overcast morning for cache hunting with DarthVader69. An easy find for a change. Pity there is so much rubbish around here. Definitely some interesting non-family friendly 'modern art' here. Tanks for the cache!

Fun, adventure, travel, history, geology, mental stimulation, social gatherings, support and friendship are just some of the elements of geocaching.

Out and about enjoying the opportunity to grab a few caches, yours being one of those I targeted on my journey today. Thanks ??

Thanks BlindShambles (F=373 H=16) for placing this cache and adding to our game.

We came to Portland for the weekend, accompanied by The Tritonz and Micaparamedic (in separate cars of course), with the main goal being the GSWW and the Wind Turbine Geoart. However today was for a driving tour around this area between Portland and Nelson. Despite the rain, we really enjoyed the beautiful scenery around here and it was the best use of a rainy day. TFTC BlindShambles

On the way from Portland to Port MacDonnell for a geocaching event I chose a cache at a loft suitable for a mid journey break. This fitted the bill perfectly. The stop stood out amongst the felled trees as rather bare with some trees behind the tanks. The cache’s outer container is crushed and looking very much the worse for wear. It inside one is in fair condition and still serviceable.

Thanks for the cache and the adventure. Cheers

Tftc

Quick find on our way to The coorong. Tftc.

nice find, container looking a bit weathered. Nice day for it

After paddling down the Glenelg River we stopped to pick up some caches on the way back home
Found this one fairly quickly
TFTC

Walled. Nice quiet road to cycle east on.

TFTC

On our first break away since lockdown eased for Regional vic. Making the most of Geelong cup and grand final long weekend. On a day trip from Port Fairy seeing a few sights of Portland and then up to Nelson. Windy day Today but we are still going to do some sight seeing. Nice and easy find TFTC

Quick find

On our way back from a quick visit to Nelson cache is in good condition, a cute wallaby was protecting it.

Drive-by, easily found on our journey from Sydney to Adelaide.
Many thanks, Bigerchen
(#8375)

Nice quick find
TFTC

Fairly easy one, travel bug taken tftc

It’s squished

found...retrieved tb tftc

Excellent cache

On our way to south aus.
TB in

I visited this cache with FeatherWaite on day 3 of a caching trip from Adelaide to south-western Victoria/south-eastern South Australia.

After a warm, but reasonable morning, the weather turned nasty with very hot and windy conditions until a cooler change very late in the afternoon. With fire and travel warnings also being received via automated SMS’, we had to alter our plans and were not able to visit a number of the caches that we had initially targeted. Nevertheless, we did manage to find a selection of traditional, multi, virtual, unknown and earthcaches.

This was a quick find as we headed west after camping near Portland the previous night.

Thanks BlindShambles for the cache.

Found during a caching trip with e.gregory1 to south-western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia for a few days. Day 1 saw us travel from Adelaide to Keith, the back-roads past Bordertown to Frances, Edenhope, Harrow, Coleraine, Wannan, Hamilton, Byaduk, Koroit and down to Warrnambool. That night we camped out behind the coastal dunes west of Warrnambool after collecting a sprinkling of local caches. On day 2 we returned to find a few caches around Tower Hill before heading through Port Fairy to Portland, spending the rest of an unpleasantly hot and windy day around Portland and camping out nearby. On day 3 we drove from Portland to Nelson with a detour to Dartmoor, then back to Ewen Ponds, Port MacDonnell, and a circuitous route up to Mt Gambier with a solid days' caching culminating in some rewarding finds around the Blue and Green Lakes. We were very lucky to locate a very pleasant campsite a few kilometres out of town in Xanthorrhoea (grass tree) mixed eucalypt woodland for the night. The final day saw us travel to Millicent to complete the SFE Challenge series, then to Kingston, Salt Creek, Meningie, Tailem Bend, Murray Bridge and return back home. All in all a very eventful and fruitful trip with some great cache finds, some easy drive-bys, challenging tree climbs, a number of strenuous walks and visits to many scenic locations. We found an assortment of traditionals, puzzles, multis, earthcaches, letterboxes and virtuals, including a rewarding first-to-find, a wide range of difficulty-terrain combinations and detours to locate some unloved caches.
Thanks for the cache BlindShambles!

