Dancing 'Round the Halls - Torbay Torbay, Western Australia, Australia
By Jaydreams on 05-Mar-11. Waypoint GC2PHB5

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DNF and didn't want to look too hard and upset wildlife homes

Found OK, TFTC

pug002 found it 17/4/2016 on our trip south geocaching. TFTC jaydreams

Nice walk tftc

Still tripping over me two left feet, I waltzed into Torby around lunchtime

A very neat and cosy parkland setting for this hall
Out the back a ways, where horses roam, I found me a cache

TFTC ... now let's see about that nature trail

Silly Nawty. We are staying nearby and she thought we were going to a town hall and that means a town with shops. Nope. Just a cache which Isquba found quickly.
Chris & Renate from Ontario, Canada

Thank you this one, enjoyed the walk in an area I hadn't been for long time.

Ok after a little bit of a look around we did eventually find it! First cache of the day after a DNF at ellecker 5 and no coffee yet because maccas down in Albany is not 24 hours!!!!! Something needs to be done about that!! Lol

TFTC

A good second find today with Bike Kids. Left our signature key chain

Nice quick find for the morning awesome spot. TFTC

Our first find with our grandchildren Abby and Milly very exciting and right on our door step

Tricky hide thanks

Good hide tftc!

Lovely place, lovely walk

Already posted that I found it but didn't mention that we didn't write in the log as there was no pencil there, and my shoes were already soaked from the walk there... pencil needs replacing, otherwise it was great

Another dance complete TFTC

Oh dear, have fallen behind on my logging, again. Found this one on my last Albany trip. Quick find once at gz. Thanks for the smiley Jaydreams

On our travels around Australia doing a few caches on the way. TFTC

4:31:00 PM. Could have made this a driveby but walked from the hall. Better half made the find. Thanks Jaydreams for placing this cache.

One more for this series. TFTC

Find 5 of 30 on a road trip from Denmark to Albany and surrounds.
Tried to drive in from the west but found some private chalets in the way. Sorted that out and took a nice walk in from the hall. Lots of places to search but Mr. O. made an instant find of a nicely hidden cache in a super spot.
TFTC Jaydreams!

Nice cache, found this after Cache Patrol who are yet to log online visit but wrote in logbook yesterday. Little bit tougher for tall people to find - checked everywhere at the site and almost gave up, but I was determined to find.
TFTC, T: amethyst stone L: pair of black doll boots (not my usual leave but found them at the cottage we stayed, Cape Howe Cottages is a great place to stay, surrounded by some great cache locations too!)

Beautiful quiet location, a nice little walk from the hall. Also managed to take a photo of a Red Brow Firetail, fantastic!

TFTHSl

Log slightly damp, but otherwise all is well - soooo many hiding places
TFTC Jaydreams!

Tftc. Pen missing, bring your own.

TFTC/TFTC Cache number one on a way to Denmark.

Another in the "halls" series. TFTC

Found our first one today

Love finding these old out of the way secrets
TFTC

Quick find after a walk in the drizzle to GZ from the hall
TFTC

Without a cache here we would have never found this hall. Hence the favourite. Tftc

Thanks for the beaut walk.

Lovely place to walk.

Tftf

Great leg stretch

The first one today.

TFTC! Out with Cravo10 for a georun around Albany. He's down for the weekend before his big trip. Thanks for the hide.

Stopped in to grab the cache while picking up the ones on the LD Road, THTC

# 5888. Today Robmc and I are travelling from Albany to Abbey and collecting some caches along the way. Heading from grey weather to warmer, days and sunny skies - how nice!

A lovely drive down the dirt road and into a beautifully secluded area. An interesting building with plenty of room for some entertaining out the back. The large nearby dogs were most annoyed at our presence but I guess no-one was home as they weren't yelled at to be quiet.

