Boden water Race Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia
By McAdies on 09-Mar-09. Waypoint GC1NG3T

Great little spot easy accessible cheers guys

Sims_family asked if I was up for a caching trip today, and as I wasn't working, I said, "Yes", and we made an early start.The ladder and the kayaks were packed into and onto the Ginja Ninja, and off we went.We had some specific caches in mind and picked up a few along the way. We only picked up some of our target caches; we decided that a couple would be more approachable after more rain.It is a lovely part of the world to be in caching when the weather is like today. Even the GPS seemed on our side today and took us straight to the cache.A quick find was made of a cache in excellent condition.Thank you for this Traditional cache, McAdies.

Heading to Ballarat today with Dromaniax for some key caches to fill in gaps for a few challenges I am working on. Today I needed a letterbox and Earthcache and a tree climb so this was the perfect area to head today with three of the things I needed for the challenges. I might have been here for the letterbox but of course I couldn't miss this one while I was here.Thank you McAdies for the smiley

Amazing to think of all the mining and all the infrastructure that was used back in the day. Other than seeing a few things, the forest has taken back over. Made the short walk in and made a quick find at GZ!! TFTC!!

Our first cache after a long spell of not ca Caching for a while! Thanks!

Found it

Found it

Out in the area exploring somewhere new and this was my next stop. Cache was found without issue and the log soon signed. From there it was a further walk to try the LBH.

Thanks for this one McAdies....cache all good.

Headed down south for a caching & camping weekend, including some events, solved puzzles and a cito.
Forgot to read the description and forgot to note the number. Apparently not needed any more… luckily.
Thanks for bringing us here today by placing this cache, McAdies

Today we farewell our temporary home at Bunjil Lookout and set off for the events in Ballarat, stopping in for a cache or two before and afterwards.

A relatively quick find after parking near the information sign.

Thanks McAdies for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to find.

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Out caching with AlexiKatty and needed to turn this into a smile. TFTC

Thanks heaps McAdies. Grabbing a few caches after work today.

Found at 3.05pm whilst touring the area. We decided to walk this water race today to take in some history.
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

Mr Morris has a few weeks off but with border restrictions we thought we'd do a slow lap of Victoria while we had some good weather.

After a couple of nights staying with friends in Ballarat we headed to Smythesdale to the free camp on the Ballarat-Skipton Rail Trail although we are not tackling that on this trip. After setting up camp we headed out into the bush not really knowing what we would find after the nasty storms over the last few days.

As we pulled up we recognised the cacher doing the geocaching dance in areas with cloud cover and lots of trees. It was AusFox; Mr Morris had his eye in and soon spotted the hide.
TFTC McAdies

I decided to head out to Enfield and surrounding areas to find as many caches as possible in a 2WD.
The recent windy weather has caused a lot of limbs to drop and trees to fall which made some locations a little more interesting.
I was having issues with reception here, which was very frustrating until The Morris arrived and helped locate the hide.
Log signed and replaced as found.

Thanks for the Traditional Cache McAdies
#6,590

nice find just as the cold started to settle in

oh thanks goodness the mystery cache has been archived which I didn't read the description before find the cache.
Eventually I enjoy the walk toward the cache.
All good here.
Thanks McAdies

Not too tricky

took us a while but we found it thanks

Great spot

Find #2403 for me. Found with virbull at 3:58 pm while visiting the area from Bendigo. We almost ran out of time on this one again today as I generally like to leave Ballarat before 5pm, but we were so close after finding the other two nearby bush caches (the ones requiring a bit of a walk for us as I only have a 2WD) so decided to finish off with this one and your letterbox cache despite the time. This was a quick find for us in a great location. Thanks for bringing us here today McAdies and thanks for the cache!

Another great bush cache on a perfect caching day. An easy find and a starting point to a second cache a little further away. Thanks for this placement.

TFTC. We had taken the MH to Haddon for the night to attend the event in Sebastapol tonight and then move on to Geelong for the events on Saturday. We arrived just after lunch so thought we would go out and find some caches. After finding the letterbox we returned to the vehicle via this cache. Took the TB to move on.

Found this cache on my first day out in Ballarat for this trip. The day wasn't a good for geocaching day, but I pressed on as geocachers do. This cache was safe and well. TFTC.

Found it, quick find today while out driving in the forest, thanks for placing this cache here McAdies.

Interesting historical area, enjoyed reading the board and a short walk. Flowers are starting to come out in the forest now. TFTC

Quick find

Found

Deze cache gevonden vlakbij ons vakantiehuis. We genieten van de vele prachtige vogels, mooie insecten en vegetatie. In de lente zal het hier nog mooie zijn.
Bedankt voor het leggen en onderhouden.

