Ngallo Centrecourt Carina, Victoria, Australia
By cruisinblues on 29-Jun-11. Waypoint GC2Z70P

Found the container broken, replaced container. 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.

Found this one on a beautiful spring afternoon. Unfortunately, the container needs replacing. Signed log and returned as found.

Found

Day 6 of my holidays today I left Lameroo after the amazing weekend at the event and made my way into Victoria. I managed to find 36 caches today and only 1 DNF today. I got as far as the Pink Lakes in the Murray Sunset National Park where I set up camp.A interesting spot just off the highway. Would make a good camp if someone is looking.TFTC cruisinblues

wow

@1740 hours. Staying overnight in tye caravan in this peaceful free camp. Travelling home to Adelaide, having left Canberra a few days ago.Thanks for cache. In good condition, but lid clips have deteriorated.

Due to unforeseen circumstances Mr Smokey Bear will no longer be a part of Team Smokey Bear and will continue his adventures as "SmokeyBearOG".

So I'm relogging all previous finds under my new account.
Unfortunately this log will not show the original logging date.

**Thanks to cruisinblues for this adventure, looking forward to many more.**

Adam
SmokeyBearOG

Exploring Murray sunset NP and Ngarkat Conservation Park. While stopping over here playing tennis we discovered the world of Geocaching. Thanks for setting it up! Little late on our posting as now on our next adventure to explore.

Am interesting location. Logged the cache after the giant lizard and I scared each other. TFTC

A quick find and the cache is in good shape. I think it would interesting playing on this court. TFTC.

Found it

Found it. Thanks!

Nice easy find
Tnln

We came here to camp over night and, of course, to find the cache. Wow, centrecourt alright!
In the club house we found a couple of racquets but no balls. Ah well, can't win it all.
A few months of 'unloved' to boot, very cool!

We found it!!! It was so easy it stood out so much. We had a look at the old toilet and club rooms and it was very interesting. You can also camp there.

Found

Quick find.
TFTC

Driven past this one a number of times over the years.
Finally managed to stop and checkout the centrecourt!
TNLNSL
Thanks

We're camping at Murrayville and decided to drive out to the border and then work our way back, collecting all the roadside caches as we go. The Ngallo Tennis Court place gets some complimentary comments as a campsite on the Wikicamps app we use although we think most people are only using it as an overnight stop.

Thanks for find #1720
TNLN

Shame to see that these sorts of amenities are disappearing due to lack of use. So much has obviously gone into it's establishment.
Thanks for bringing us here and for the cache.

09/03/2020 11:57:00 AM
After an event at Rocket Lake Saturday we have managed to cross Murray Sunset east to west and now north to south via the Border Track mostly. We camped near the rock holes last night and headed down here as we continued our journey south.
A airing up nearby we headed down the blacktop to Pinaroo for lunch and a refuel
Thanks cruisinblues.

16:12
An interstate trip of some 755 kms requires a very early morning start and of course a number of breaks such as this to refresh the body and the mind.
We aced this one 6-love, 6-love, 6-love a FP from us.

Our thanks to 'cruisinblues' for placing this cache for us to find.
26434

*This log composed and published using Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK).**

Agree, tennis court surface somewhat worn & cache had interesting coverage.... too small for a tennis court Cheers & tftc

Need 13 caches today to get my 1000 cache. Lovely day out with geodog Tonka.
Favourite point for this one. Loved the cache container
TFTC

We had spend the night in Murrayville and today heading home we came to find the last few caches in the district.
Wow what times would have looked like back here in the day! A great camouflaged cache at gz left for smiles on our faces. Thanks for showing us this area rich in history!

Feathertop and my epic trip to SA. has nearly come to an end. An early get up meant that we had time to discover a few more caches before the event and then head home. This was one of them.
Drove up, walked in and spotted the cache from the distance. Signed in and then headed back to the car for home.
TFTC cruisinblues

A nice detour off the main highway to here. The cache lid is a bit worse for wear but upside down does the trick. Unique cammo!
Cheers

Tftc. Hidden campsite

What a great quiet camping spot. Delighted to have a cache here.

Container really needs replacing as lid is on many parts. Didn't have a spare container so put all the contents in a plastic bag and used rubber bands to hopefully keep it all together. Hope it survives the predicted rain tonight.

Found- cache about to fall totally apart, needs maintenance. Great spot!

Before I left Adelaide I was going to camp here for the night but as it was barely dark I thought I would continue on driving, made the nice and quick find although the container needs replacing

A huge weekend away, with over 2000km being driven over 3 days from Adelaide to Mansfield via swan hill and Echuca, then return via Bendigo and St Arnaud. The target was to collect 11 new local government areas and mostly stop and do some multis.

