Watch the Birdy #2 Chiltern Valley, Victoria, Australia
By Bingley3683 on 29-Jun-11. Waypoint GC2Z4TD

I probably picked the wrong side for the approach- steep slope and long wet grass. A quick find at GZ as the container was quite exposed. Signed log and replaced with a little more cover. It seemed an easier slope on the other side for my departure. Thanks to Bingley3683 for the exercise and the cache.

It's climbs like this that make you realise you are not getting younger or out of condition,

Cache is fine
Thanks for placing it

Out to finish my mega weekend!! :3
Racking up those numbers with these caches

Well that esculated quickly!

Went here at dusk with geokid. We didn't read the description and found ourselves climbing up and down steep hills and only 25mt from GZ but still impassable. Eventually I called it and said we need to get back to the car before dark. We'll try another time!

I think I found the easy way in. Quickly found.
Over from New Zealand to attend the Rutherglen Mega.
Thanks for the cache, Bingley3683
#4881

Found by Omegaman1971

Found whilst attending the 2023 Easter mega event, found with Rebel Acts

Cheers for the cache

Found It!
A nice little walk here (expect the last 40m up the hill!) and a quick find once I got to GZ.
TFTC

Attending the Rutherglen Event.
Out caching with Kiscardi and Agazo. Signing as KAM.
We sent Kiscardi up the hill to grab this one. TFTC

Thanks Bingley3683 for placing and maintianing a cache here Easy find today with Marchwood and Agazo while visiting the area for the Mega. Log signed at KAM

Kiscardi, Marchwood and I stopped here on our way to the Mega opening ceremony. TFTC.

#5067
Out and about exploring the area with my Snuggle-Muggle. It's always nice to pick up some caches as well.
What a trek this one was. A hard climb up but of course, there's always an easy way back down. Adding a FP for the adventure.
Thanks for the geo-fun.

A big steep walk up to this one and the trek down was equally as dicey.. a fun little adventure.. tftc!

He must’ve been a very big boy in its day fishing having three stringers off it very impressive

On a overcast Friday it was great to explore some caches around Chiltern, specifically exploring around the Chiltern ponds. Lovely history behind the caches thanks for keeping them so well maintained.

Lots of birds and fish around the shoreline.

A nice easy one after this mornings caches. TFTC

This was a really lovely area that we would love to revisit when it is green. There was a lot of water and a number of bird life were cooling off when we drove around in here. Thanks for the cache and showing us this area.

Interesting Valleys up to there, plenty of birds heard
TFTC

My last days away. Great week away helped my mental health. Checking out the area and finding some caches. Great knowledge. Great hide.
I had a great day out in this beautiful area. Thanks for placing the cache. Great Spots. TFTC

Suscoe headed out this morning to complete the O C R trail.
We were in the terrific company of Phetlern and we had a great time finding caches and having fun together out caching again.

It was a delightful day, mild with lots of sunshine.

Thanks to Bingley3683 for this hide, a tough start but the cache was found which was great. What in interesting location.

15:45

After completing the OCR series with our great friends Suscoe this morning, we spent the afternoon exploring the countryside and seeking jointly unfound caches in what appeared to be Bingley3683 territory around Eldorado, Chiltern Valley and Springhurst.
Naturally we found a less arduous way to return to the car.

Thanks Bingley3683 for placing interesting caches for everyone's enjoyment.
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Struggled to find the path to this one qt first! Soon figured it out and quickly found cache. Thanks !

Out for a short drive and walk. Lovely walk around the area exploring before dark. Cache all in good condition. TFTC Bingley.

Beaut cache and lovely walk. Saw some good birds at the hide.

Geohubby & Geoson headed up the hill whilst myself & Geo daughter stayed in the car. Decent hike up. Cache found.
TFTC ️

TeamOZCAT out and about signing Bingley3683 caches. We both got these caches under our individual profiles, but wanted to re visit them as a team

nice walk up the hill to get to

Cool little spot

Soooo unfit but good place... TFTC

Cool

Mountain goat mode enabled!

Very interesting area! Will definitely be back to explore more in the future. TFTC!