With a nice change of cooler weather today after the heatwave it was good to get out and find a few 4wd caches in this area with Theo the geodog. This was our second find for the day and as it turned out one of many that had a golden history attached to them. Thx McAdies for getting us out here. Interesting info board to read. CIGC TNLNSL TFTC.

Found as we wandered around. Thanks for placing a cache here as we love hides like this, taking us to interesting places we would have otherwise never found if it wasn’t for Geocaching. A fav point from us. TFTC McAdies.

Found it with my two kids, thanks.

Nice drive to this cache. I can’t believe no one has done this cache 12 months to the day. Thanks for the cache

Found )

Found it

Find #6974

A day off work and what else is there to do.... yep, go caching in an area I've never really gotten into and to do some site seeing on the way around

A great little area. grabbed this one while off looking for the Letterbox in this area.

TFTC McAdies

Nice quick find!!

Great Hide nice place for a walk

Guess what - it's us again.

Up to Ballarat area today from Melbourne for some caching on this lovely New Years Day Holiday 2018.

Recently I was playing around with Project-GC challenge map and realized we qualified for a few challenges up in Ballarat.

With a souvenir on offer today we decided we would head out and pick up a few challenge caches, a few trads, an earthcache and some letterbox caches.

This was our ninth cache for the day.

After doing your nearby letter box cache we were all back in the car when we realized you had this one nearby to the carpark. Out again and log quickly signed. TFTC McAdies.

Having a wander around the area today while we are in a vehicle for the road conditions. We parked at the handy parking place and went for the short walk. What we did forget to do was write down the number required for the mystery, guess we will be returning another day. SL TFTC

Love this area

TFTC.

Found as Nicnax with MazzyMay and Dippa46. Lovely spot for a walk, would be even better in warmer weather. TFTC

Logged as Nicnax with SciFiRulz and Dippa46. Nice drive down to the area and an even better walk along the tracks through the forest. Thanks for bringing us to the beautiful area. TFTC

Out for a hunt as Nicnax with SciFiRulz and MazzyMay and we came across this one. TFTC

Cache container replaced.

Found with Dad and Maeve while replacing the cache container.
Nice spot for a bushwalk!

Found with Dad while he was replacing the container.
Lovely spot for a walk.

Cache all good to go again.

###**CACHE OWNER ACTION REQUIRED**###
This cache is carrying a maintenance log which needs to be addressed by the cache owner.

The guidelines advise that the CO should make regular visits to check on the cache as well as promptly address any logs that indicate that the cache requires some attention.

**Please respond to this situation (or indicated your intention) by 9th June, otherwise it will be necessary to withdraw the cache from the Active listing.**

Quick find in an interesting spot. Tftc

Cap is split in two. Container needs replacing.

Found as we spend a lovely day exploring the area, we had to wait for a couple of muggles to leave on their hike, so we spend some time investigating the area, when it was all clear we began the hunt, the youngest member of our team made the find, log was signed and replaced as found, the lid in broken though but it all seems dry at the moment. Thanks for bringing us here and for the fun.

We were in the area to take a look at the Eureka Car Rally and detoured to collect this out of the way cache. The lid of the cache is cracked and looks to have been that way for some time. Everything is dry and in good order though. Thanks for placing McAdies.

A nice find on an enjoyable day caching in and around the Enfield state forest. TFTC TNLN

Lots of pretty flowers - thanks!

Tftc, cache lid is damaged and needs replacing

Tftf easy find

Out and about this morning with master 5 to do maintenance on the BSRT so we grabbed a few other caches too! What a fab little spot! Really amazing to see what places you come across whilst geocaching- history galore here. It was a nice quick find and then we headed home. We went in circles though as sometimes "roads" on my GPS are not really roads! Lol. Many thanks

Really interesting spot, never knew this existed so thanks for the motivation to come here! Mrs Jabl bravely retrieved the cache even though she hates creepy crawlies so it gave her the hebbie jeebies to do so!

Took nothing, left a Disney movie card/sticker.
TFTC.

Nicely placed at secluded spot. Spooky charred trees stand testament to fires through forest of years past. TNLN TFTC McAdies.

I took the family to this, ive ridden this area for years but it was nice to share it with them.

Sweet

Doing a spot of caching in this general area with The Tritonz after a failed first 2 find attempt nearby. Lucky I was with them as I'm sure my car would have been next to useless this time of year [xx(]

This is an awesome spot, will have to come back when I have more time.

Thanks for the cache it was in good condition.

