Sound of Subterranea Churchill, Victoria, Australia
By ruralslicker on 02-Oct-11. Waypoint GC356M0

Thanks for the good times Geocaching community. Despite almost reaching the magic 1000 finds after nine years, it's sadly time to archive this cache (and myself from the Geocaching world) due to various reasons, mainly that with ongoing retirement I have a variety of new interests that take up most of my time. Thank you to everyone who logged my various caches over the years.

Don't focus on the well. So many flies!

Got swamped by bugs

Buggy find

Little bit of a walk but a good find. TFTC!

Found with p4ndiebear! Took a walk around the area and noticed the cache nearby. Watch out for some of the thornier bushes in the area.

Hi

Dhhd

Good job

This was our first cache found with our German Exchange Student whom introduced us to this wonderful thing..

On our way through from another couple of caches in the area and needed to pick this one up. On arriving we noticed this was the site of many a billy cart derby I had raced in as a kid, oh the memories, the mud, the trophies, the hills, the water! Quickly located the cache, signed the log and geokids made a swap.
TFTC
CJJAHC

Oooh a good hide a nice quick hide. Tftc

Located. Peaceful spot can hear heaps of birds. Tftc

Took pretty gem, left kitty keyring. TFTC

**# 20333** Found on a warm day while staying nearby.
Quite a few muggles around today and a few good hides.
I found it 10+m from my GZ after checking the clue.
And the running water was not too distant today.
Thanks for the cache ruralslicker,
***Roostaman***

Found with Roostaman while visiting the area.
Thanks for the cache.

Nice quiet area and a pleasant find. TFTC

What an awesome spot.
Grass isn't too bad at this point in time if anyone is after it.

A nice quick find on a sunny day, luckily for me most of the grass was cut short, what a very cool place for a cache thanks for the hide

Happy to say I finally found this one today, after getting reassurance from the owner that it WAS actually there
I left a bunch of swag for the next finders, but beware, not all the foliage is ivy (you might need to wear gloves).
TFTC!

This was a magical journey that I really appreciated undertaking. Please be gentle to the nearby baby plants that are trying to become trees! And watch out for thorns! w/ Josey ([BalrogofMorgoth](https://www.geocaching.com/p/default.aspx?guid=82b395d4-317b-4816-87d5-255a48e48970)) and Benika!

Checked the cache and hide this morning - no maintenance required. Sistema container still safe in plastic bag. But the general area is heavily overgrown at present with long grass and ivy and daisies but the hide is easily accessed. Beware of creepy crawlies - best to wear boots. I've added to the description and hint to make it all a bit easier

I think I know where this one is, but I think I should have come in the Winter when it's not so overgrown. Guess it'll have to wait.

Good hide. Nice and waterproof. Previous log was 16/4/17

Sadly could not find this cache after a good 15 minutes looking.

Found

Great little hide, scenery is gorgeous

Found it after some searching off the trail

TFTC!
It was a beautiful walk to the place!
We found it quick, even we were a bit confused by the photo. Perhaps you could update it...
Schnitzershaus

Took us our 3rd attempt but finally found it, unfortunently getting struck by some nasty stinging needle! But was well worth it when we finally found this cache. Thank you!

~PBF

We didn't realize there was a nicely accessible track - so naturally we did it the hard way. Thanks for the hide

A nice walk here to get to GZ and we soon had the container in hand. A few nice 'not so' wild flowers growing near GZ, escapees from someones garden no doubt.

Thanks for the placement ruralslicker.

Love this spot! Used to ran past for school cross country

Found it! TFTC!

TFTC! Cool area

found with Darren_ 73

Got the bugger with michelleclerks

Nice easy find. peaceful also

There is a good way to the cache, and a not so good way.
But in the end you can here the sounds.

I took the good way

Out caching with D@geo
Thank you for the hide ruralslicker
Logged with GCDroid.

Out caching with gwd.aussie. Had no real plans where and ended up in Churchill.
Next time I will try to avoid the blackberries.

Thanks ruralslicker.

My hearing was switched on
And heard the running water
Tftc

Found it today without much drama. TFTC

Found it!

Found it, after 2 previous failed attempts!

