Spirit of Salts, Hyem King Valley, Victoria, Australia
By chewinprickles on 12-Mar-11. Waypoint GC2Q3HZ

Unfortunately there does not seem to be any evidence that indicates that steps have been taken to resolve the issue/s associated with this placement. It would appear the owner of this cache listing is no longer interested in the cache and the cache has been abandoned.

As such the cache is being de-listed (Archived). If there are components or remnants of the cache, please recover them as we don't want to litter our environment with Georubbish.

If you wish to contact me regarding this cache, please send an email via my profile - [**Bunjil**,](https://coord.info/PR9GZ0K) and quote the cache name and GC number.

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### **OWNER MAINTENANCE REQUIRED PLEASE** ###

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Hi there howjen567,

This cache has been flagged by Geocaching HQ as a cache that **MAY** need some attention. You would have received an automated email from Geocaching HQ recently which explained what needs to be done.

Unfortunately, nothing seems to have happened, so I am having to take the next step and temporarily disable the cache - see here: [**Geocache Health Score.**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=713) .

**Can you please respond to this situation (or indicated your intention) within 14 days,** so others know exactly what is happening with this cache?

You have lots of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:

- Check on the cache, repair and/or replace the cache or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) indicating the cache has been checked and [**ENABLE your cache.**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ) Then sit back and wait for the praises.

- If you really hope to get it fixed but there is some unusual reason why you can't do it soon, then at least post a Write Note log (within 14 days). Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it. For ongoing issues (where you don't have an actual date) please ensure you visit the page and post a note every 28 days so as to keep everyone up to speed.

- If you don't plan on fixing it then you could consider passing it on to another geocacher by asking them to [**Adopt it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=54) or alternatively, you need to [**Archive it,**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56) so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of those. Well, if nothing happens, then a few weeks from today, when I next look at the cache page, it is likely that I will, unfortunately, have to de-list (Archive) it on the basis that it has been abandoned.

Honestly, I'd rather you decide, so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.

[3AS]

Just couldn't seem to find it.

Ilukaperi and I were on a mission to bring ammo cans to the big smoke. Well, we were heading up to Wangaratta to pick up a delivery of ammo cans for people back in Melbourne. Anyhoo, why head up the boring old Hume Hwy, when you can take the back roads? So we decided to cache between Mansfield and Wangaratta, via Whitfield. I took over the driving at Mansfield, either because she was scared of driving on dirt roads or she wanted a good laugh at me trying to drive a manual car for the first time in 10 years. Whatever the case, I had done a bit of caching along this route before, so she had more finds than I did today, but not this one.

On a drive up to wangaratta to pick up some ammo cans with day1976. Unfortunately we couldn't find this cache after looking for a while.

DNF at 14:33

This is becoming a pattern, alternating DNFs and finds. Another which was just too tricky for us today

Thanks howjen567 for the cache, anyway

We had a good search around but no luck at all here today.
GZ took us to the mailboxes we which inspected but came away empty handed.
Thanks

Tftc

Damn missed one

Ok!

Quick find together with Parkermon. TFTC!

Found with Exportswede. Neat hide in great condition. Can't stop saying "Hyem!" as if I'm a highly offended old lady, though. TFTC!

Thanks for the hide and enjoyment of finding
Log signed

1 September 2018 1:18 pm Found with Gonefishen07 while in the area for a bike race. We took the time to do a few caches while waiting for Thing no2 to do her 115km race. Thanks for the Cachechewinprickles.

Found with Hearse068 while in the area attending bike race meet. We did a little caching while waiting for niece to complete her 115 km ride TFTC

Quick easy find before tackling the cache in the cemetery
TFTC

Good find.. Yeah bouy

I needed a cache outing and so begged dalerious to come out for the day!
OK so I didn't really twist his arm all that hard before he jumped up and said 'yes'
We had a brilliant day travelling far and wide and made 35 finds and only 2 DNFs which made for a great day
Finally I've found all bar 1 of the Spirit of Salts caches after finding my 1st one of the series in April 2015 at Whitfield when I came across to Vic and did the High Voltage series [^]
Oh and there were 2 FTFs found today as well and the stunning views and the fun of snow caching in the dark made the day a day that will long live in my memory [^] ... and that's saying something as my memory is screwed!
We found the 1st cache at 11.11am and the last cache at 6.46am... the following day! [^]

As I am about 8 months behind in logging, I'm resorting to template logs to catch up.
My heartfelt thanks to the COs who have placed some tricky, funny, exercise required, scary, interesting and devious caches in some amazing spots! [^]
Rex and I have had some amazing adventures and enjoyed some incredible moments thanks to this fantastic hobby

TNLN. SL. TFTC howjen567

Our furthest point south on our outing today, we decided to turn back from here as we were interested in visiting the Greta Cemetery on our way back home before it got too dark.
We parked over at the Whitfield Cemetery side of the road before venturing over to GZ. We were concerned we might DNF this one, then after another quick look the cache was found.
SL at 4.30pm. Cache found in good condition.
Next time we venture down this way we should get around to finishing the series off. We had a great time with the finds and enjoying the scenery and history. TFTC howjen567.

