HM#15 - Willangie East Memorial Willangie, Victoria, Australia
By tigersden on 16-Jan-10. Waypoint GC23353

TFTC

Sir_Spectre and I went for a long weekend over to Victoria, we hosted some events and CITO's and was really impressed by all the people that made the effort to join us. Any caches that needed attention got it, with many log books being replaced or extras sheets added as needed.Thanks to all who placed and maintained caches for us to find

Quick find. Found with Mogni. The plan this October Long Weekend was to head over to Victoria and host 3 CITO's plus host my first geocaching event, also increase my finds to 20 in at least 5 victorian LGA's. Given that we were caching in the country alot of km's were travelled. The weather was raining on and off all saturday including the night time but by luck all 3 events that day were dry. The first CITO ( and the cache of the trip ) was in Kaniva at the wetlands, the next in CITO was in Dimboola at one of the rest areas, and placing a future challenage cache then slowly making our way to wycheproof canavan park which was our accomadation for the weekend and then up to Mount Wycheproof ( the smallest registered mountain in Australia - at 43metres tall ) for my coffee and sunset event. Sunday started off with a early 630 am CITO in the Mount Wycheproof wetlands reserve ( sorry i did forget about daylight savings when i made the time for the event but it was a dawn and light still ). Now off to swan hill ( which is my least favorite LGA to cache in ) and then a few more LGA's and back to the tent in the dark well past dinner. Then it was slowly heading home via the silo arts works along the way and walpuep and then over the border to pinaroo and home. We went through over a milk crate of spare containers and got 2 and 1/4 garage bags of cans and bottles. Any caches that were found broken/cracked/etc were replaced and any full log books were replaced.

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Day 7 of my holidays today I left Murray Sunset National Park after a wet night and I made my way south. I made it as far as Donald where I set camp up for the night. I managed to find 27 caches today and 2 DNF's today.Passing by grabbing what I can along the way.TFTC tigersden

Nice quick easy one tftc

Wombat jnrs first find.

Found It!Another quick find here. Not much left of this school now.TFTC

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It’s great so many caches are at these memorials otherwise we’d probably have just driven past them. Found quickly with Astrobef. TFTC

Gone but not forgotten by the locals. tftc

Thanks for making us stop here. TfTC

Tftk

Easy found - Thank you for the cache

Blink and you'll miss it.

Travelling from St Arnaud today caching as we go. This was a good excuse to stretch the legs while we searched. An isolated spot here. TFTC

Got it!
Easy quick stop.

Today we decided to pull up camp and move further south on our maiden voyage in our first ever caravan.
Have to be selective as we don't want to get too off road with the van in tow, but this was a quick and easy find on our way to Donald for a couple of nights.

TFTC SL

On the way from Sealake to Ararat today, stopping where I can with a van in tow. TFTC

1 October 2021
12:37 pm
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Many thanks tigersden for providing and maintaining this game piece for our enjoyment.

Logbook was signed just as the heavens decided to open.

Out and about after yet another lockdown we will travel around the mallee and cache and look at the art work the small towns have to offer

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Once a settlement was here! Now just a geocache! Tftc

Found on our way home from Sealake checking out the silo art trail

I’m always both amazed at the numbers of young people who were involved in the wars from an area that seems so empty, and saddened that these now small or defunct communities are no longer thriving as there once were TFTC tigersden

On a detour while doing the Silo Art Trail. A quick and easy find. TFTC tigersden.

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Another history stop
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Having just spent a fabulous couple of days in the Murray Sunset NP with The Tritonz and micaparamedic doing the new PS geoart series, we made our way back towards Mildura, supported local business where we safely could, and picked up a few more caches on our way home. TFTC tigersden. We always love stopping at these Historical Markers, and appreciate your cache placements at them.

Was so enjoying the drive I clear drove past it! Oops, after a quick u turn the cache was quickly located and signed. TFTC

Suscoe final find of an eight day trip to Mildura.

We like to visit these places and imaging what life was like back over 100 years ago.
All the noise of the school playground,all the fun of the community activities, births deaths and marriages and probably weddings too.
It is sad that these community facilities have all gone but thanks to those who commemorated this place with the plaque.

Thanks to tigersden for placing this cache here.

Time to head homewards now with no more cache stops but perhaps a lunch break somewhere down the road.

While attending the St Arnaud Event we travelled all over the Victorian countryside and and this was one cache we decided to find. Came upon a number of placed like this on our travels where schools of the past had been. Log signed as Team JAR and cache placed back where found. TFTC tigersden

Glad that this cache had us stop here so we could pay homage. Part of Team JAR today. Cache was found quickly and we gladly signed the log.
Cheers and happy caching!