But the main goal was tour of Mansfield, a cycling tour consisting of 3 stages over 2 days (Saturday and Sunday).
Stage 1: 14km Individual time time trail.
Stage 2: 76km road race finishing up old Tolmie
Stage 3: 46km road race finishing up the top of mt bulla.

Wednesday I left Adelaide for Victoria via pinnaroo, I decided I would stop when I had enough of driving. I camped in the back of a cemetery yes a cemetery, nice and peaceful in Nyah. Thursday I made my way from Nyan to Mansfield via Swan Hill, Echuca and Shepparton with 2 trips over the boarder. A lot of DNFs on caches as some were barrow red off due to road works and others I must if stuffed up. I ended up camping the night in Mansfield. Friday I held my event in Mansfield with a big show of 1 (just myself)!!! And went for a drive up mt bulla. Saturday was mainly racing and Sunday after the race I made my way back to Adelaide via Victorias oldest cache and some new roads through the middle of victoria that I had never been on before.. With arrival on Monday at 1am back home. A big trip out and a great weekend away with a little under 100 finds.
Thanks for the cache placements by all the cache owners.

Hitting the road with hevwalker & muggle friend in tow bound for St. Arnard.
We were leaving a cool change in the Adelaide Hills, driving into hotter weather.
An interesting spot, by which one would have to play tennis at an angle to miss the two trees.
Still , not a bad spot if its free. We weren't game to use the toilets on such a hot day, probably where the wildlife were hiding.
So the driver promised a pit stop & some ice-cream before we melted.
Thanks for bringing us here cruisinblues

Road trip to St Arnaud with clare007 & a friend. The day was getting hotter as we travelled across the border...
This place, although a hot day, was a cool spot to visit...
A bit run down but rustic...
There was a sign at the entrance advertising drinks & ice-creams...we could have done with one of those right at that point...
We quickly located the cache...
Now off to Murrayville for that drink & ice-cream
TFTC cruisinblues

Catching up on a backlog of caches found whilst heading back home from our annual Family Reunion held this year in the South Australian riverland town of Bowhill

Some may call it neglect. I call it character!
Would love to have had a game but time was not with me
Cache was found in good condition at 1.00pm. Many thanx to cruisinblues

The last stop on our trip from Tas to SA. We usually go straight through, but decided on a little adventure on the way.
Lovely spot, very nice of the community to allow camping here.
Thanks for the cache.

Found with e.gregory1 during a trip to the Riverland, on to the Border Track, and into Ngarkat Conservation Park and Big Desert. Really enjoyed the 4WD tracks, camping out in the serenity of the desert and the adventure. Thanks for the cache cruisinblues!

Found with FeatherWaite on an extended long weekend trip that saw us in the Riverland, the Big Desert and Ngarkat CP. A very apt cache name!

Thanks cruisinblues for the cache.

The second day of caching either side of the border track near Pinnaroo, this time focusing on the Victorian side, targeting a few specific caches. Our main target for the day was to do Dessert Penguin and Mesa Rocks and then any other potential caches we had time for. It was a pleasant, all be it long hike into the main caches, though the views at both GZ’s made it all worth it. Logs were stamped and information for the earth cache was collected and we proceeded to make our way back out. We ended up having time for a few more caches on the way out, bust as it got dark we made our way back home, after a long day.

TFTC

Great cache camo.

Thanks for the cache cruisinblues.
Found on 26 Aug 2018 at 3:28 pm.
Find #7183

Great box!

Tftc nice little stop

Once again we are touring Australia and caching as we go!
Made a quick detour to find the cache. Too hot for a game of tennis today
Thanks cruisinblues, your hide is much appreciated!
Cheers from Canada!

Easy find, while spending the weekend exploring the sandy Mallee country.
At least the turf is in good Nic.
Tftc!

I missed this one while out touring the area during the Big Billy event yesterday so made a detour on the way home today to tick this one off.
A nice little quiet spot to stay and relax but not sure about the facilities, I must remember to bring the racquet next time and maybe a machete to do some pruning.
Thanks cruisinblues TFTC

Found with PerpetuallyLost while staying at Murrayville before the Big Billy Event. We managed another quick find here on our tour of the district. TFTC Cruisinblues.

You could almost here the echoes of the roar of the crowds from tournaments gone by as the Fergzter and myself came by here in search of another cache in this region. I spotted the hide relatively quickly then tried to use myself as a shield while the Fergzter signed the log in case the one solitary camper nearby happened to be watching us. And we were certainly glad nature didn't call judging by the condition of the facilities nearby. They certainly had it tough back then! Tftc

Thanks.
Great spot fot a night or 2

Tftc

Located this aptly hidden cache while grabbing a few caches on my way to Murrayville. There were no muggles camping nearby so it made for a quick find, tftc cruisinblues.