Tftc

Beautiful day for a nice walk through some bushland. Cache is in fantastic condition and in a beautiful area. TFTC found at 12.47

Have been in this area before researching our golden past. Tftc Bingley3683

2 finds on 1 little walk, beauifully peaceful and such an area to explore.. 100% bringing kiddies back here to breathe in the wonder

Called past, grabbed the TB to put in a new one...

Nice walk into the ditch

Found! TFTC! Beautiful walk

Found by edmil and Maddie 27/12/2018@ 3:46pm. Last cache for 2018 - not that we have done many this year. We hadn't intended to geocache but decided to see if there was one in the area- lo and behold this one popped up. It was a rather warm but an interesting walk to the geocache. Walked straight into quite a large spider web - not quite Lord of the Rings size, but big enough. Maddie avoided the area and left me to locate the cache. Found it easily enough, no swap was made but log was signed and cache returned to its hide. We both continued to explore the area a little further and were pleased to watch Mr Fox stroll around the lake until he spotted us and took off. If it hadn't been so hot we would have spent even longer exploring.
Thanks for the cache

All geocaches get me outdoors, and any cache may highlight ...Vistas, Flora, Fauna, Local Interests, Events & History. Perhaps even being a simple challenge. Regardless of a find or not, they are all unique and I sincerely thank the cache owner for placement of this one.

Easy find for geokids, after climbing three steep hills and falling a couple of times, finally found it

Another Reserve I have been to a few times a good spot to see Antechinus. Got into mountain goat mode and made the climb and signed the log - like the markers you have Bingley - TFTC

Easy find tftc

#4229 1:08 pm

Been a while since I've been in this park area finding the the predecessor to this one. Certainly wasn't expecting the Gz to be where it was but luckily wasn't to wet and slippery. A quick look around and Gz became obvious.
Log signed it was off to find the other 2 close by.

TNLN , TFTC , Cheers.

Found by Mary & David at 1320. Followed the bird hide trail from the car park until we reached the second valley, which gave a fairly modest climb up to GZ. Found the cache there after a short search. Our thanks to Bingley3683.

A great day for a bike ride and a couple of easy caches. The kids enjoyed the walk for this one -although we did take the long way round in hindsight!!

I finished school at 3.30pm and had to be back by 6.30pm for Book Week activities. What else was there to do but go and find some tupperware in the bush. I headed out for a drive down this road and thought these two caches were worth a visit. Was an amazing view with a few birds around and the lake full. I'll tell you what though, if I was a flying insect watcher then I would be in my element.
TFTC Bingley it was another great spot

TFTC what a great day for a few caches

Out doing a group of caches, the rise was a little challenge. Need sturdy footwear Tftc

A hell of a hill on a hot day. TFTC

School holiday caching fun with TheClazzas. Parked in the car park (realised the gate wasn't actually padlocked on the way out). Wandered along the bird hide track following the kids until the arrow pointed up the hill! All 3 of us checked that we really had to go up there before we pulled ourselves up the steep slope. Got to the top & realised we had to do it all again! Up & down & up & down... Almost went past GZ! SL & returned as found. Now to work out the easiest way out with the 4 geokids. Tftc & the great info about the site. We continued on to the bird hide and realised on the way out that we took the most difficult approach to this one...

Was out for a day of caching with Wackyweedos and this was the first one for the day. After a bit of a stroll through the bush, up a hill, down a hill, up another hill, down another then up again we finally got to GZ and found the cache.

Fantastic lunch spot. Watch the wasps at the hide. Ouch!

While looking for some great birds found those. TFTC

TFTC. After not having any success in collecting multis we headed back to Milawa via the back roads. The GPS pinged and we stopped. A short walk and cache was quickly in hand, SL TNLN.

#3378 - 13:15; On the way home after a caching run around the Beechworth area with fitzy_1965 and Sol de lune. We were up early and after grabbing a couple of caches on the way out of Beechworth, we were headed for Chiltern to see how many we could find before we headed up the highway later in the day. We had headed out of suburbia and were now knocking over some bush caches. Easy parking for this one and after some debate as to the best route to GZ, consensus was reached and we were pleased to find we had made the right choice. On arrival, it was a nice quick find too before we headed back to the geomobile. TFTC Bingley3683

9619 + 1078 = 10697. Found during a trip down to the Beechworth region with Sol de Lune and LuckyL10n.

