Wandering Heroes ... Southern Belles Wynarka, South Australia, Australia
By
CPwanderer on 22-Oct-11. Waypoint GC36DXF
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Had a weekday for geocaching to soothe my mental health. Finally stopped for this cache! TFTC CPwamderer, loved the concept.
Continuing along the WH series A great tribute to some right pretty southern belles . Thanks for the fun Tftc
Out with weredunn4 picking up a few caches in the Tailem Bend / Karoonda area.A quick find stamp and return here todayTFTC
We were in Karoonda today to do the adventure lab but took time out to find other caches along the way. We started this trail a few years ago and now we're back in the are we hope to fill in some of the gaps. Enjoyed this one, we found the logbook on the fourth attempt. TFTC
Such sweet smelling Southern Belles ️
Today I headed out to grab the new cache placed for me in the WanderIng Hereos series and on my way home I stopped to find some other wandering heroes
A beautiful sunny day, perfect for a drive in the countryside.
TFTC CPwanderer
Keep smiling
Today I headed out to grab the new cache placed for me in the WanderIng Hereos series and on my way home I stopped to find some other wandering heroes
A beautiful sunny day, perfect for a drive in the countryside.
TFTC CPwanderer
Keep smiling
All cache containers are broken. Bell still ringing. Small pill container left with paper and pencil. Still worth a favourite
Pleased to be able to turn the frown upside down on this one. Thanks for placing the cache for us to find.
Out for another early morning search for a few more caches on this interesting trail, TFTC CPwanderer
Caching with the JAMS crew finding Wandering Heroes caches. We ended up finding over 300 and hiding 2 more. We replaced a lot of containers that were broken. We had a few showers of rain early which were getting us wet but they didn't last too long and it ended up being a nice day. Thanks to all the cache owners for placing the caches.
Out with the JAMS crew JJ52, Mogni, Allister W and sir_spectre, plus TallBikeStan and BratKat on this run. The logs where stamped as Mystery Randoms. The target's today where the Wander Heros trail ( as far as we could get ) plus any other caches in the towns or close to the road and the nearby Lab cache in Karoonda. We got slowed down by the rain till almost lunch. No wildlife sighted, not even a kanagroo. We found over 300 + caches, some of us had found some of them before but we are aligning all of our maps to the same finds. We replaced over 40 wandering heroes caches we found broken, most logbooks where dry and put in the new cache. Any logsbooks found close to full had a scroll added to the cache and all broken caches we removed and put in the bin. By the end of the day we had over a garage bag full of broken caches.
Another JAMS day was organised to tackle the Wandering Heroes trail (JJ52, allister w, mogni, sir_spectre plus tallbikestan and BratKat). We started the day with rain and hail as we drove through the hills towards Tailem Bend but by the time we started the series we just had a couple of light showers and then for the rest of the day it was fine although we had strong cool winds. 
That didn't stop us though, and we had a fun day finding around 300 caches plus an Adventure Lab in Karoonda.
We had come prepared with lots of spare containers and replaced a heap of broken containers and sometimes logbooks. We managed to get to Sandalwood where we called it a day, so now have plans to come back and completed the last of the series. 
This was my first visit out here since 2016 and by the end of the day I had 197 finds plus the Adventure Lab which I was pretty happy about.
Thanks for the cache CPwanderer.
That didn't stop us though, and we had a fun day finding around 300 caches plus an Adventure Lab in Karoonda.
We had come prepared with lots of spare containers and replaced a heap of broken containers and sometimes logbooks. We managed to get to Sandalwood where we called it a day, so now have plans to come back and completed the last of the series. This was my first visit out here since 2016 and by the end of the day I had 197 finds plus the Adventure Lab which I was pretty happy about.
Thanks for the cache CPwanderer.
A stop on the drive from Renmark to Millicent for the Mega event.
The drive was uneventful, other than some regular stops for selected caches like this one.