Found on the roadtrip arround the area. Thanks!

Quick find

Quick find

Quick find whilst in the area today.

Cheers

Good to be out with the family TFTC

Not what we expected. TFTC

We are touring Australia and caching as we go!
Spent the night at Edi Cutting. Found this one the next morning as we were leaving.
Thanks howjen567, your hide is much appreciated!
Cheers from Canada!

Mega as over for us and heading back home. We stopped and picked up caches along the way. Beautiful morning and the weather looks great for our journey. TFTC

Great quick find on our way back from the mega event in Alexandra.
TFTC Wilbert 67

This is our fourth trip to the northern island this year. The first three were primarily for family events but with some opportunities to do some caching along the way. The fourth trip is different as caching is our focus. After getting off The Spirit of Tasmania we are heading north to cache at Wangaratta and then Yass before heading into the ACT and Queanbeyan for a week. After that we will travel to Jindabyne for a few days with summiting Mount Kosciuszko being our main target for this part of our trip. Then we will visit Cooma and Tumut before heading back down the track through Wangaratta and Mansfield as we make our way to Alexandra for the MEGA. After the weekend we will continue to make our way south and back onto the Spirit of Tasmania for the “drive” across Bass Strait. We are really looking forward to three weeks of intense caching in great areas and, hopefully, catching up with some geocachers in each of the areas we will visit.

After staying in Corowa overnight, we headed over the border into Victoria. Our first task was to visit another waypoint of a multi which started in Canberra. Then we visited a section of the Warby-Ovens National Park to locate a trig point which was required to meet another step on the GCA Local Government Area (LGA) Trophy Challenge. Whilst there heavy rain started and much of the walk to and from the Trig Point was in the poor conditions. There were three GCA caches closeby and we took the opportunity to look for those. Then we headed back to Rutherglen to look for another trig point before going to Wangaratta for lunch. We took the opportunity to look for a small number of caches in Wangaratta. With the rain persisting, we then headed south towards Whitford looking for caches in the Spirit of Salts series. At times we sat in the car on the side of the road because the rain was just too heavy. From Whitford we continued south through the hills and finally arrived at Mansfield where we stayed the night. By now the rain had stopped. We checked into the motel straight away so that we could get out of our wet clothes. Despite the inclement weather, we still managed a reasonable days caching.

During previous visits to the area we had found a small number of caches in the Spirit of Salts series. Unfortunately we hadn't kept a record of the clues we had found in those caches. So today we revisited the caches we had found previously and then continued to find other caches as we headed south towards Whitford. Despite the inclement weather, we still enjoyed following the rail trail south. We could appreciate that in the days when other transport options were very limited, the railway line was the very important link between Wangaratta and the communities in this valley.

Accurate coordinates and a logical hide location led to a quick find. the cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks chewinprickles for the cache and the interesting series.

***** We are currently writing detailed logs because of a challenge provided by Project-GC. "The Author" Badge challenges geocachers to average one hundred words or more in each log. On 1 September 2017 our average was 86 which seems close to the 100 target. However given that we have found so many GC caches, we have to write many logs with well over 100 words for a long period of time to get our average to the target. Apologies to anyone who finds the logs tedious but it is the only way that we can strive to attain this challenge. After 408 caches (which includes all cache finds up and including yesterday), the average log length is just over 97.0. We are now entertaining the possibility that we might be able to achieve our gaol before this trip ends. Progress has been better than anticipated.*****

Firstly apologies for my generic logs. I am staying with a cousin so can’t be too anti social but need to keep up with logging all caches before the weekend.

Most caches were found to be in good condition, though some that have been reported as needing maintenance still need some TLC. All caches were signed, many as SG, which is what I often do in small caches to save space.

Today we commenced our journey to the mega event in Alexandra with the daunting goal of achieving my next milestone - 4000 finds, with 99 caches still to find.

In deference to Pa, a friendly but often impatient muggle, I was up early, on the road by 6:20 am and didn’t start caching until after leaving Wangaratta. We travelled down the Wangaratta to Mansfield Road collecting 21 caches on the way. Some I sacrificed to keep Pa happy with our progress; some were quick, easy finds; others took far too long especially for caches that were only 1-2 difficulty and I had one DNF - again supposedly a relatively easy find but no luck for me. ????

