Country Jewels Tour - Emerald Copeville, South Australia, Australia
By FLIPPER&CO on 01-Sep-09. Waypoint GC1XXGD

Quick find, while doing the onya bike run. TFTC

TFTC FLIPPER&CO your cache Country Jewels Tour - Emerald that we found today. Moving on from Swan Reach to Maggea to continue use to find On Your Bike Caches published since our last visit in 2022. We camped at Maggea Oval. Just after lunch we teamed up with Wollaston to start on the On Your Bike series. We went down the left hand side first and there did a wide circuit out to Bakara, Galga and Mercunda before coming back up Eustice Road on the right hand side. All in all a great day caching even though the temperature hovered in the 40s all afternoon. Find Count: 18930

After a week of caching around Adelaide incorporating The Great Leap Forward event, HansandLinda and I moved camp to Maggea today to capture some more targeted caches. We tackled this one today. Another great day for caching. TFTC FLIPPER&CO

In all our travels we would not have even thought to travel to this location. (HaHa). In your dreams, these cachers do. [:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort. Devilish Brilliant and Clever I like it Another one off the list TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - Flipper & Co [^]

Enjoying another afternoon over the river, getting On your Bike. We saw a swimming snake while having lunch by the river, a wombat and visited Mantung where we talked to a local, learnt some history of the area and admired their new mural by the Hall. A thoroughly enjoyable day made better by finding smilies.
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Spending the weekend in Swan Reach and occupying myself with a few geocaches. Found this cache while tackling the nearby On Your Bike series.

Thanks for the cache FLIPPER&CO.
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Southern Autumn adventure Day 17. Post Mega South East SA trip Day 11. Today's Fitzy_195, MinnieK and albida33 with logs signed as F.A.M. or similar, headed out to start the main attraction in this area of the trip which is the On Your Bike Series. We have been here before, so there are only the two newish sections to be done. We did one section before lunch and the other after a quick trip to Swan Reach. All the locations had been un-puzzled and determined before we arrived, so it was just a matter of locating the cache, and in these sections there were several that required one tool or another to retrieve, even if one of the tools was a climber. We finished he first day with a run along the back roads for a few of the more remote caches in the area before dinner at the van park.

Having finished a day of bike caches, we headed home via the back roads and visited a few more caches to round out the day. This stop gave us enough information to locate the final. I hope we can stop to get it tomorrow.

Thanks for the cache FLIPPER&CO

41970.259 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2016 Sun Moon A#341

**Albida**

Day 16 of our loop through Vic and SA then home.

Today we targeted the latest section of the ‘On your Bike’ series. fitzy_1965, albida33 & I signed as MAF or FAM to save room.

Another section that came out not long after we were here last time. Much easier than the other two times given that it was not January and not pushing 40 degrees! We took turns in using the TOTT’s required or physical climbing. Definitely a nice variety along the way.

All caches were found quickly and easily unless otherwise mentioned.

31,604. Found with minniek and albida33 (signing either as FAM or MAF to save room and just for fun) during another great day of caching in South Australia).

Rutherglen Mega and South Australia Trip Day 16. Today we headed out early to - for the third time - finish the On your Bike series. minniek and I did 1-100 in January 2021 and 101-752 in December 2021. At least this trip it wasn't 40+ Degrees !! This was one of the main aims of our trip to South Australia this time around. It was yet another great fun day of caching. Opening and closing two containers at virtually every cache took it's toll, but works very well in keeping the logs dry. This was the next find of the day, and all were quick finds once at GZ even if we had to deploy a TOTT. Signed, replaced, and then we headed off to the next one on the list.

Thanks FLIPPER&CO !!

After finishing the bike run today with goingplaces2, we came along to add this cache to the list of finds for the day. All is in good order. TFTC.

Collected this cache while in the area with ilook4geo. There was no problem in finding it and the log was soon signed with both names. Thanks go to FLIPPER&CO for placing this cache.

Another cache found with richlink on our 2022 South Australian Adventure.