Thank you for this cache
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Early in 2021 I received an invite from GoosenEgg and Stainless Steel Rat to join them on a caching trip to the Mega in South Australia. As planning got underway some caches with high Favorite points, very old caches, and the On Your Bike Series were listed as "must-dos"
The trip ended up being 10 days of solid and very enjoyable caching with quite a few highlights. The find count for the trip was around the 950 mark when all GCA, Adventure Lab, and GC caches are included. The high point for finds was a day of 335 finds in the one day, which would have been more, but a sudden storm put the end to caching for the day. No one was interested in getting out of the car to find a cache in a downpour in the dark
We were lucky enough to find Gawler Fort Knox, Dustin's Cache, and my favorite for the trip Barossa High (From 21st of January 2001 with the original log book still in place) all in the one day.
Unfortunately, the caching around the mega was beset by bad weather and the day we had put aside for Mount Gambier was scrapped due to a covid case in Mount Gambier on the previous day, so we avoided the area. We all enjoyed the Fishing series and just managed to get the remaining of these before the light failed for the day.
In the end I managed to completed my D/T grid for the first (and possibly the second time) which was my aim for the year, although some of the D/T combinations were not really achievable in Tasmania without a 3 day overnight bush walk.
TFTC
The drive was uneventful, other than some regular stops for selected caches like this one.
Thank you for this cache
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Early in 2021 I received an invite from GoosenEgg and Stainless Steel Rat to join them on a caching trip to the Mega in South Australia. As planning got underway some caches with high Favorite points, very old caches, and the On Your Bike Series were listed as "must-dos"
The trip ended up being 10 days of solid and very enjoyable caching with quite a few highlights. The find count for the trip was around the 950 mark when all GCA, Adventure Lab, and GC caches are included. The high point for finds was a day of 335 finds in the one day, which would have been more, but a sudden storm put the end to caching for the day. No one was interested in getting out of the car to find a cache in a downpour in the dark
We were lucky enough to find Gawler Fort Knox, Dustin's Cache, and my favorite for the trip Barossa High (From 21st of January 2001 with the original log book still in place) all in the one day.
Unfortunately, the caching around the mega was beset by bad weather and the day we had put aside for Mount Gambier was scrapped due to a covid case in Mount Gambier on the previous day, so we avoided the area. We all enjoyed the Fishing series and just managed to get the remaining of these before the light failed for the day.
In the end I managed to completed my D/T grid for the first (and possibly the second time) which was my aim for the year, although some of the D/T combinations were not really achievable in Tasmania without a 3 day overnight bush walk.
TFTC
Heading south from Remark to Millicent today to make it to the welcome event tonight, we again cherry picked from an extensive list of it would have taken a couple of days to get there. We enjoyed many of these Wandering Heroes ones.
Adding a favorite point for something a bit different here.
Thanks CPwanderer
The Millicent Mega trip had been a long time in the making, for the Tassie trio of stainless steel rat, budgietas and gooseandegg, due to a couple of false starts thanks to COVID19. More and more caches were added to the extensive list as planning was being finalized. We focused on old caches, large caches, certain D/Ts, virtual caches, the On your Bike series and a few other special ones on our journey. Our route saw us caching in Adelaide for a few days before heading north via Gawler to the Barossa in preparation for the On your Bike series, whilst basing ourselves at a gorgeous cottage in Waikerie. We continued on to Renmark for a night before the long trek south to Millicent.
Some of the many highlights along the way were Gawler Fort Knox, Dustin’s Cache, Barossa High and Riverland (the oldest surviving geocache in South Australia).
At the Mega we caught up with a few of our caching friends, made some new ones, and of course missed many who could not make it this time. The weather was not the best in Millicent, and a COVID19 situation in Mt Gambier altered our plans but we had plenty of caches to keep us busy between showers, including tree climbs, plenty of adventure labs, and the entertaining Finding a Fish series - giving the new pole a good workout for the first time.
Thanks to all the CO’s who have placed and maintained all these caches that made our adventure so memorable.
Adding a favorite point for something a bit different here.
Thanks CPwanderer
The Millicent Mega trip had been a long time in the making, for the Tassie trio of stainless steel rat, budgietas and gooseandegg, due to a couple of false starts thanks to COVID19. More and more caches were added to the extensive list as planning was being finalized. We focused on old caches, large caches, certain D/Ts, virtual caches, the On your Bike series and a few other special ones on our journey. Our route saw us caching in Adelaide for a few days before heading north via Gawler to the Barossa in preparation for the On your Bike series, whilst basing ourselves at a gorgeous cottage in Waikerie. We continued on to Renmark for a night before the long trek south to Millicent.
