Pa's Cache (Parrs) Leongatha, Victoria, Australia
By know-mads on 07-Mar-11. Waypoint GC2PWCJ

After recent storms and tree damage cache has gone missing.

No luck on this one. There appears to have been some recent gardening work and weather damage to this park. Hunted widely for quite a while but eventually had to call it quits.

This cache MAY need maintenance (or it could just be that we didn't look in the right place). There is evidence of recent gardening work and damage to trees etc as a result of the wild weather.

had a good but no result

TFTC

First one yeah

Last find of the day. Cache is in good order. SL TFTC

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

Found it

That’s one more find for me! Thanks so much for hiding this geocache.

TFTC

Found on our "Making Memories" Tour of Mainland Australia.

Today we explored Buffalo, Stony Creek and Leongatha using geocaching as our guide.

We found some angry birds and well cammoed caches amongst our finds and we would like to thank all cache owners for placing and maintaining these caches for our enjoyment.

Found on a warm and sunny but very windy day. As I approached GZ the location of the cache was obvious without really looking. The container was covered with a large mound of bark and twigs - being fully exposed out in the open and close to the highway I was surprised it hadn't already blown away or been found by curious muggles. It's a really nice park so thanks know-mads for bringing me here. I would suggest re-positioning the cache to a more secluded, sheltered or safer spot. SL.

Found thrown on ground 3 mtr from gz. Kids had built a branch and twig lean to at gz. Replaced under light coverage but probably needs a new home.

(#915) 19:40h
During our vacation Down-Under in Australia, we were travelling and visiting the South-Eastern part of Australia.
Today we have visited the Wilsons Promontary, which is a very nice National Park.
Back in Leongatha, where our hotel is for tonight, we had a dinner and afterwards we passed the location of this cache, so we had to stop and search for it.
It was a pitty that it rained a little, but we found the cache quick and after logging, we went
on to the hotel.

know-mads, thanks for this cache by this Dutch team.

Found this one on a short walk from our nearby motel.

TFTC !

We had to drive to Leongatha so we thought it would be a chance to collect a few caches, however the rain thought different. Managed this one between showers (sort of) but became discouraged. Made a weak try for another but as there was a young woman driving around in a camper van obviously geo-ing and waiting for us to disappear we decided to give her a clear field so we left for home.
Regarding Pa's cache I found it with the lid ajar and in a very insecure position although covered and with only one die.

Quick find before another awesome meal at the local
Thanks for the cache

Day 4 of wilco and red tag's Moto GP tour of Melbourne.
Dusk was falling and the local teens were being destructive in the park. There was enough cover to find, log and return this cache without being spotted.

Cache in excellent condition. Left two coloured mini dice. I felt sad this cache only contained the log & no swaps. TFTC SL

Cache was out in the open. Contents in good condition. I placed back at co-ords with cover. Thanks for bringing me to the pretty gardens.

We walked straight to the spot where we thought this cache was then our GPS started bouncing all over the place. Luckily we used our geo-senses instead and made the find. TFTC

Checked log book which still had blank page. Replaced log while onsite.

Bit of a wander as the road is now a park!!! Also didn't help we had a new leader who tried to take the green dot to the blue one rather than the other way!! Log book getting full so a new one soon would be a good idea! TFTC

Log book getting full.

The weather continued to be amazing for our holiday.
We jumped on the bikes again for some of the trails and did lots of walking to others.
Some of these caches were so cool to find, and the scenery is amazing.
Thanks to all the cache owners for the hides down here.

Found with Mum & Dad on a holiday to South Gippsland.
The weather was fantastic and the caching was fun.
Thanks to everyone who hid caches for me to find, I had so much fun!

First after lunch on this our Leongatha caching day. TFTC

Found 3:24pm , find # 2129
Today Pam and I went down to The Prom to move one of my oldest caches at the request of Parks Victoria, as the area it was hidden in had become affected by Cinnamon Fungus after the floods a couple of years back.
On the trip down and back, 9 caches were found, this being number 7..
A very easy find.
This is a micro not a small, so searchers should take this into account.
Thanks know-mads.

Another easy find, cache not hidden. Replaced with a bit of camo. TFTC.