Did a day trip to Sea Lake and collecting a few caches along the way. Have seen quite a few of these plaques for schools that no longer exist. Thanks for showing us around this special area.

Found on our way down to St Arnaud for a mega event. The tell tale signs of a cache hiding was spotted as we arrived at gz. We soon had the cache in hand and our name in the logbook. Thanks for placing this here.

Sitting at my computer during these Covid lockdowns, I am trying to catch up on a few logs that I haven't sent in yet.

Over the years, geocaching has taken me on many adventures, including interesting destinations all over my home continent of Australia and many overseas as well. It has also introduced me to a diverse group of like-minded caching tragics, many of whom I now call close friends.

Today, I was lucky enough to be out and about searching for caches, something I do on almost a daily basis. This was one cache that was targeted and found.

Sorry for the late log, something I am notorious for. Thank you for adding to the adventure that is geocaching.

Thanks tigersden for the cache.

Quick drive by. Thank you.

Decided to take the long way home to Ballarat and this cache was in a direct line from where I set off. An easy find on a busy road
TFTC
TNLN
SL

Thanks found it

Quick find on a really windy day. TFTC!

After a great weekend in St Arnaud, today I was heading to Mildura today. Nice quick find and another chance to stretch my legs.



My thanks to tigersden for the cache.

A quick find on a trip around the area while staying in Quambatook

After spending most of the morning touring the Painted Silo Trail, we spent the afternoon looking for some other caches as we made a rather indirect path to Swan Hill. Along the way we stopped at this cache. Accurate coordinates and a logical hide location led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks tigersden for the cache and for drawing our attention to some of the history of the area.

Another quick find on a day out from our windy camp !

Found at 10:44 AM GAFF1.
We have been to a lot of these schools that have closed down and 1943 - 1944 seems to be a common period for the closures. What happened then? It was WWII, but kids still had to go to school didn't they?
Thanks tigersden.

While traveling home after a fantastic weekend spent at the Big Desert in great company we decided to go a slightly different route to enable as to get some unfound caches. The cache was spotted as we approached GZ and we quickly added our name to the logbook after reading the memorial.
Thanks tigersden for the placement for us and others to enjoy.

Heading north to attend the Big Billy event and decided to find a few caches off the main roads.
Still a bit damp at the moment and nice and quiet on the roads.
You wouldn’t think that there was that many kids around back then to justify all of the schools that popped up in the north of the state.
A clever hide was soon spotted, retrieved and replaced.
All good at GZ.
Read the memorial and was soon on my way.
Thanks tigersden TFTC.

09:24
The first day of summer, Victoria facing four days of impending record breaking wet weather, strangely enough not a speck of blue sky to be seen as we travelled from Donald to Mildura, making a few cache stops along the way.
We really enjoy finding caches at Historical Markers such as this, they give glimpses of a previous life among the acres of crop and grazing land.
Some TLC performed on the cache so it lasts a bit longer.

Thanks tigersden for placing caches for everyone's enjoyment.
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A quick stop and sign TFTC

Found the cache thanks

A quick find with hubby, the kids, Fergzters and PerpetuallyLost en route to the Border Track event. So much history- thanks for sharing

Found at 12:13:00 PM 28-04-17 on our way to the "Welcome to the Border" event at Cox's Windmill in the Ngarkat Conservation Park before tackling the Border Track that involved 2 days of awesome 4x4 and awesome company.

TFTC tigersden

Another quick find for GemmaSistema, the Fergzters and myself as we head towards The Border Track Event. Loving these little history lessons. Tftc

In Sea Lake visiting friends for the week end. Heaps of rain the the last few days, mozzies out and about. Been warned of Ross river fever. Signed soggy log. TFTC.

** Smile # *4100* / Traditional # *3175* **

This geo family was off on school holidays, travelling up the Calder Highway towards Mildura. Another stop for us along the way, it helps to stretch the legs and break up the many kms traveled. A nice little memorial, quick find on the cache. Log was quiet damp. Replaced as found.

**Thanks for placing this trad cache tigersden** [^]
**Cache container ok, log damp**
**Took nothing, Left nothing**

**#280**
**Having fleeced the Woomerlang Emu of a FTF its off to visit one of the Tigers Dens**
**A quick find this morning, but unfortunately the log was damp**
**Sign the log and returned container to its hiding spot**
**Thanks for the cache** [^]

Easy cache for young and old. TFTC

A bit of a soggy find but we found it.

Found it

Son found it

I was on the road for six days, following the Aust Solo Speedway Championships, and this is one of the caches I located along the way.
Thanks for the work you have done to provide the enjoyment for so many of us.