A cool spot for a cache and a nice stop on the way home to Adelaide.

I've had a big, but generally a relaxing couple of weeks away in Victoria.

Ballarat, Border track, Pinnaroo, Bendigo, Wedderburn, Swan Hill, Maryborough, Mt Beckworth and Mt Gambier are just a few of the spots I have visited during my caching trip. There was an emergency room visit, loads of driving, stacks of laughter, amazing food, lots of new learnings (like oh my goodness!!), and a wonderful mix of fabulous people.

I am loving this country and getting out and about in it!

Thanks for the cache cruisinblues!

Love an old Tennis court or new ones in the country. My husband can drive past lots of places where he used to play tennis in Sunraysia. Thanks for the cache. Poor Brian didn't get to look for this one as he headed around the corner and we pulled in. lol. TFTC.

Heading over to Swan Hill for an event with Mrs. Aussie M&M. As usual getting there is always the start of the fun. We met up with mogni in Pinnaroo as she was coming from a completely different direction. To save space, we simply put our group stamp of GOTHS (Geocachers Of The Hills) in the logs.
Many stops along the way just happened to be near caches. Go figure.
Cruisin down the highway I am in front and wondering if they are going to want to make the detour to this one. See no indicator so drive past, go around a bend and can't see them anymore. That answered my question. Big U turn and pull up just as the ladies have already found the cache. Damn didn't even get time to look
Thanks cruisinblues for the cache to break the trip.

On the way to Swan Hill for a weekend of geocaching. Meet up with Brisal5 and Aussie M & M in Pinnaroo so we were in tandem for this section.
Thanks for placing this cache and sharing the fun.

9th cache for the weekend! Found with beaker and ferociousflea on a 4WD/caching trip through big desert and surrounding areas. 1100 km and 43 caches in 48 hours!
TFTC

Found while doing a weekend caching run through Ngarkat, Big Desert and Wyperfield with Ferociousflea and Astronaut99. 1100 km and 40 caches in 48 hours!
Another quick find while passing through!
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
Beaker

Found with Beaker and Astronaut99 on a 4wd caching trip through the Big Desert. Thanks

This once would have been a thriving facility, pivotal to the community. Great cache camo, thanks cruisinblues.

While Mr McLookers was 4WDing it down the Border Track, I was out and about in the local area.

Tennis anyone? Might need to do a little maintenance first

A quick find of the clever camouflaged container as we head towards Pinnaroo with Wozzle68 Vamp1blade and PrincessKath for a fun weekend on the Bordertrack.
Thanks for the cache.cruisinblues.

Found It!
Just prune that bush back a bit and Federer could take on Djokovic here! And going by the advertising nearby, it looks like the canteen is still working!
TFTC

Rolled up with balls but no raquet. The bush could be problematic but would add a fun part to the game. Perhaps that could be the net. Loved the loos at the back. Ladies/Gents - who cares.

Found on the Easter 3 state jaunt via SA, Vic then NSW. The weather was clear, the tracks were dusty and the skies were clear and starry. Catching up with friends along the way at the various events was also a bonus.

Thanks to cruisinblues and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet!

Nice little stop off on our way to lake Boga Vic for the Easter weekend.
We camped here overnight had it all to ourselves and had a little fire and a few beers to relax. Nice cache.
The Nuggets.

You know you're at a prime facility when the cache container has a better surface on it than the tennis court! Some campers found the container a while ago and signed the log book and left a shell. No campers today, just the setting sun to keep me company. Cache #2598.

I like bizarre and this ticks the box , makes you wonder what ppl were thinking when they decided to build a what looked to be a decent tennis complex will keep this place in mind next time we need a camp spot Thanks for this wayward adventure

Beautiful camping here and easy find

Off the the Mallee for work and decided to break up the drive with a few caches here and there. Busy few days coming up plenty of work to be had so can't spend to long caching sadly

Not a soul here tonight, very strange feeling around here though...... like someone was watching me..

Thanks for the cache cruisinblues

TFTC EASY FIND

Quick find while camping here. TFTC

TFTC

Tftc!!nice quick find

We arrived here after dark on a wet muddy nite. After a torrential down pour in the early hours I was concerned our 2wd van may have to be stay a few more days.. but with the sun we were able to continue slip n sliding our way back to Ashpalt. Almost forgot find the cache on the way out. Loved the camo and the placement! ..and the dunny [:o]
Thanks for the adventure, favorite added
Found with Bri_poi

Second night's camp for our Vic/SA 4WD trip.
Who would have thought that there would be a place like this just left abandoned.
Excellent spot for free camping tho.
Lobbed one right into the net and discovered some astroturf. Logged and returned.
Found in the company of my wife, Teamswampy and partner, Red Tag and Brian and Chris Mc
Thanks for the jovial moment.