Many thanks to all COs for placing these caches for us to enjoy during our travels.

**Find #11634...**

*Found on the way to Wangaratta to the 1 Month to the Mega Event*...

A beautiful day to be out and about with The Empire and Happy Feet as we head towards the event...

A short stroll, a short search, found the cache, stamped the log and returned...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for my enjoyment howjen567...
- P

**Took**: *Nothing*
**Left**: *Nothing*

Stamped Log...

Cache On!

A quick find while travelling north to Wangaratta.

Out again today in between showers as we head to Whitfield for lunch.
Our 2 year old grandson is with us again and enjoys searching for 'treasures' and seeing what is inside.
A nice quick find.
TFTC

With another cache so close to the cemetery, we just had to have a go. And soon it was found so thanks for the cache howjen.

On our way home after caching around the Wangaratta/Myrtleford area and on out list of caches was this one, which we found along the way.

Thanks for the cache placement and for bringing us here.

A quick and easy find as we cache our way through the area today with mcsee&petal. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

13:38
Once the domestic chores were completed, our mission today was to complete the Spirit of Salts series; which much to our embarrassment, after using a one day pass to visit four locations in 2011, we have been denied an appropriate travel card for 5 years! After a call to the local cemetery it was back to the tracks with a smooth start for the afternoon.

Our thanks to howjen567 for placing this intriguing series.
17040

Found with misschief18 exploring around beautiful Beechworth area.

Found with sunset62. An easy find. Didn't have time to check out the cemetery. Maybe next time. Took a ball (cos I couldn't close the container!) and left a gold coin and balloon. TFTC

Out for a random drive through the hills and ended up on this road, love rail related caches.
TFTC

Checked. All good

Room for the van here so made a find.

We love these old station signs...the history behind them and the stories they could tell. Thanks for the cache.

Out and about with Gunks when discovered this cache. TFTC

Found today in the scenic way home from camping in bright. TFTC

Forgot to log this one 2 days ago while doing the series. Looking forwards to getting the mystery.
TFTC

Tf c

TFTC found it with Geojill

Geohubby has got the idea now. Straight to this one. A very busy road even on a Sunday afternoon. TFTC.

Cycling back to Melbourne from the Bright Adventure film festival. Tftc.

Found on my way to Gentle Annie. Tftc.

A nearby dead snake gave geoG her heart starter for the morning. Tftc

That was a good one to look for.....we found it in about 3 mins.

Didn't have time to do the little cemetery multi. Oops, went to wrong side at first.

Didn't have time to do the little cemetery multi. Oops, went to wrong side at first.

TFTC. A lovely sunny Monday, last day of winter. Too good an opportunity to miss so a drive along the Whitfield Rd, caching as we go.
Parked the car right beside GZ for an easy find.

Easy one. Nearly stepped on it as I got out of the car :p

Family day at out so thought we would do a couple of caches

Team effort with NenaNine NIce easy find. Left some trinkets since there wasn't any. Logged in from us both. TFTC

Headed out to the King Valley today with Shadow 67 to follow the Spirit of Salts trail. Some were easy others a bit tricky especially when the GPS dies. Completely missed Edi due to GPS but managed to collect all from Wang to Hyem. The rest will have to wait....TFTC had an awesome day on this trail.

Quick and easy one to end the afternoon. Have to come back another day to finish the rest.

A short stroll across the road from the cemetery had me at GZ, early this morning
A nice easy find along the 'rail-trail'

TFTC

No. 4 of the series, love the train ones! TFTC

Thanks for the hide, I walked down from the cemetery, much like some of the passengers on the train did!

Great! TFTC

Coming down from Whitfield collecting SoS caches we found this one in a now spot not far the station sign at 15:35. TFTC

After dropping the Wenchette at a party in Benalla the Wench and I headed down the King Valley to Mansfield, caching all the way.

We had planned on having a go at the multi across the road but had to skip it. Anzac Day takes priority over almost everything else. In this case the locals we planting a lone pine in memory of the fallen.

We did, however, manage to park such that we could retrieve this cache unseen.

Thank you, howjen567, for this cache.
#3309. Log signed at 1307Hrs

Another good find!

Today we tackled this series in reverse as we were staying at the Gentle Annie Caravan Park.

We enjoyed visiting all of the locations and seeing the original station signs.

W liked the variety of hides and remembering to find the clues along the way kept us on our toes.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Thanks for the cache

While holidaying in Wang, Mr Tardis has had his eye on this series, and today was the day. A beautiful drive up to Whitfield caching all the way. I love these railway signs and the beautiful countryside. Thanks so much for placing this series.

