The 3rd @ Paruna Malpas, South Australia, Australia
By Gypsycacher on 27-Aug-08. Waypoint GC1FNAM

with a weekend off a few cache we did find
thank you gypsycacher for placing the cache

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Travelling for a week with my son and we located this. tftc.

Mr Morris headed off on a bucket list trip to speedweek in Lake Gairdner. He didn't quite make it, 2 flat tyres near Barmera meant a couple of days layover at Lake Bonney. A busted frame on the camper trailer meant another 2 days layover in Port Augusta. Those disasters then affected the fridges so they called it quits and headed home again. The trip is now known as the Master of Disaster tour.

Thank goodness for caching to keep him occupied while he waited - a big thank you to all the hiders.

TFTC gypsycacher .

TFTC

Found at 1326. Stopped to fine this one and have a look at the golf course found the cache but not the golf course. TFTC.

The co-ordinates lead us straight to the right place to make this find. Duties were soon done and the container was replaced as found. Thanks to gypsycacher for placing this cache in such a quiet little town.

TFTC

Doesn't look like a golf course to me.

TheCatBandits on a family day out for Get Outdoors Day found cache no worries TFTC

Out with Jack for a wild and windy afternoon.
No golf balls found today.
TFTC gypsycacher

A quick easy find on the way to Naracoorte. Cache in good nick TFTC

Found It!
My 2nd cache find at Paruna. The fairways are looking rather dead... Now off to find my 3rd cache at Paruna!
TFTC

Found it. Logged it tftc

Quick find as we're passing through town. TFTC

Second last day of our big trip together with J+J.AU. Today we travelling from Berri to Echuca and picking up caches along the road as well as making enough kilometres to make it home tomorrow! This was one of the many visits today.
TFTC Wilbert67

Easy

First find with this new phone app.

First find with this new phone app.

Quick find tftc

What nice excuse to stop on a long trip

Quick find with DoubleHelixClan, Stunkypanda2006 and Gnomeo2007. TFTC

Found with geokids StunkyPanda2006 and gnomeo2007. TFTC.

Found with geokids StunkyPanda2006 and gnomeo2007. TFTC.

Found the cache today with Geo beanie Signed the log.

Thanks gypsycacher for the cache.

Thankfully found much quicker than the other cache close by. TFTC

Quick find,TFTC

Found during an epic Australia Day long weekend of caching road trip through Victoria and South Australia.

TNLN, thanks gypsycacher.

A nice quick find while heading north. TFTC.

A quick find with LionJRB on our trip back to Katherine. TFTC

09:19
On the move this morning with fellow cachers Suscoe, leaving SA, and heading back to Victoria. No doubt we will be back to open more of the myriad of little green boxes still on our SA map. No injuries from errant golf balls and we were soon back in our carts.

Thanks to gypsycacher for the hunt.
10279

Suscoe's 4th find of the day as we headed south east today steadily moving towards Horsham.
A glorious day for caching, blue skies, a gentle breeze for most of the way and the terrific company of Phetlern to share this journey with.
A quick find on a quiet road.
Thanks to gypsycacher for placing this cache along this road.

Quick easy find tftc

A quick find which we grabbed on the way north to Loxton. Thanks.

Glad I read the description about the golf course, it was hard to visualise any golfers playing. What a shame that these small country towns are dying. Caching does help with learning about the local history. TFTH
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Nice quick one

Quick and easy

found on a weekend caching drive. TFTC!

A quick little rest in between showers and a chance to duck out and score another little smilie TFTC

Travelled to Tailem Bend via Loxton from Pinnaroo

Found it easily.

Thanks gypsycacher for the cache

Found in the early hours. A dog was going off, but found someone using the phone nearer to the pooches post. Cache #2 for day.

Heading into Loxton today, set up camp beside the mighty Murray River. Its time enough to do a few local caches before we head down the Heroes Trail tomorrow.
We enjoyed our drive around the region
Thanks for placing this cache gypsycacher

On route to Loxton today traveling from Wodonga. Picking up a few easy caches along the way to break up the drive.

2nd night find of the evening. Found quickly.
Tftc

"The 3rd @ Paruna" was our 3rd cache for the morning - and a record in a day for our start-up caching team.
I remember driving past this interesting hole on the Paruna Golf Course as a child. Surprisingly, I have never heard of any cars being hit by golf balls, even though the road runs through the fairway and around a bend just here too.
Sadly, there is currently no remaining sign of the golf course (except for the layout of the trees along the side of the fairway) and the vegetation has grown quite long. This cache is a tribute to the past in a typical Mallee town. (BTW, I attended pre-school here at Brown's Well Area School!)
It was a lovely cache to find for a trip down memory lane.
TFTC