Nicely turfed. There is a bit of an obstacle for play though . TFTC cruisinblues.

we had fun looking for this cache giving us some good time off
thanks for the cache cruisinblues

Had a good tennis session this evening good court for practicing my lob

This was day 16 of our trip out of Sydney to the southern states of Victoria and Tasmania. we took the short detour off the highway to visit this quiet little place. We certainly had a good laugh when we realised where the cache was actually placed. It was a very hot day and nobody was playing today. TFTC.

Great spot. Thanks for the cache to bring us here.

Good to know of a free camp ground it's a cool little spot Tftc

Found yesterday

Great place
Great cache
Great times out in the scrub today

Quick easy find!

TFTC Second time lucky, last time we tried there were people camping too close to GZ!

Game, set, match. Previous loggers may have been campers.

A cooler day between some warmer days called for a geocaching expedition! I realised three caches were yet to be found in Lameroo (we won't mention I missed one 10 minutes from home), so a route was plotted. I also found there to be a new cache deep in Victoria that required my "finding" - thus beginning a 2-day trek of 67 finds, 23 kangaroos, and a load of fun!

Quick and easy find while walking around checking out the tennis courts

Easy find tftc

Too easy! TFTC

Day 3.4 of my 2100+Km 4.4 day road trip.

Visiting Woodlands Heritage Park, Ocean Grove, Warrnambool, Naracoorte, Keith, Ouyen, Lake Boga, Ballarat and just about every town in between. (Not necessarily in that order)

This was one of the caches I found on my travels.

It was another great day for caching, with the first signs of summer in spring. (Bring it on.)

After staying in Ouyen over night, it was a new day and also there were caches to be found.

Arrived at the court, found a tennis ball and thought good cammo for a cache here, but not to be. In the end I found the cache in the open, (No not the Tennis Open) so after signing the log, I hope I replaced as it was meant to be.

'Scrat' visited your cache whilst on his Great Aussie Adventure.

TFTC Travelling Sister

Tftc found with polkys quest

Found with auzzie convict tftc

Camp here overnight on our roundabout way home . Nothin like sleeping on centre court.
TFTC cruisinblues

No time for tennis today, besides we didn't have any racquets or balls. Locus spotted a thermos on the way back to the car. She thought it was another cache. Girls.

Thanks for the cache cruisinblues.

An event hosted by my friends, muff1, had me wondering if I could make a day of it and go and see them[?]
When I mentioned this to sushilord he surprised me by agreeing that a day out might be fun.
So we drove the long way around (about 1100 km) to get to the event and all up managed to find 27 caches and attend the event
A very relaxing day filled with great scenery, lots of laughs, some interesting historical sites and a great big, yummy hamburger and chips for tea at the Kaniva Roadhouse [^].

Apparently I am blind
sushilord spotted the cache as we walked in but I was a) looking at the GPSr and b) looking at what is left of centrecourt
That's a brazen hide

TNLN. SL. TFTC cruisinblues

This was way too easy! Cruisinblues was clever to use that container though.

As a little girl I played netball for ngallo. But That was long after these courts were used as we shared the courts and footy grounds with the Pinnaroo supa Roos. I've actually never been here so thanks for bringing me here and tftf!

What a great place to stay with all the facilities that are needed for camping. Unfortunately we couldn't take up the offer but will next time when travelling past. The cache was found O.K. thanks. Didn't unpack the racquets , thought we wouldn't get a true bounce of the ball!!!

Found by Geoparents- logged by StormDancer200470 on their behalf.
Their first find, and they were excited. Staying the night in the free Caravan site
Well done ma & pa

After visiting our grand-daughter (and her parents) in Adelaide for near two weeks, we started to make our way back to Melbourne to catch the boat home. However, we took a rather rambling route. Today we went from Murray Bridge to Loxton to Pinnaroo to Warracknabeal and then to Stawell It was a long but enjoyable drive in cooler weather to yesterday.

When we saw this location, the words of John McEnroe were echoing in our ears "You must be kidding!!" This was certainly a unique location. We wondered how many "let" calls would be made if a game were to be played now or are there local rules which account for the unique situation. The well and appropriately decorated cache container was a quick find. the cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks for the cache crusinblues.

You'll have to hit around it

We continued on our road trip from Vic to SA today and we managed to find this cache. Caravan friendly and a place to park overnight if required. Thanks to cruisinblues for placing this cache and giving us the incentive to visit the area.