Spending the day in Leongatha collecting caches.thanks for this one

We are having a day out with friends caching in Leongatha. There are 10 of us all together and we are hoping to find heaps of caches. Thanks for this one.

This was a nice little spot not far from a little park. The GPS was right on the money so an easy find. TFTC

A quick find this afternoon at 2:24 PM on our way home. Lovely little park, cheers.

Another old stomping ground. Many days spent in the old tree. Tftc

An easy find that was a bit exposed. Added some extra camo. TFTC

Found in the first place I looked so coots spot on thanks

Turned off the main road to find some shade to park under in the side street and walked over the nice little park to GZ. Was looking in all the obvious spots for a 'small' size cache, but eventually found what I'm pretty sure is considered a 'micro' sized cache in a neat little hiding spot. Signed log and returned it before continuing on my day's caching around this area.

Fiiiiinally! From Yarram to here I attempted at least 6 and failed all due to the high muggle activity at each and every damn spot! Thank u very much for a cache that's hidden from the main area.

This entry was edited by Miss Raven on Tuesday, 08 January 2013 at 13:41:29 UTC.

1308 301212 a quick find here today.
Regards Crisp image

After an hour on the rad from melb down to Welshpool, stopped here for a quick stroll and stretch of the legs. Cache was on the ground in plain view, rehid it. SL

My card did not fit to the reality. But the coordinates were good and so it was an easy found.

Thanks for the cache and greetings from Germany.

Tassimo

very quiet, so easy find. nice hide. tftc

Leisurely find on my way to TAFE. All the kids were on their way to school, so completely muggle free. SL TFTC

Nailed it

My third find on a quick pass through 'gatha this arvo. Found quickly, in the first place I looked - surprised me coz I was only half-heartedly thinking it would be in that spot! Nice little park, I bet the neighbouring kids love it. SL TFTC

This entry was edited by 2max on Tuesday, 02 October 2012 at 13:21:02 UTC.

On way to Melb,
Great park
drop TB
Thanks know-mads for the cache

Nice little park to remember Pa's work in the community. tftc

First for the day. Thanks.

A nice straightforward one, though it did take a bit of scratching around initially! All is in good nick. Tnln tftc!

Found by Mrs E at 1600. Involved a bit of hunting and searching which paid off. TNLN TFTH.

Found today with geo husband and geo daughter. Cache condition - fine.

Quick, easy find on our way back to Geelong from Sandy point and Foster TFTC

Finished job in leongatha and on to the next job in meeinyan but still made time for some caches. Sl thanks Know-mads for the cache.

Neat hide. Cache is in good condition. TFTC

found with geo friend

Bush buddy
Nice easy find. Couldn't help myself had to find after doing job in hospital. Thanks

Nice easy find - in fact it was in plain view with nothing covering it. Left it less exposed. Thanks for the cache.

There are lots of pretty little parks hidden around Leongatha. Most of them seem to have a cache hidden.
TFTC

Beautiful autumn day. TFTC know-mads SL

This entry was edited by Brusue on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 at 21:29:08 UTC.

We saw the treehouse as we walked into this park. I did smile, as I can remember doing this sort of thing too a million years ago. We were looking for a slightly larger container, so were surprised when we found this one. Some gorgeous trees in this park, such a peaceful place.
TFTC once again know-mads
TNLN SL
cheers
greynomads - Bill and Diana

Our first find!!! All is well.

Another park in the Gatha. This one had a couple of beautiful shady trees that kept the hot sun from frying us. Cache found safe and well. Thanks know-mads for the search.

YEAH - joint find with Jimmymaff on January 4th

This is the fourth park we have visited in Leongatha today. I hadn't realised that there were so many restful and peaceful places in one town - Leongatha is very lucky to have so many - SPLASH, Mary Checkly, Start of Rail Trail and Pa's (Parr's) as well as Tania Park which was visited on our last exploration of the South Gippsland area.

The trees are simply stunning in this park - my fingers are crossed for them lasting for many more years.

Took: nothing Left: nothing Thanks know-mads for the Cache - we've enjoy the Parks and Reserves of Leongatha

Had previously found this one before becoming a member. Came back today to log visit.