An easy find, lovely bush to wander through. TFTC

Easy drive by.
TFTC

Easy find with mile high RnC on a hot day. Don,t think we will play golf today.
Signed log and returned to it,s hidey spot. Thanks for showing us this spot. TFTC.

travelling with Aussie fun Seakers , we were all seet for a game of golf then decided it was to hot
maybee next time
TFTC

Found by Team Ladava on our run south with our Geocaching sister and brother-in-law, baby&Mrs gopher who we met up with in the Flinders Ranges after their two month trek around the Top End.
For those of us who grew up in the Mallee this is home.
TNLN
Our thanks to Gypscacher for the cache and bringing us to this location.
Cheers
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava
*Overall Experience: 3*

Rated: for Overall Experience

2866. Found by baby&Mrs in company with Team Ladava at 1010 on the Loxton to Ouyen leg of the homeward trip after wandering around the east/north/central Australia jaunt. This was a bonus for baby&Mrs gopher as we have also been making a birding count on the trip. We were greeted by a small group of Varied Sittellas and now have a count of 240 for the trip. SL Tnx gypsycacher

found between 7:10pm and 9:30pm. Tftc. nearly jumped in to a puddle!

Easy find thanks

No golf today.
TFTC

No golf today. TFTC.

This entry was edited by TeamMKM on Friday, 12 July 2013 at 11:22:52 UTC.

Homewards bound with our 4WD and caravan in tow, Mrs one-eyed and I left Loxton SA southwards towards Pinnaroo SA.
Stopped at Brown's Well , a very small town if you could describe it as, for a cuppa and a cache search.
Found the cache okay.
TFTC

A quick find in the rain. The container and contents were is good condition. We have visited many golf courses in our searches for geocaches but this is the first with a highway through one of the fairways. No golfers in sight today unfortunately. Must be a temptation for some to take aim at some of the larger transport vehicles that travel noisily down the highway. Thanks for explaining the situation at this spot.

Found as part of the record run to SA by The Demolition Crew (TDC). While, I am not a member of the TDC, I was fortunate enough to be caching with Blacklegend, Quasar3671, Trailrunning and Rebel Acts on what was for me, a huge adventure.

As I live with Blacklegend, it was fantastic when he said "Do you want to come to South Australia on a huge caching trip". I jumped at the chance, as I'd never been to S.A. or Adelaide, and it was a fantastic feeling to know I was going to be part of something big, and I was.

To be part of the Australian 24 hour record, at such an early stage in my caching career, so to speak, and part of so many other finds, was experience building beyond anything I could have hoped for.

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Monday was a much quieter day, but it had been planned this way, from what the guys were saying, to allow rest time for the big run on Tuesday. We cached out towards Loxton, finding around 40 for the day. These were caches that were not planned as part of the record run. It was still a fun day, and we visited many out of the way places and drove many, many kilometers. We finished early and got some rest.....

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Due to the extremely high number of finds for the trip, and on Blacklegend's advice and with his assistance, I have also gone with the generic logs. As the others have stated, it in no way takes away from the fantastic and enjoyable hides we found on the trip. As Blacklegend and the other have said, my sincere thanks to all cache owners who placed and maintain their caches, and made this trip possible for our group. TFTC, memories and the experience.

This cache was found during The Demolition Crew with Ponty95 24 hour and 1000 caches in 48 hours record breaking challenge caching run in South Australia.

I've been on quite a few caching road trips during my time as a cacher and this one was one of the best. The idea was to see how many caches we could find in 24 hours, with the goals being to break the Australian 24 hour caching record, and then continue on the next day to see if we could eventually find a total of 1000 caches or more in the 48 hours. Needless to say we did manage to fulfill both goals.

Not only does SA have some lovely contryside and Adelaide itself is famous for its churches, SA is also known for its numerous, extensive and well laid out cache 'powertrails'. The OZ Mega, OZ Signal and the Wandering Heros series of caches in particular are the largest and just a few of the many that can be tackled. With this is mind, TDC started planning the 24 hour challenge caching run back in late 2012, and over a period of many, many months we laid out careful plans on how we were going to break the Australian 24 hour caching record, as well as find as many caches as possible while on the road.

The intricate attention to detail proved to be esssential to us completing our goals. With routes planned, essential supplies loaded (especially museli bars, water and energy drinks) and every cache detail documented, we headed off on the 6th to begin our journey. By the end we had accomplished what we had set out to do, smashing the 24 hour record and finding over 1000 caches in the 48 hours. We had an absolute ball and needless to say were knackered by the end but the final result was worth every hours lack of sleep.

Apart from finding many 'stand alone' caches we did manage to complete the OZ Mega, Oz Signal, Wandering Heros, TDF, APM and PSA series, the 40, 50 and 60 series of caches as well as a number of Adelaide puzzle caches and a few Melbourne - Adelaide multi caches.