Thanks Jaydreams

Travelling between Albany and Busselton with BettyBoo3747, grabbing a few on the way.
We were surprised to find the cache so far away from the hall, but figured it must be conflicted with the local multi.
A couple of dogs were interested in our activities (I guess there isn't much to bark at usually), but there was nobody home.
Nice stroll, and an interesting hall.
Thanks, Robmc.

Our 1st DNF today.
[red]We spent quite some time here at around 4:23:00 PM, but the barking dogs were so incessant that we decided to give this one a miss.
[/red]Ian and Penny

Headed off after lunch to find some caches, between Cosy Corner and Denmark.
Lots of muggles at the hall today, but as GZ was elsewhere, we managed to locate it unseen.
Many thanks for the hunt today, Jaydreams.

We love these Dancing 'Round the halls caches - they bring back so many memories for our younger days.

We took the short stroll along the track to find the cache and woke up the neighbouring dogs, we were worried that people might come and ask what we were doing but perhaps were saved as we were walking our our geo-terrier.

Thanks for showing us another amazing old hall.

Took a wrong turn and followed the GPS too closely. The upside was I parked about 3m from the cache. We even stopped here for lunch. TFTC

Lovely spot for a cache. All quiet here this afternoon, however it looks as though it will get busy here in the next few days. Lots of parking areas marked out and labelled as reserved[:-)] TFTC We will be back at a later date to 'Follow the Blue Wren'.

Thanks Jaydreams for yet another 'Dancing around the Halls'. All the halls are so different, yet serve a wonderful community purpose.

Found on our way to Esperance. TFTC TNLN

What a magic location... Will have to come back for a bush walk or bike ride...thanks!

Found with Geodaughter! Been here while doing the rail trail from elleker, wish I knew about geocaching back then! I also picked up a TB 5B1FTQ which wasn't logged in as inventory. But it's safe and I'll move it on its way!!
Thanks for the cache
29/31 for August! Phew! Almost made it

Interesting old hall, off the beaten track, would not have gone there of not for cache.

TFTC

Cheers

Found it after the wonderful White Rabbit Vintage markets.

With IlanthaK, we enjoyed the drive off the main track. what a delightful hall, and its position.
TFTC

I'm on holiday in the south-west corner of WA with Triciac2 Day 2 of our trip and we continued south-east along the Albany Hwy from Kojonup to Albany, then west to Denmark. We picked up 12 caches on our travels today. Another visit to a dance hall, and this one was in a great spot [^] So surprised where we ended up. Then we took a pleasant walk to GZ and soon spotted the cache. TFTC, Jaydreams.

Tftc

Our 2nd Hall in succession. Very interesting historical information which makes the site, together with the stunning environment definitely worth a visit. Probably worth to mention that there a brand new toilets available as well. We will continue our "Hall Hunt" tomorrow. TFTC Jaydreams.

Found after a nice ride out on the local rail trail.

Here from Canada, doing a bit of caching as we explore Australia....
When we got to the hall we were greeted by the most awesome emu. He strutted around like he owned the place and was certainly curious as to what we were doing there. He inspected our vehicle and then allowed us to take some photos. WOW!
Thanks for the special experience Jaydreams!

Thanks for the cache........Last time I was here was for a mates 21st back in 1990.....Took a car left a couple of bugs I think....."Stay safe"

nice spot great ride on the bikes

A great little hall and lots of history with the 100 year celebrations this year. TFTC

Down from Perth on a roymerc trip to see what all the talk was about. Picked this one up on the way TFTc

Great little hall, enjoyed scouting around and reading the local history. Thanx Jaydreams.

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FlyingPigSquadron has landed! Found after an initial arrival at Uluhru. Land and Hall well maintained, lovely walks. We set the dogs barking whilst searching TFTC&H Jaydreams

Tnln Tftn. Should get a waterproof container.