Coordinates changed from:
S 38° 29.154 E 145° 57.074

Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 29.164 E 145° 57.080

Distance from original: 67.3 feet or 20.5 meters.

Had to move cache due to little Muggles building a tree house at cache

Found it, I can't believe it hasn't been muggled either!

Heading down to Wilsons Prom for the week. Stopped by here for a playground break and a quick cache. Very extensive tree house at GZ - I was most surprised to find that the cache was not muggled! Brave hide. TFTC

Too early to play in the playground.

A quick stop to give the kids a run and playground break. A few minutes away from their DS games should be good and there's a cache here, bonus! TFTC

# 2584 @ 11:40

A quick find thanks to no muggles. They must be on holidays like me.

Thanks know-mads

Quick find for team crig. TFTC!

found it

A nice easy find as intended, on a day when I found out a lot more about this town than I ever knew before, thanks know-mads.

The oak trees are impressive.

Nice easy one for kids.

quick stop on the way to foster easy find

SL
TFTC

Easy find TFTC SL

Found it!

A quick find by my youngest while my eldest was enjoying the swings! He took great pleasure in telling me its not and Ecilpse tin, It a Blitz! TFTC SL

Headed out tonight with C@H for a night caching run across to Leongatha.
As we parked the car the rain started to get a bit heavier so we quickly made our way over to GZ where there was a really cool tree. Quick search and the cache was in hand, log signed and back to the car.
Thanks for the hide.

Out for a late night run with Quasar3671. What a fantastic looking tree. TFTC

Coordinates changed from:
S 38° 29.154 E 145° 57.084

Coordinates changed to:
S 38° 29.154 E 145° 57.074

Distance from original: 47.7 feet or 14.5 meters.

Pa was a travellin' man.

Thanks to the UMP for updating co-ords cache has been replaced and moved hopefully it won't be Muggled again

Searched for some time - wonder if this one has been muggled - or it was that our eyes were painted on by this time of the day!!

Appears cache has been muggled will replace and reenable soon

TFTC

Well it was already late morning, when the call came from Slink1 and we were off on another caching run from Marysville to Warbuton. We had a lot of fun on another road trip caching as we went. Quick find TFTC SL

Found with Slink1 & Dunko,
Signed log, Thanks know-mads.

Nice sunny Sunday and yet again it was late morning before I called Dunko and Bright Beavers for a arvo of caching fun down Gonefishen07's way had a good time on the road trip doing this run quick find at GZ TFTC know-mads SL

We pulled up here with the freezing wind still blowing and were happy to see that we were the only stupid ones wanting to make use of a park in such cold weather. It was good to see that the cache was hidden a little distance away from the play equipment and it was located in the second place we looked.
Thanks know-mads for the cache and for a bit of local history

This was nice an easy with the clue, but would have been hard without it. I found it while talking to my trouble and strife back in Melbourne. Thanks know-mads.

1050 King Jr with the Family playing

Still in the direction of home we stopped for a quick cache and a swing. An easy find but I did admit to using the clue after spending some time about 15m away. Next stop - Coal Creek

Our thanks to know-mads Out: Unite TB

This entry was edited by solomonfamily on Monday, 13 June 2011 at 10:59:29 UTC.

2-6-11. Found, can't believe missed it, twice! Left travel bug and mini-crayon eraser. Tftc.

This entry was edited by Nautilass Soni+Dayns on Thursday, 02 June 2011 at 06:34:05 UTC.

Thx for the extra clue too knowmads..!

feels great to read 'easy' find, 'easy' find and you can't find it for the second time. Can someone send me a better clue please I fear I may return with a chain-saw and pruning sheers and take them to the garden, please help me out here !!

Found by Mary & David at 0800. Our first for a new day after staying in Leongatha overnight. Lovely sunshine already, but not a soul about. Spotted the container as we arrived at GZ. A magnificent grevillea nearby. Our thanks to know-mads.

Easy find, lovely day to be out and about. Thank you!

This entry was edited by Duck_Squad on Saturday, 21 May 2011 at 05:46:58 UTC.

A lovely little park and a easy to find cache. TFTC

I thought this was going to be yet another DNF in Leongatha, but after much mucking about in the garden (for future cachers, it's unnecessary to look under any of the plants), eventually turned it up. Thanks for the cache.