We set out this perfect, sunny winter's day to tick off another batch of caches in the "On Your Bike" series and any other cache along our route today. Thanks Flepper&Co.

Another awesome winter day, sun shining and blue sky. Loving the rural roads - the kind of caching we enjoy doing with iluvtrekking. Thanks Flipper&Co

Our last on your bike find was around the corner so we had to continue our adventure and grab some the older placements out here while in the area.

Thanks FLIPPER&CO for the placement.

A few days in the riverland around Renmark with the muggle other half.

A nice sized container easily spotted. Signed and replaced with some info gathered.

Thank you for the cache FLIPPER&CO, found 5/04/2022, 2:18:33 PM

Not much of a country jewel but guess it was in its hey day. Cache found with The X-Trailers. Cache ok
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Not much left of the country Jewel
Found with Earthlight as we tackle On Your Bike series
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Mrs Frog wanted to get out of the house and see some dry countryside and yet stay as COVID safe as possible, with quite a few caches in the mallee still to do and all on quiet back roads we set off, a nice picnic lunch was had overlooking the Murray River near Swan Reach before tackling some dirt roads.
Remember starting this series over 10 years ago and even enough clues for the final, for some reason we had never ventured down these roads till today and finally managed to cross the last one in the series off the list all in good condition
After a day of back roads we managed to have our prepared dinner on the banks of the Murray River near Loxton before making the night trip home, all in all a great day out
TFTC FLIPPER&CO ,

Out geocaching with friends as mystery randoms

Out on another JAMS day with allister w, mogni, sir_spectre and tallbikestan targeting the rest of the Wandering Heroes that we didn't finish last time we were out this way. We started off in Murray Bridge then stopped off at the Happy Armpit series before heading to Sandalwood where we left off previously. [^] After finishing the Wandering Heroes and some others that we went past we zig zagged back to Tailem Bend finding some random caches in random locations which all added to the fun of the day. It was pretty hot and the car air conditioner got a good workout, but that didn't stop us even though I was quite tired by the end of the day.

We had finished the WH and now it was time to find some caches along some great dirt roads and tracks. [^]

Thanks for the cache FLIPPER&CO.

Today the JAMS crew was out and about to complete the Wandering Heroes series. JJ52, mogni, Sir Spectre, tallbikestan and I met at the crack of dawn on a predicted hot day. We worked great as a team to find the remaining caches of the series as well as a few caches before it and a few after it. I was mainly the driver today and I filled up the car at Murray Bridge before the first find and from then on I didn't turn the car of until we had done finding and headed back to Tailem Bend, when we got to Tailem Bend and had 4kms of fuel left which added a adrenaline rush to the day. Thanks to all the CO's and the cachers that are a reason for another find. The JAMS crew hid a JAMS cache today to add to the series.

Out with the JAMS crew for our monthly caching run. This run was with JJ52, Allister w, Mogni and sir_spectre plus Tallbikestan but minus Michells&hound. All logs today where stamped as mystery randoms. Todays target was to do the armpit series then finish the Wandering Heroes trail where we left it uncompleted at sandal wood last time and then slowly cache the back roads back to Karoonda. The wandering heroes trail was in a poorer state then last time and that is saying some thing. This time out of 104 caches on the trail including a few stray trads beside the freeway we replaced 18 caches that where found broken/cracked but surprisingly almost al the logbooks where saved and less then a hand full of logbooks on this section were full and needed replacing. It was nice to see some of the caches still themed after all this years. Also good to see a few large caches out here. A good day out even if it was 35 degrees. Some time along the Wandering Heroes i got my 15,000 find as well.