Some of the many highlights along the way were Gawler Fort Knox, Dustin’s Cache, Barossa High and Riverland (the oldest surviving geocache in South Australia).
At the Mega we caught up with a few of our caching friends, made some new ones, and of course missed many who could not make it this time. The weather was not the best in Millicent, and a COVID19 situation in Mt Gambier altered our plans but we had plenty of caches to keep us busy between showers, including tree climbs, plenty of adventure labs, and the entertaining Finding a Fish series - giving the new pole a good workout for the first time.
Thanks to all the CO’s who have placed and maintained all these caches that made our adventure so memorable.
Today was the day we left Renmark and headed South to Millicent so we could attend the Mega, along the way we collected some standout caches and the Wandering Heroes series.
Even with the numbers being down it was great to attend a Mega and at least get to meet some fellow cachers after so long and catch up with a few people, we flew over from Tassie on Thursday and after spending a few days in Adelaide we headed Northeast to clean up some series and then head South to Millicent for the start of the Mega long weekend.
This trip has changed so many times since it was first booked and I'm glad we got to do it at long last, to start with it was just myself and GooseandEgg nipping over for the Mega and then it was a few more days with the addition of 1 toolman, then with lockdown it was back to two of us but then another Tassie cacher in the shape of BudgieTas stepped up to the plate and we were back on for an over a week trip to grab a few caches before the Mega and then finish off with Millicent before flying home on the Tuesday.
Thanks for the cache.
Found on 01/10/2021 at 12:17:00 PM thanks to CPwanderer for placing this cache for me to find.
The best caches I have found so far by type are:-
Traditional [Moorgreen P3:1, Penny Pincher](http://coord.info/GC32Z5B) By [Sven&Cup](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=6596795)
Multi [CoaledHearted](http://coord.info/GCKGZ5) By [CraigRat](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=256663)
Unknown [Men In Black Holes](http://coord.info/GC1DVB0) By [SG-3](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=918045)
Letterbox [Rolf's Letterbox](http://coord.info/GC5NCYM) By [membsec](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=5318842)
Earthcache [Alum Cliffs and Gorge](https://coord.info/GC5KVHA) By [jandalfan](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=2409043)
Visit the [Geocaching Tasmania Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/318455407771/)
Even with the numbers being down it was great to attend a Mega and at least get to meet some fellow cachers after so long and catch up with a few people, we flew over from Tassie on Thursday and after spending a few days in Adelaide we headed Northeast to clean up some series and then head South to Millicent for the start of the Mega long weekend.
This trip has changed so many times since it was first booked and I'm glad we got to do it at long last, to start with it was just myself and GooseandEgg nipping over for the Mega and then it was a few more days with the addition of 1 toolman, then with lockdown it was back to two of us but then another Tassie cacher in the shape of BudgieTas stepped up to the plate and we were back on for an over a week trip to grab a few caches before the Mega and then finish off with Millicent before flying home on the Tuesday.
Thanks for the cache.
Found on 01/10/2021 at 12:17:00 PM thanks to CPwanderer for placing this cache for me to find.
The best caches I have found so far by type are:-
Traditional [Moorgreen P3:1, Penny Pincher](http://coord.info/GC32Z5B) By [Sven&Cup](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=6596795)
Multi [CoaledHearted](http://coord.info/GCKGZ5) By [CraigRat](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=256663)
Unknown [Men In Black Holes](http://coord.info/GC1DVB0) By [SG-3](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=918045)
Letterbox [Rolf's Letterbox](http://coord.info/GC5NCYM) By [membsec](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=5318842)
Earthcache [Alum Cliffs and Gorge](https://coord.info/GC5KVHA) By [jandalfan](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=2409043)
Visit the [Geocaching Tasmania Facebook group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/318455407771/)
Decided to head out this morning to clean up some DNF's and missed caches to tidy up my finds on this trail , this is a very cute cache loved it TYFTC
Took off away from home with Jack to escape the rain.
Ended up at your cache!
This cache had a nice ring to it
Fav ! Love to find the themed ones on this trail
thanks for placing this cache CPwanderer
2020 - the year of the flat caching curve!
Keep washing your hands. Exercise.
Support the regions by placing more caches ( esp around the Barossa please [:o)] )
5 containers for the price of one! Ding ding!