Well on a boiling hot day like this I was worried of snakes lurking in the grass nearby, thankfully no sign of them. And I must say the 'sounds of subterranea' were slightly cooling to hear amidst the heat. A nice easy find. Thanks for the cache

Nailed it

Found with Nikki and amyclare98

Found

Nice easy find with noonaB

Nice easy find in a parkland that I never knew was here! Thanks for the find

TFTC

Watch out for the killer blackberries! A quick find in this lovely bush area. Thanks for the hide and bringing us here.

Found with Rachii. TFTC

Found with Kearnzy

Was out in plain sight so very easy to find. Is now back in hiding TFTC

Easy peasy. Done 3rd for the day

Found with team guezwot... Quickly found in this prickly situation tftc

Appreciate the heads up gc.rhi. Checked it out yesterday and it's back in its correct spot. Thank you.

Found with GC.rhi:)

Found this one with aburkitt. was sitting out in the open so tucked it slightly away but not certain if it is in the correct spot - may need checking. nice little reserve walking distance from my house, nice to know about. tftc

Found this one with aburkitt. was sitting out in the open so tucked it slightly away but not certain if it is in the correct spot - may need checking. nice little reserve walking distance from my house, nice to know about. tftc

Found this one with aburkitt. was sitting out in the open so tucked it slightly away but not certain if it is in the correct spot - may need checking. nice little reserve walking distance from my house, nice to know about. tftc

Found quickly but when frmen1 opened the baggie, out popped a HUGE spider. It is now wider and flatter. Rubber band on the outside perished. TNLN TFTC

Found with tassie expat while up from Phillip Island. Tftc

Nice one.

Found with steviecruz !!!

Love a good quicky

Enjoyed a walk around the Western Valley primary schools' cross country course to find this one. We did it at a much more sedate pace than the primary school kids!!!. Thanks. Silkyie

A few cuts but found it. Thanks.

Spiky here. Tftc

Got myself into a bit of a prickly situation!

found with Sixy2Sue ...
tftc

Lots of scratches to find this one!

This was not so fun at 10pm atill got it though.

Yay found it, wouldn't recommend at night lol

Clever clues for this cache, thanks. There's a few paths worn through which you might expect towards the end of summer. Not too many blackberries. TFTC

Nice spot, geohunds had fun. Tftc

I've just replaced the original very wet Sistema cache container and log sheet with a new identical container and a new log sheet. All the swaps have been removed and taken home - once they have completely dried out, they will be returned.

#1335 This turned out to be a difficult days caching in the Churchill area collecting a total of 25 hard earned finds along the way. Some were tough nasty hides and in the end we conceded 5 dnfs! With no obvious geotrail in and the gps jumping from here to there, we had to work hard for this find. A check of a photo submitted by a previous finder pointed us in the right direction in the end. Must say the Blackberries need some attention here! Chances are the local landcare group haven't been provided with adequate government funding to do anything about it... TFTC ruralslicker

Log was pretty wet and hard to write in. Didn't take to long to find

Short stroll

Took me a while but I found it!

Teamwork effort and a lot of laughing

Took is about 15 mins but was glad to find it in the end ! TFTG

Found this one after a couple of minutes of searching! Great place, thank you for taking us somewhere we wouldn't normally go!

KP Rovers on their first geocache expedition

A day out in Church with megs_q
Sorry for the late log it
Thanks ruralslicker

Quick find, although we may have not walked in on the correct path and ended up with very wet toes
TFTC

Last day of holidays so we thought we'd squeeze in a few caches before school returned. The hint had us in the right direction! TFTC!

Number 8 out of 8 found today with kyabbott. Bit spiky but an interesting spot. TFTC

Oh so many blackberries!!! Not easy to navigate to this cache without making geotrails between the thorns. TFTC ruralslicker - there's only one note left in there about the Geocaching Australia nearby cache; whomever put these little notes in there might want to refill it soon. Cheers!

Cubs and scouts had fun finding first for day.

1st Mirboo North scouts

Good hide TFTC. Bit prickly!!

Kookaburra's, rainbow lorikeets, sounds of the bush. Great location. TFTF. Some great little treasures inside too. The kids enjoyed their swaps.

Beware of prickle bushes lol... Found out the hard way today.

Returned for this cache today, somehow missed it last time in this park. Enjoyed the walk to gz. Nice hide. Thanks ruralslicker

Clue was spot on, very clever. Wear proper shoes as there are many prickles and thorns. Good luck!

Nice day for some caching

Very overgrown but a nice little hide. Tftc