Up early on the third day of our trip and this was the next find as we hit Chiltern for a few caches on the way home to Canberra. Parked at the gate and it was a quick walk in and UP ! Quick find at GZ ! We signed, return the cache, and then we headed off to the next one.

Thanks again Bingley3683 !! Great Area for a Cache !

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....

Found with fitzy_1965 and LuckyL10n while in the area for the weekend....

We drove around some of the roads in the area and had a bit fun. Managed to find the caches we went for but there are a couple that I want to come back on another trip. All was good here and the cache was soon in hand.

Thanks again Bingley for bringing us in here.....

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one of the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH Bingley3683 [^]

Heading to the mega at Stanthorpe with Whitewebbs we explored Chiltern and surrounds using geocaching as a guide.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Found with Tassie Trekkers as we head to the Qld Mega. A lot of history in this lovely town. An interessting area. TFTC

a nice walk to find this cache. tftc.

#694 8th of 30 finds as we headed to the Chiltern area for a days caching. It was early afternoon and the best part of the day so we decided to walk this section of the Park to find this and another nearby cache. Headed off to the bird hide but soon realised we would have to detour to grab this cache, did a bit of bush bashing (no threatened flora or fauna were harmed) before walking up the steep side of an old mullock heap to gz, once there a short search and the cache revealed itself. The birds were singing and we were enjoying ourselves - tftc Bingley3683.

A challenging climb for 20 or so metres. Waited for GPS to decide which valley to search. Watch out for snakes. TFTC

1792. Just got Mrs K Back in the ute from the last cache 'Number 1 Dam' and we pull up here she reads Bird-hide - "Good Bye Chris" she says. So back to caching for me, I pointed Mr Garmin at the same track and he said go, after a distance walked the arrow pointed up a steep bank I walked a bit further and the terrain was steeper so I just Backtracked and made my way up the slope,
Yep UP it was and a couple of times backwards I slid, I'll skip the next bit which involved alot of up and down. till Mr Garmin said over there, I went around to over there then it said back where I was B$4 ( they do that alot GPS'S )
MMM that means it's got to be ####.
Finally the cache Container was uncovered and I had finally Nabbed it !!
signed log 5pm. replaced and covered the cache, Then about-turn back to the track,
alot more up and sliding down on my B##, Scotch Thistles and grass seeds in Socks, I was now at the track, The next problem Mrs K was at the bird hide a further walk, when I got there - It was useless trying to get her to Leave - We camped the night in the car park, and Mrs.K. had a 5am dawn viewing at the birdhide.
Bingley3683. - A most Excellent Cache ( & Birding ) Experience..

TFTC.

Great scenic cache. Glad we found the back path. Took chipmunk and left some small swaps. TFTC

Found a long time ago, but must have completely forgot to log it, until looking around for some more close ones in the area. It was a great spot for a short walk, and a good climb up the hill in some not so suitable shoes! Anyway, a quick find, then quickly back down the hill before the rain came!
Thanks Bingley3683

After ignoring the obvious GeoTrack up the hill for the more sedate path - given I had the Wounded Warrior with me - I soon realised I would have to go up and over - Typical me.......clambered all over the place coming at it from completely the wrong angle......ended up sliding back down the hill....and trying again back where we started from! With lots of encouragement from the Wounded one - who felt it best not to try the climb....I soon had the cache in hand with much relief

Great spot with lovely views - happy to get this smiley face! TFTC TNLN SL

A Bit Harder This One ! Bit of Rough Ground to Cover , Not too Game to Go to GZ . But Had Help from EMNJARED (Injuries Suck ) Will Go Back Again when I,m Fitter .

TFTC TNLN SL

Gps on phone bounced around all over place but nice easy find using hint!

This got the heart beating, not to good for my knees but a great cache. TFTC

A nice short walk, a bit of a steep climb with a cache and a great view from the top, doesn't get much better than that.
TFTC.

This entry was edited by jacko* on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 at 02:50:12 UTC.