Out for a Sunday drive with the JAMS team plus one. JJ52, allisterW, mogni, sir_spectre and tallbike stan. We were targtting the last of the wandering heroes and then doing a few others along the way. Any caches that needed maintence were fixed along the way.
Thanks to FLIPPER&CO from mogni

as we have a look around the area this was one of the caches we found

A good day was had while grabbing these caches
Thanks FLIPPER&CO for placeing them

Out at the farm with the farm and collected this one with the children. TFTC

A great day was had with hellyonfire exploring the back roads. A nice quick find here. TFTC

Out with my geosister H423L and geodog Tonka with a plan of attack of 44 caches including multis
Manage 40 with only one DFN
Some great areas we came across
TFTC

hevwalker & I enjoyed a nice day, caching our way to Berri.
A quick find, as we made our way around the back road .
Thanks for the cache FIPPER&CO

clare007 & I were heading to the Riverland, on a caching trip, for a couple of days...
We took a lot of detours and dirt roads...
TFTC FLIPPER&CO

Out for a country drive on a nice day. All caches we stopped for were found and in good order.

Thanks for the cache FLIPPER&CO.
Found on 9/5/20 at 4:14 pm.
Find #11161.

I started 2020 with some improbable caching goals that only lasted until mid February.
Then came Covid-19 and caching began to take a back seat.
I even managed a 23 day NO FINDS streak! [:(!] Then caches started to slowly get published again and it was time to go back to socially responsible caching again. So I joined Anymules for a for a jaunt through some well visited parks on our way to Loxton and returning via the Wandering Heroes trail.

Great to find these old sturdy caches that survive to elements. The structures have feared mush worse.

***Thanks FLIPPER&CO for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

She got it!

A nice and easy find

A big day out with 101 finds between Adelaide and Blachetown, definitely didn’t take the google maps recommended route that’s for sure, a detour to Murray bridge then through the back roads to Loxton and back to blanchetown. A nice day out overall when dodging the large dust storm.
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Out on a caching adventure with a new cacher ddog85
We managed 30 caches today and dropped off some tbs.
Thanks to all the cos for placing these caches for us and others to find.

Quick and easy find TFTC

Found on our way to Wakerie this arvo.TFTC

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I think this is the last one for us to find in this series, having accumulated them over a very long period of time!

TNLNSL
Thanks for the cache FLIPPER&CO

Heading back to Adelaide for an appointment,
we had to take the scenic route for a change!
Somehow the map had followed some little green boxes,
and yours was one of them!!!
An emerald green box turned smiley!
TFTC FLIPPER&CO

Family cache day out enjoying the cooler weather. Found cache no worries Merry Christmas and Happy New Year TFTC

Found while on an adventure ride through the mallee!
A few roos around GZ.
TFTC.

First stop on a trip through the mallee.

found it

Out geocaching today nice easy find TFTC

Found It!
Quick find and the first of the Jewels tour for me...
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This cache has well and truly gotten me off the beaten track
You know you are off the beaten track when Google Street View doesn't have an image [:o]

An interesting structure to behold here at Emerald
Beyond renovation !!

TFTC.

Country Jewels Tour runs with Team Robin and Everlasting
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Found, signed and drove off before I realised that there are numbers in some of these... important numbers.

Needs plenty of TLC.

Came back for the wanderers, lost and heroes and others, after a break of a few months. A beautiful day for geocaching, cloudy bright and cool while there were deluges and thunder in the city and parts of the Adelaide hills. On the way home was surrounded by lightning and had to dodge puddles on the dirt roads. Handy to have a "jelope" that goes anywhere (well almost). Thanks FLIPPER&CO.

After having a fantastic time at the Oz Mega event we had to drop the youngest team member back in Melbourne as she had to return to work Tuesday but we are fortunate enough to have the rest of the week off and as the camper was already hooked up it seemed silly not to just keep going picking up a few more caches along the way.
There isn't much left of this country jewel, the old brick water tank seems to have stood the test of time very well. The GPSr led us directly to gz where again we found a cache exactly where we thought that it should be and our name has now been added to the log.
Our thanks to FLIPPER&CO for the cache.

geoD thought it was time to finish off this series so today was the day. We had already found 2 of them some time ago but didn't remember/couldn't find if we wrote down the clues needed for the bonus gold.

Nice to know that we could still find this since the last log was in 2011.

That was the last one now to go find the last jewel ....gold.

SL TNLN TFTC

A very easy find on our way through from Bakara to Mantung. TFTC

A nice quick and easy find on our way toward Renmark for a day of looking at the river levels.