Signed the log. Thanks for the cache chewinprickles

Checked ok. Hide has changed a little but still fine

Unfortunately the train did not stop long enough for us to visit the nearby cemetery so we have to make a return visit one day. But it did stop here long enough for us to find this cache

I will have to come back to look properly at the cemetery. We didn't have time to visit it today. I certainly won't mind travelling this road again. It's a pleasure. TFTC

Day twenty of my holidays, moving on from Bright to Mansfield, Quick find.

My thanks to chewinprickles for the cache.

Hip hip.. im on a roll today.. Great day for a Sunday drive..!! TFTC

The next one in this neat little series. Gald the signs have been left in place so future generations will know how extensive our rail network use to be. Pity about progress.....and the cost of some things..... sometimes.

Thanks chewinprickles for the run through the area highlighting these signs.

Took a little bit of searching for this one but soon got our hands on it. TFTC

Quick find and log and it's finally warmed up to 6 degrees.
Thanks for the hide and series.

Suscoe's 12th find of today as we head south.
A cool breeze followed us but at least the rain had gone and the sun was shining. There was lots of water on the ground and running in the drains.
All of the caches were in good condition and we learned a lot about the area.
Thanks to chewinprickles for this cache and this series.
The sunshine had gone but the day was still fine here. a quick find.

[:(!] Spending the weekend in Albury with my geoson and his geofamily and what better way of spending the day but to do a caching run and this was one of them, parked the geocar as close as possible to GZ and walked in from there, on arrival at GZ the cache was in hand in a matter of minutes.

I like it

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBMH Chewinprickles [^]

This was the last find for our geocaching weekend. It was geomums birthday choice of weekend and we had lots of fun around wang and miles oxley and then in the way to king valley to pick up some chickens. It was a family competition to see who got the most points. Two points for first to spot and one for second. Geogirl aged 9 won with geomum close behind. Will have to return to the area as so many others to find. TFTCs to all those in the area.

Got it! TFTC

Quick find

Nice little driveby thanks!! Tftc sl

Found it. Thanks

Found it with the grandparents on our way back from a wedding in chestnut. Beautiful weather and a beautiful part of the world. Picked up the Fred and Mary TB. TFTC

Found easily, there were some obvious hiding spots but finally found the right place.

11th find for the day with Chaplain Mike and Smart Sassy Siren (sappy13). SL with all 3 names.

As of 02/02/13 Chaplain Mike and Smart Sassy Siren established a joint caching name of sappy13 and henceforth logs were signed as all three caching names. Account established for sappy13 and cache finds/DNFs retrospectively logged.

1/02/2014 12:31 Find #541
11th of 23 found today with Sappy13 and Smart Sassy Siren.
We are having our second honeymoon to celebrate our first wedding anniversary, though really it is our 3rd honeymoon because we had one that involved a lot of flying visits to Brisbane, Healsville and Warnambool after we got married this time last year ( sort of a practice honeymoon) and then we went on the real honeymoon last November (2013) - cruising on the Danube River and of course caching.
For our 1st Anniversary we decided a visit to Pinnacle Valley Resort would serve as a suitable base location for some local caching, particularly today back up to Brown Brothers at Milawa and to visit Glenrowan for some Ned Kelly historic locations.
When we started caching this morning it was 32C, and by the time we were done it had topped 43C.
We quickly had this one in hand, pulling up fora genuine drive by, "think like a postman" and you too will quickly have it in hand as we did. Discovered the Fred and Mary TB, in this cache but left it for someone else to move on. TFTC SL

Eleventh find for the day with Chaplain Mike. Quick find. Almost could stay in the car for this one! SL TNLN TFTC!

Out on a lovely mild summers day to enjoy the series.
TFTC chewinprickles.

Quick find . Walked straight up to cache for the find.
TFTC.

Found with jimmytherat. On a roll, thanks

Found with Noelle04. Another Nice one BettyBoo. Next stop the cemetery. Hm. Could be a bit scary.

Heading home to Wodonga after spending Christmas on the Mornington Peninsula with my family. Decided to take the scenic route and collect a few caches along the way.
Park and grab. Tftc

#304 Another great day out geocaching from Goughs Bay to Milawa picking up 26 finds along the way, including several former dnfs! This was the 10th find of the day, nice and quick, dropped off a PT - tftc.

My Find #1860.

Nabbed it !!
2:05pm
Nice easy find with a Rail history lesson


chewinprickles - TFTC.

Found at 1:47 PM GAFF1. Went straight for the decoy and then we thought it was gone! Spotted another similar upor's just nearby and the cache was found [^].
Who comes up with these place names?
Thanks chewinprickles.

"Powers that be" making a simple numeric mistake? Probably unlikely. Maybe the earth moved?