It's good to be fit

great spot tftc

Oh I'm not here to watch the birdies [:(!]
I can watch birdies anytime I want on my travels
I'm here for a cache.... so it was straight up the mountain for me today
There's a few craters on top, so maybe it was a volcano ?
Or maybe not
In one of the craters I found me a cache and could sign a logbook and take in the views over the lake.
Hey look there's a bird !!
A pelican no less
Add that to the list
TFTC

Fantastic location gave us an opportunity to check out the bird hide watch out for thorny rose. TFTC

Found on a quick trip out chiltern way, saw 2 snakes whilst getting this one, the terrain was rough and slippery at times. Thanks for the cache Bingley

What a day to be wearing shorts! I have scratches galore and grass seeds clinging to my leg hair... Fun stuff. An easy find at GZ after I took the 4-star way in.

TFTC

I made this one much harder for myself by taking the direct route, long grass, steep slope, prickles etc. finally rewarded with the cache and aneasy return. TFTC

Well this one had us all over the place nothing was working right but it all came good and we located the cache a "steep" climb indeed (if your like me and impatient)but soon realised the not so "steep" decent would have been an easier climb !! TFTC

This entry was edited by geodebnpaul on Monday, 10 September 2012 at 11:39:23 UTC.

Called past to pick up the geocoin for my newie..

Found as the sun was starting to disappear. Took the hard way up and came down the easy way. TFTC

out on a family with taz-bud and nanna.c easy find tftc
left dragonfly and leaf

easy find, good little climb
left butterfly and motorbike
tftc

glad the steep climb wasnt any higher. nice hide. tftc

Found with Molmatt today and dropped in micro geocoin.

great teamwork by geocaching newbies - Molly, Taylah and Harrison. Definitely a few new recruits here!

Great hike. Took travel bug to take to Asia next month

Coordinates changed from:
S 36° 08.819 E 146° 33.026

Coordinates changed to:
S 36° 08.793 E 146° 33.023

Distance from original: 158.6 feet or 48.4 meters.

Moving this to a slightly more secure location.

Called past to check on this one and found it away from the hide and out in the open - wombats? So I'll move it a little to somewhere more secure. And dropped off Bicycle TB.

Made the journey out here in the 2WD Combo loaded with a weeks worth of camping gear & food. Plenty of ants about as we went through the gate and headed up the track. Towards the end it got a bit hairy as I had to give the Combo a boot full to get up the hill. But we made it Ok and then it was a short trek to find the cache. The lake in the distance made for a magic spot, although we could not help thinking that these hills might have had something to do with gold mining in times past. Thanks Bingley for the cache.

Please accept my apologies for "boilerplate logs" this week. Caching during the day and socialising at night leaves little time to do real justice to each cache log. Found today whilst attending OZ MEGA. Did the tour to Yackandandah and Beechworth townships picking up smilies and ten icon types. Thanks for the cache in such a wonderful area.

Found @ 12.20 pm

Had fun taking the new Prado up the track to the top of the hill with my son (glad my wife was not in the car lol)

Thanks Bingley3683

This entry was edited by waffle eggs on Friday, 13 April 2012 at 07:27:28 UTC.

Nice easy find. Had a great day out, this was 1 of 21 we completed today. TNLN Thanks for the cache.

First ever cache! Found with the help of Maddi

I think I saw more Bullants than Birds while I was here. Nevertheless it was a great spot for a cache, and I enjoyed the sights anyway. Found with bogonghazy whilst on a days run out to Howlong and Rutherglen from OzMega. Thanks to Bingley3683 for another of your caches this weekend.

Found with Sully1 on a day's tour of the area during the ozmega.
Nice little walk up the hill, and a good hide.
Thanks again for showing me this local site Bingley3683

2003. Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1220.We decided to go find the cairns for the Major Mitchell series.This gave us the chance to find other caches on our travels.Getting to this location was just great fun as we came in through the forrest and along Peake TK.There was a big hole just as you enter the creek on the North side and about 18 inches of water in the stream.Mrs decided she didn't really want to go for a very short 4x4 drive so baled out.She just had to wait for baby to return.Well the mossies have to feed aas well. SL Tnx Bingley3683