Found while on a holiday in Victoria tftc

Find No. 1112. Found with FUF009 at 9.50am

Heading up to Mildura for the Annual Port to Port Bicycle Ride Weekend and done some caching along the way.
A nice spot to take a break and grab a cache at the same time. Quick easy find.
TFTC tigersden

Find # 2621 @ 0950 H

Found with Tyred n Cranky

Once again out annual trip to Mildura so that Tyred n Cranky can enjoy their other hobby, bike riding, and in the annual event of the Port to Port.
As normal a rout was set out so that we could make some finds along the way up.

A nice quick grab.

TFTC tigersden

Good spot to pull over to grab a Cache and do some birding .
Signed logsheet 10:45 am and replaced all as found.
1 x TB Visit.
tigersden - TFTC.

Nice place to stop and we checked out the crop growing in the paddock. SL TFTC

Got it

Found it!!

We went geocaching and started off with this one. It was really easy and fun. THTC

Found with my Hero Husband (Moneydork) on our family Christmas holiday. Thanks.

A lonely spot for a memorial. TFTC

3636.Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1330. We are on the road to the BigLittleEvent 2 in SA. Cache is in good condition and a quick easy find. SL Tnx tigersden

Found on way to Green Lake

We found your cache HM#15 - Willangie East Memorial on 2/05/2014 9:48 am after travelling to SA for the Oz Mega we are having a little caravaning holiday around the state. on the home stretch now.
This is our find #3737 and find #1 today.
Thanks tigersden for the cache!
Cache is in good condition.
cheers highrod- from Ballarat.

Found by Jennerz.
As I reached for the canister a dozen giant moths flew out and buzzed in my face! Scared the sh*t outta me considering how quiet the area is!
Anyways! this was an interesting one and I had no problems with the actual search!
Thanks tigersden

I dropped in here an expected to find two caches, however only the one here. It is the original one as it has tigersden's markings on it and has Romax as the first name in there, as per the logs here.

Anyway, an easy find in another one of those areas that must have been bustling in its day.

TFTC

This entry was edited by strange quark1 on Sunday, 03 November 2013 at 13:41:42 UTC.

School Rocks no more!

Another historic marker has a remembrance of an important building in former days. It was an easy job to find the cache. TFTC.

NoWorryMan

Travelling from Robinvale to Melbourne via Donald, Ballarat & Geelong to collect a few caches.
Quick drive by. I noticed that there are two caches containers, do I get to log two finds?.
TTFC tigersden

This entry was edited by BernieH on Tuesday, 22 January 2013 at 13:55:31 UTC.

Two caches for price of one! TNLN. Thanks Tigersden

I too found 2 caches - firesafe's log of 4/9 will partially explain why. Thanks to tigersden for the cache.

Found 2 caches.... don't know which one is the original!
Both exposed about 5 metres apart in the area. Re-hid together.
TFTC TFTC

This entry was edited by Travelling Sister on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 at 08:09:57 UTC.

A quick driveby on our way to SA for some easter hunting. Even though it was a quick find, caching has a tendency to increase travel times immensely. We enjoy these caches that highlight local history. SL TFTC

Another succesful find after Wagon Full. Quick find and sign of the log book. Only the 3rd people there, not too well visited.
TFTC, and happy caching!

Found this nice little Cache while working in Berriwillock took quick drive out to the Cache. Thanks for all the interesting and historical sites Tigersden

Day 2 of the trek from Sydney back to Adelaide - around 40 finds today including a heap of ammo cans

Found the cache location but no cache so put a replacement in place. TFTC.

Easy find with geofriends mile high RnC a very open farmland area
Left golf tee took nothing TFTC

in the delightful company of Ausi Fun Seekers this is our 2nd find for the day and we are on a roll, took nothing left marbel.
what a lovely uninterupted views of open farm padocks each of about 1000 acres
TFTC

Another tigerdens cache on our return home from doing the fireworks for the broken hill show with Vombatus, and also another school that has vanished without a trace. Nothing here but some very healthy looking crops after the recent rains. This one was a very quick find and log sign.
Thanks tigersden

20/09/2010 - One of many quick stops to pick up cache at sites long forgotten.

A bit of a diversion along some dodgy roads to get to this one.
Lucky I had the work vehicle!
I love these caches seeminly in the middle of nowhere. Sure beats urban caching.
Thanks Tigersden.

wouldn't you know it, the only car i saw in 30 min was when i was going to get the cache. no problems. great spot for lunch

Another rock and a not so hard place. No balls seen or heard here. Clear skies from TeamAstro.

Found the cache - no problem and interesting about history. Thanks for share with me. SL. Thanks tigersden for organising the cache and hunt.

9.00am
Found by Roma and Max.
All that is left of what must have been the scene of many happy children's voices at play and study.
Schools centralized in larger towns and school buses have seen the end of many similar places of learning!
Once again we left our mark in the log and thank you tigersden for bringing us here.
Romax.

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