Caching in the area with Wozzle68 today after getting pipped at the post for a FTF nearby. We worked our way through the bushland , luckily in a 4x4, towards Boden water Race in the misty rain to be surprised by this lovely area.
Thanks McAdies for the hide and showing us this unusual spot.

Found

Out traveling today and came across this one easily. Tftc

Just dropped in on the way home,
A bit cold and late to do the walk but I will come back
thanks for finding this spot for me

Being in the fire brigade out here its not an area I have explored too much except when going to fires so was nice to relax and enjoy the scenery. Nice straight forward find. TFTC

Out with my geo buddy on this beautiful morning and we came across this cleverly hidden cache! Thanks!

Out and about found fairly easy.
TFTC

Out and about found fairly easy.
TFTC

Little one found. great little spot. TFTC

What a little gem of an area tucked away here. Loved the info board, a lot of interesting reading here. I want to return at night to see if I can spot the glowing fungi !! If I had more time today I would have participated in the walk. What an interesting cache container. Reading the notes at home I see I was supposed to obtain a number from the lid............. [xx(][xx(] Thanks for bringing me here. TFTC McAdies.

Terrific little spot for a quick find , then our way as the afternoon draws to an end
We will camp at smythesdale free camp which is a divine and well kept stopover spot

Looked but didn't find anything

Have often visited here but without any GPS devices. Made sure I took one today. Nice easy find with cache in excellent condition. TFTC

After find a few caches on the BSRT, we decided to tackle this one. Very interesting history of the area. The Gps took a little while to settle, but we soon found the cache, a good hide, Thanks McAdies.

Found it, pen has run out!

First for the day.

Suscoe has had this cache on the list for far too long and so today was the chance to finally find this one.
Arrived at GZ after a foggy drive. A few wallabies kept us company along the track for a while.
The cache was finally located after a bit of GPS circle work.
Log signed and on our way.
What a hard life those folks must have had back then.
Thanks to the McAdies for placing this cache in this historic area.

While the wife was spending time with her mother for Mother's Day I decided to get away from the inlaws for a while a grab a few caches in the time I had.

A short drive from their house soon had me behind Ross Creek and then the GPSr directed me to this spot.

Another relic of a day when mining was the number 1 game in town.

Anyhow I had this beautiful area to myself this afternoon. I had a poke around and then moved in for the grab.

Another cache in great condition.

TFTC

In the morning we finished the rail trail, after lunch & a break we went to find a few extra.
This was one we had marked to find.
Thanks for placing this cache McAdies

Glad to hear this survived the fire.

Even though this cache was temporarily unavailable, we had started the West Ballarat Mystery Cache during a visit last year and were looking forward to completing the data collection and final cache today. We went to the location and there was certainly evidence of a burnoff having taken place. Our GPS units were somewhat erratic and took time to settle. After about 15 minutes of hunting, the cache was located in good condition. It had survived the fire very well. Thanks McAdies for the cache - another step closer to the final cache.

This should be good to go again as long as it didn't get burnt. Will see if we can get out in a few weeks now the heat has gone.

Could we please have an update on this cache. We will be visiting the area early March and had this cache as a possible target.

Thanks MrIwik for letting us know a burn off had been done here.
We will keep a look out for when the area is deemed safe.

A fuel reduction burn has been carried out in this direct area. Might be an idea to temporarily disable this cache until the area is made safe and you can go check on it.

Nice bike ride to get there

16:37
With the promise of a rain free day we took the opportunity to visit this area of the State for which our map shows a plethora of unopened treasure boxes.
We know all about water races as we utilized one at a location where we used to live. We also have a cache placed next to a water race that outlines their importance to rural communities.
Love the container used here - where do you get them?
Satellites today had our GZ 10m south east of where we found the cache located.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt McAdies.
6658

After walking around trees in the dark with a torch I finally found this is, thank goodness because it's now getting really cold. Great spot thanks

Caching with Motndarg today, this was our first after lunch at Smythesdale Hotel. What an amazing piece of history. Thanks for bringing us to this beautiful spot. Collected the clue for the puzzle too.

Afternoon out with the McLookers. Found GZ and clue for puzzle. Enjoyed our drive through the bush after the rain - the smell of the gums was delightful. Noticed some heath in flower, TFTC

TFTC

My GPS was way off again but Boselecta1's led the way. Interesting spot.

A nice unique container! Def water proof!

Signed log, left stickers.

Thanks!

Nice easy find on the way back from a picnic at the Jubilee Gold Mine with the family. I think its getting a bit sad when I can tell who placed a cache just by looking at it in the field. When I did find it, I thought, looks like one of McAdies caches. When I looked closely at the GPS my suspicions were correct. Thanks for bringing me here McAdies.

A nice little detour to view the race
A cache was all the incentive I needed