#1695 Day 4 of the Great Vic Bike Ride ( Mt Gambier to Portland - 109km). This was the big day of riding. Geo-son beat me to this spot and was lucky with his timing. Whilst retrieving the cache a black 4wd Ute went flying past almost sideways on the dirt track before going around the corner and off into the distance. (Suspect he was taking the dirt track so he didn’t have to 60km/h on the road the cyclists were on...) Cache was located. TNLNSL. TFTC BlindShambles.

On our long drive to Make a break we took this cache. Greatings from Switzerland

A quick stop here, love how the new container is in the middle of the old swashed one

A great day out today, I headed from Ballarat to Mt gambier by some funky route, well any normal geocaching route really. With 4 events lined up with one being a CITO, they made cursor for when I needed to be at certain locations otherwise it was free roam. Overall a good day out with nearly 500km driven and almost 50 caches found

TFTC

Quickly spotted. TFTC

TFTC

Nice quick one in the rain.

Thanks for the hide BlindShambles. All good with the cache.

We are visiting from South Africa. . Landed in Sydney and are driving along the coast to Adelaide.

Vir die Suid Afrikaaners. Ons is op toer van Port Elizabeth. Eers na Singapoer en dan na Australia. Ons het in Sydney geland en ry kuslangs na Adelaide. Baie lekker.

Thanks for the hide.

Tftc

Touring from Tasmania. Pulled up and there’s a big bus with Tas number plates. Excited to see some Emu’s not far from here as there’s none in Tassie. Tftc

Nice easy find. TNLN TFTC

Easy as, surprised it survives.

Cheers

Bundy

Found and signed on a morning of caching, cache ok. TFTC

Found during a drive from Mount Gambier to Geelong.

We wrote IJS stand for the first letter i our alias ( Jsson, Ingabo, Sivun)
Greetings from Sweden
TFTC!

Together with jsson and Sivun on our way to Geelong.
We logged as IJS.
Thanks for placing a cache here for me to enjoy and find.

Nach kurzer Suche hielt ich den cache in meinen Händen. TFTC

Logtime: 10:00 #6475
Heute: 2. Cache von total 5 Caches.

Für die Kaffeepause haben wir hier angehalten und den Cache gut gefunden.

Google translate:
For the coffee break, we stopped here and found the cache good.

Danke und Gruss
simeat und Frau
Switzerland.

A quick grab on the way past. TFTC
A trip east to Parkville 2018 had us stopping on the way to collect a few caches and again stopping on the way home. Well that’s what cachers do when they head to a mega don’t they.

TFTC

School Holiday time. I joined becca85, GemmaSistema, boo09, Ad & Luke for a roadtrip from Maryborough to Mount Gambier to the Glow worms and back again. So much fun. Thanks for the cache.

School Holiday time so we formed our Clarmensma family team and headed to Mount Gambier then home via glow worms for a mini road trip.
Lots of fun had on our trip. Sorry for late, generic logging. TFTC

School holidays yet again which means we form Team Clarmensma (myself, GemmaSistema, boo09, neisha07, AdamSistema & LukeSistema), choose a destination and off we go.
Mount Gambier was the chosen location this time with a 3 days trip, ending in a detour via the Otways to see some Glow worms. Lots of km traveled and caches found. A fun getaway yet again. TFTC

Easy find here.

School holidays means a geocaching road trip for Team Clarmensma (me, becca85 and our 4 geokids - AdamSistema, LukeSistema, neisha07 and boo09). This time we headed west to Mount Gambier for a few days of exploring. Over the 3 days we did lots of kilometres travelling from Ballarat/Maryborough across to the Mount and then back via the Otways. We really appreciate all the teams who put caches out for us to find as without you there would be no geocaching! So many many thanks!

Visiting from Belgium we passed this interesting location today and ofcourse went for the geocache that was quickly found.

Found. Avoided a muggle and went on our way

Found. Avoided a muggle and went on our way

Found. Avoided a muggle and went on out way

Day 4 of our honeymoon trip in the caravan as newlyweds. What else do you do on a honeymoon but go geocaching as husband & wife of course, and camping too.

After leaving Portland's 50km/hr wind behind as it was shaking the caravan and our sleep, we left for Nelson @ 5:40am. In the dark misty rain , log trucks blinding, dodged the roos , found the d/t on about 5 secs flat in the dark with a torch @ 6:37am (night cache #6). Cool easy cache. Container smashed but log fully dry in other container. Pen don't work.

Found on the way back from Nelson to our camp site. The inside container is ok, but outside container broken. Log dry. Found in the company of the Tall Tribe. TFTC