GPS really didn't like this one! Coming from the west it sent us up a dirt road [so much for a clean van] until we came to a gate with the name UHURU on it. We turned around and returned to the main road but Karen [our GPS voice] wasn't happy and kept insisting we turn around. The MUTE option was used and we continued until we found a sign sending us to the said hall. Then right on the corner of the property abutting GZ was a lady chopping wood! Fortunately the rain got heavier and she disappeared. The cache was then retrieved, signed and returned. Thanks.

Great hide!

Another place we'd never been to before, and we were glad of the opportunity to visit another hall! Nice spot for the hide - it took a bit of careful looking, but eventually we came up with it. We enjoyed having a look around the area, and plan to return some day to try doing a mountain bike ride on the trail between here and Elleker. The cache container was looking rather empty, so my juniors donated some of their goodies to replenish it somewhat. Thanks for this great series Jaydreams!

A lovely hall in a serene setting

Coming from Denmark, I really couldn't see how we were going to get there, but if you ignore the GPS and follow the signs to the hall, you're right there. And what a magic little spot. TFTC!

A quick find with Geo Wife as we went out for the afternoon.

Nice cache

Yay! Who would have expected to do so well out on a day caching!!!! 14!!! And this lovely one not tooooooo hard to find. Thanks Jaydreams, once again. Could almost feel the vibes in this beautiful old "pick up" venue where many a heart would have been a-flutter and many others broken back in those 'good old days'.

wild little spot, tftc!!

GPS led us in the back way, never mind still found cache without any problems. TFTC

What to put in a log, that is the question having done most of the dancing series in the area i decided to look for something appropriate relevant to the naming and the use of these halls, so here it is.

Heaven, I'm in Heaven,
And my heart beats so that I can hardly speak;
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.

Heaven, I'm in Heaven,
And the cares that hang around me thro' the week
Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak
When we're out together dancing, cheek to cheek.

Oh! I love to climb a mountain,
And to reach the highest peak,
But it doesn't thrill me half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek.

Oh! I love to go out fishing
In a river or a creek,
But I don't enjoy it half as much
As dancing cheek to cheek.

Dance with me
I want my arm about you;
The charm about you
Will carry me thro' to Heaven

I'm in Heaven,
and my heart beats so that I can hardly speak;
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek.

Third time we went to do this cache. Every time we went here the hall was in use and heaps of people around. found after we did way down south. TFTC

even though i have visited the area many times i had never been to this hall. tftf

Nice walk along the trail and a quick find. SL TNLN TFTC

Decided to leap on over to Denmark for a few hours and do some caches and this was my first stop. Parked up near the hall and a short walk soon had me on the cache.

Thanks for the cache, only have a couple more in this series to go.

MCFonz

A quick find after a little stroll, did not need to enter any farming land at all, although the cache is in full view of a locals residence. TFTC.

gerrynewgirl took the bit in her mouth and cantered off to do this one whilst I was still busy. A nice cache in a good locale. TFTC TNLN

A nice quick find on my way to Albany town. TFTC Jaydreams

A quick find. Mum found it.

TFTC why is this one not at the hall?

Do not go through the farmers yard as we did and got told off.

On way home from Denmark to Albany and had time for just one more cache ... Only a couple of people around and didn't seem to be distracted by us at all. TFTC

Took travel bug. It's fun doing caches in this area where I grew up. TFTC

first find for the day 0925 the local dog did not like the intrusion
TFTCSL

Nice easy one! Thank you. What a beautiful spot. I'm sure the Hall could tell us lots of stories.

lovely spot.

peaceful, relaxing, even stopped for a while to smell the roses.

Maybe it is time to have a dance.

Our in car navigator was totally confused with this one so we finally reverted to a good old paper map and soon arrived at the hall.
Left GC
Took TB
Thanks Jaydreams

A pleasant area and an easy find. Dropped off Jake TB and signed the log. TFTH

Last of 10 finds for the day, nice tranquil spot for a community hall.

Lovely spot for a cup of tea and some munchies.

got it fairly easy