Took in the views before moving on.

TNLNSL

Found this one while taking the long way home from Renmark

This place had a water feature out front today, thanks to the recent heavy rains .
Took eraser. Left hippo. SL.
Thanks for showing us this place Flipper & Co.

Found on a day caching in the River-land TFTC TNLN SL

found while on a caching run! one of 54 for the day!! TFTC

Remember driving down this track 25 years ago when it was really really rough...... now almost a bush highway!!!!

It was a great day for caching but had to have a Sunday Roast at the in-laws at Mannum. Left Jenny and the kids after lunch and headed into the Mallee to pick up some caches.

Well that completes the series but do you think I have all the numbers to find the bonus cache - NO - may have to phone a friend. TFTC.

It’s a shame we couldn’t get closer to the ruins (well, I guess we COULD have if we wanted to ). The round water tank looked particularly well constructed.

This was to be our last Jewel hunt with still two to get. They’ll have to wait for another day (not to mention the bonus one). Thanks for an interesting day Flippers. The hide locations were all interesting in one way or another, and the usual high quality containers were a nice change from #@%* eclipse tins and similar that have plagued most of my recent caching adventures. [^]

Found no worries. now off to the finish. thx Flipper&Co for the hide.

Many old implements around here. Close inspection thru the zoom lens still made it hard it ID these things.
Clear skies from TeamAstro.

Found in the company of Mooshell. TFTC.

Now onto Gold. TFTC. TNLN. SL.

That's a nice rainwater tank

We left the big smoke at 8:30 this morning and still haven't made the 250km distance to our destination.
TFTC

The last of a very interesting series. We will hopefully find the bonus cache on another tour of the district. For now, it was just time for another couple of finds before our dinner date (that was rapidly approaching!).

Thanks Flippers.

Glad to stop here - the road is quite good, but maybe a little wavy. I think Geokid jnr was getting a bit green around the gills.
T: Car key TB, L: Prison Cuffs TB (Cadell Detention Centre is roughly in this general direction (kinda/sorta)), SL
Cheers & TFTC!

3rd of five on the late arvo / early evening run.... not the gemstone but.... gypsy went to a Jewel concert about 10 years ago at theby theatre... that girl has an amazing voice live!!!

found easily and quickly before returning to the geoship.... cold and wind means the lo-cal wasn't, perhaps, appreciated as it would have been given better weather.... however the EAGLE EYES were out

cheers 4 da cache flippers!

[8)] First for today, hoping to complete the tour
T: pathtag L:Marbles
TFTC and tour Flipper's!

Last one for the day - it started raining and were keen to get to Loxton before dark and didn't want to get bogged on a country road like everlasting did recently (except it wasn't a road - it was a track!) Anyhow - got a couple of days with crane2 so will finish off the series over the next 2 days hopefully!

Second last cache on the tour. TNLN, TFTC.

Enjoyed drive the car along to the cache - still windy but enjoyed myself. SL. Thanks Flipper & Co for organising the cache and hunt.

The last one in the series for us. Took pathtag and left some Australian coins. Have had a lovely time picking up pathtags for our collection! Took photos of all the renovator's delghts. Must have been a hard life out here. No onto Gold.

Another Jewel for the collection. Now this is a road I have been along a couple of times! Cache #431.

Find number 11 for the series and as I approach GZ there is a car parked right next to it and someones scrabbling around in the bushes. Finally I have caught up and after some discussions with Mr Mc. I discovered that he bypassed the first couple of caches to try & get FTF's (which means he also missed an important piece of the puzzle ) Guess where I'm off to next [^]
Cheers

FTF to the Mc nation.

Eighth FTF for the day.
Met up with Four Fun on this cache. He had been following close on my heels all morning and he finally caught up.
He had done all the caches in the series were as I had deliberately missed some in order to go FTF chasing.
I had enough info to calculate the bonus cache and Four Fun had the exact co-ords so off we headed to wrap up another Flippers series.

TFTC

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