Due to the number of cache finds and the resulting number of logs to write, I am reluctantly using a generic log to log each cache. The same goes for my fellow TDC cachers and Ponty95, full appreciation goes out to each of the CO's who placed caches that we found, and without your caches our fantastic caching experience would not have come to fruition.

Thanks, Quasar3671.

Found as part of the Demolition Crew record run to South Australia with fellow TDC members Quasar3671, Trailrunning, Rebel Acts and a guest on the trip, Poynts95.

The trip was a fair while in the making, and many aspects had to align to make it happen, including all of us getting the time to go. However, the "stars aligned" so to speak for us, and the trip was on. A date was set and much planning engaged, and when I say much, I mean a very large amount. We had an old saying where I used to work, and that was "Failing to be prepared, is being prepared to fail", so, we prepared, and prepared and prepared.

With a challenge set, being, could The Demolition Crew find over 500 caches in 24 hours, we headed forth to South Australia, the magical land of power trails, and over the duration of the trip, found in excess of 1250 caches, and indeed, easily beat the goal on our record day. Importantly too, we had a great time together.

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Monday we chose as a quieter day, with an early finish to allow us some time to sleep before Tuesdays record run. We headed northish, and out to Loxton, to put some finds on caches which were not to be part of our planned Tuesday run. Got to see some nice parts of the area, and some caches in some out of the way places, which was fantastic.

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Due to the extremely high number of finds for the trip, I am opting for a generic log, which I never normally do, but as the others have stated, it in no way detracts from the high quality of hides we found on the trip. My sincere thanks to all cache owners who placed and maintain their caches, and made this trip possible for our group. You have all been part of the best caching road trip we have yet made. TFTC and the memories.

When the Wandering Series was first published it had been on the agenda of The Demolition Crew, however we were not able to arrange a time when all of us could go over. Fortuitously as time went by, more trails were published. Upon looking more closely at South Australia recently, there were many more power trails than we realised, and a plan was hatched to go over and grab as many caches as we could. We were all finally able to arrange a mutual time during the Easter school holidays, so the planning stages began.

Given the limited amount of time available to us, and so many caches to grab, we realised that a huge effort was going to be needed to grab them all. Rebel Acts being known for his record breaking 24 hour runs suggested that we try a 24 hour run of our own. Now there was a thought, a challenge in fact we readily accepted. A bit more planning (a lot more actually) and a route was chosen and run sheets drawn up.

With all the puzzles solved, and most of the multi's these caches were reduced to traditionals for the run day. With cars packed, stamps made, and spirits high we made our way to South Australia to find some plastic.

Monday was a day of rest, well as much as a rest as we could afford with caches to be found in Loxton and other areas not planned for tomorrow's run. We knocked off in the early afternoon to grab some rest before the midnight run began on the Tuesday.

While I am using a generic log, it does not detract my appreciation of all the CO's who have put the time into placing and maintaining these caches. To each and every one of you, I thank you for being part of what has been the best cache road trip yet. Thank you!

Go TDC.

The cache was found as part of A massive cache run to South Australia with TDC Members Trailrunning, Quasar3671 and Blacklegend and a ring in Ponty95. It had taken us time to get this all together, finally a date was set and planning was started, I learnt one thing from my late mate dak's Emu Mob AKA Dave Kruger "Proper Planning prevents piss Poor Performance" he always said. Trailrunning was our master planner on this trip. I did this as part of a team but I also did it as a tribute to dak. having set the Australian Record twice before the question was, does the Rebel still have what it takes, I think the answer for that was yes. The challenge had been set down on FB "could the TDC find over 500 in a day, well we took up the challenge and headed to the power trail capital of Australia.
Monday was a day of rest, well as much as a rest as we could afford with caches to be found in Loxton and other areas not planned for tomorrow's run. We knocked off in the early afternoon to grab some rest before the midnight run began on the Tuesday.
While I am using a generic log, it does not detract my appreciation of all the CO's who have put the time into placing and maintaining these caches. To each and every one of you, I thank you for being part of what has been the best cache road trip yet. Thank you!

Go TDC. LLTRTA

On our way to Bordertown, from Renmark we're taking a bit of a long way around to grab some caches along the way.

A quick stop, towards the end of a very long trip from Halls Gap to Berri. TFTC.

Found the cache without any difficulty. Harder to imagine a golf course here though, especially one like this one. Thanks for the cache and for the interesting history.

No action here today other than two people looking for a cache. Found the cache but the 3rd. green and tee eluded us. TFTC.

We had no problems with golfers today – found nicely - TFTC / TFTH / SL

11:58
Who can resist a quirky golf cache?

Deciding that I couldn't face the boring road from Renmark to Mildura a second time, we took the lovely, flower-bordered road south through Loxton. This was a good place for a grab half way to Pinaroo, so, while more photos were being accumulated by the other half, I hared off into the scrub for a quick find using the smartphone (being off the routes I'd loaded in the GPSr).

#850

Found 4:01pm , find # 1522
We are on a holiday touring the Flinders Ranges. After leaving Rawnsley Park Station just south of Wilpena Pound, we travelled north and then west through the Brachina Gorge and arrived at Parachina. After staying the night at the Prairie Hotel we drove north to Leigh Creek, and then east to to stay at the Arkaroola Wilderness Resort. After two days there we drove a short distance back towards Copley and stayed for two nights at the Iga Warta Aboriginal Cultural Centre. After that we drove up to Marree in order to take a flight over Lake Eyre and the suurounding district. We stayed the night at the Marree Hotel and then the next morning set off south on our return journey to Melbourne, with overnight stops at Peterborough and Ouyen. This cache was found during the trip.
Easy find, and no one yelled out "FOUR!!".
Thanks gypsycacher,

Found as part of team 4WAF (Four-Fun, Winterdragon, Astro & Freddo) after a big day out on the trail of the wandering heroes.

You have to love a fairway with a highway through the middle of it. How tempting would it be to aim for that truck going past rather than the green?

TNLN - Thanks gypsycacher!

No incoming today. A quiet Sunday in Paruna.

Before reading the cache notes I was expecting this one to be at a golf course. You'd be pretty deep in the rough if you hit your ball to GZ.

TFTC

On way to home (Melbourne) via Echuca
Found it quickly
TFTC

Quick find!! Thanks gypsycacher for the hide!!

Another interesting cache on our way through the desert. It appears the golf course has fallen into a state of neglect unfortunately. We were confused as to the locality name, is it Paruna or Browns Well? SL TFTC

Found this on my way home from the Murray-Sunset Park after a weekend of 4WD'ing and camping. It was the first of 3 caches in Paruna. Thanks gypsycacher.

Don't think there is much chance of being hit by a wayward golf ball these days. Could only just pick out the fairway, but enjoyed the old stretch of the legs.

We found 32 caches today. This was one of them. Found in the dark after much frustration.

A quick drive by on our way home.
TFTC

Parked on the fairway (I think) Into the rough for an easy find. Could hear the guys playing footy nearby. TNLN. Thanks for the hunt.

A good hide! Took toy bilby (because it was Easter!) and left koala keyring.

Another find on our way down south to Meadows.
TFTC

Found with Roostaman on the 8th day of our Hay Hell & beyond trip.
A quick stop on the way to Ouyen.

Thanks gypsycacher.

Found on our Hay Hell & beyond the Black Stump trip.
We made a quick stop and with no muggles about it was found after a quick search.
No golf balls anywhere nearby either.
TNLNSL TFTC gypsycacher,
Roostaman.

Nice easy find on the way home to Loxton. TFTC

Found it in the second place I looked. TFTC

This took a while to track down in trees...
Thanks

Found at 6:15pm just on dusk, magpies kept a close eye on us. Took Bendigo Geocachers pathtag. Left Bilby. TFTC

8.00am
Found by Roma and Max.
We did park in the middle of the fairway, no other option!
Accurate numbers made for an easy find.
We signed the log and swapped a Bendigo Pathtag for for Fifty 50 Pathtag.
Cheers,
from Romax

ROCKY GLEN GROMMETS - A quick find on the way to Adelaide from crane2's EVENT. Thanks for the cache - good chance to stretch the legs!

Heading to crane2's birthday event, stopped off here for a quickie. TFTC.

no golf balls flying across the road today just thousands of locusts
TFTH

Nice easy drive by cache.
No golfers out today maybe too many Locusts

Took Elephant
Left Chicken to help with the Locusts

TFTC

Sometimes you don't realize you are so close to a golf course. I didn't. Well I was according to the map.
Clear skies and our thanx to Gypsycacher.

Find# 632
3rd find of the day at 12.23pm.
Took: Nothing / Left: Nothing
CITO conducted around GZ as part of the Riverland Rendezvous 3 - Scavenger Hunt CITO. Regrettably some caches had far to much trash to make much of an impact, nevertheless, we tried our best!
Cache found in the company of sushilord and AdrianMc.
Thanks for the cache gypsycacher!
Jardry

Another find while out this way with Adrian Mc and Jardry on the RR3 CITO event.

Found while out this way with Jardry and Sushilord for the RR3 CITO event.

No golfers were interupted in their golfing pursuits during the caching of this cache.

TFTC

Found in the company of Mooshell. TFTC.

Good. A quick cache. TFTC. TNLN. SL.

Fore.
A bit windy across the road today.

It is hard to imagine that such a high percentage of a small town were that interested in playing golf. It's good to see that even though the club has disbanded that the golf course still remains.
The cache was found easily
Thanks gypsy catcher for the cache and for the interesting history lesson on Paruna golf club