Thanks for the cache CPwanderer.
Found on 3/3/20 at 3:02 pm.
Find #10678.
Thanks for the cache CPwanderer.
Found on 3/3/20 at 3:02 pm.
Find #10678.
Day 178 (Monday 24th) of our trip. Caching along the way. In Tailem bend today. A total of 21 for the day and 3391 for the trip. TFTC.
Heading out for the afternoon to tackle more of the Wandering Heroes series this afternoon so this will be a generic log. All caches were found in good condition, unless otherwise noted, on an enjoyable sunny afternoon.
TFTC
TFTC
Thanks CPWanderer for this cache, and your contribution to the whole WH series. I was on a mission today to grab as many of these as I could. I took a tumble early in the day and got scratched by many mallee trees, but it didn't deter me. Loved this cache, great idea. I got it on my second, and then opened the others just because. The bell makes a lovely sound. FP for you
Excellent cache. Glad to see owner looking after it too
Have left a nemo trackable I found last week. Hope someone gets him soon and he doesn’t get to cold out in the bush.
TFTC
Have left a nemo trackable I found last week. Hope someone gets him soon and he doesn’t get to cold out in the bush.
TFTC
Mr Tardis was out for an afternoon of caching. This was a great cache, and I found it in the fourth place I looked. The containers are getting brittle from the UV damage, but the log book is still OK.
A favourite point for a great concept for a cache.
Signed the log. Thanks for the cache CPwanderer.
A favourite point for a great concept for a cache.
Signed the log. Thanks for the cache CPwanderer.
The Wandering Heroes trail keeps on wandering and so do we, along with ilook4geo. Most of the caches we did today were in acceptable condition, although there were still a couple where containers need to be replaced and a few logs that also need to be renewed. As is normal, each log had our visit noted by the addition of two lots of initials, being GP2 and ilg.
Our thanks go to CPwanderer for adding to this trail and to the fun of the game.
Our thanks go to CPwanderer for adding to this trail and to the fun of the game.
I had planned a big few days of caching in SA so I left work on a Tuesday evening and hit the road from Melbourne. This was my third full day of caching and the Wandering Heroes caches (and assorted others nearby) were on my target list. It was a blisteringly hot day (felt hotter than the 39C recorded on my car!) and the dry and dusty conditions made it hard going at times. My first task having left where I was staying overnight in Murray Bridge was to head to the Geopets series. Once I was done there I headed on to the Wandering Heroes and others along that route. Many took me longer than expected with different containers, hide styles and some further off the road. In the end I had to adjust my expectation of finds for the day before I headed north to where I was staying overnight. Thanks to CPWanderer for this cache and to all COs for placing and maintaining this remarkable series. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables.
No wonder I haven't heard of this caching team
I've never been to Tennessee !! [:o]
Surely there is a place somewhere in OZ with the same name ??
I'm yet to find it
TFTC.
I've never been to Tennessee !! [:o]
Surely there is a place somewhere in OZ with the same name ??
I'm yet to find it
TFTC.
A day out with GoodLook on a mission to do as much of the wandering heroes series.
We found 150 along the way till we had to pull the pin and head home. Happy to find my 4000th at the last one. TFTC for all the CO for placing the caches. Some of the caches are in poor condition others are fantastic hides. We stamped all the caches with the fabulous randoms stamp
We found 150 along the way till we had to pull the pin and head home. Happy to find my 4000th at the last one. TFTC for all the CO for placing the caches. Some of the caches are in poor condition others are fantastic hides. We stamped all the caches with the fabulous randoms stamp
Came back again to catch up more Wandering Heroes from yesterday before heading to Adelaide from Melbourne for 10 days holidays. Found it. TFTC !!
I was on my way to Barmera, with a bit of time on my hands as planned lol, so I was going to find some interesting caches along the way and a few of the power trail caches. The rain stopped, which was a bonus. At some point I decided to stop only for the large ones, otherwise I would never make it to my destination for the night! TFTC!!
Found on a one month road trip around Australia. Sorry for the generic log. TNLNSL TFTC
Found with FerociousFlea on our 2017 June Long Weekend Wandering Heroes Caching Run. Totals included 155 on Saturday, 176 on Sunday and 6 early Monday, making for 337 caches in a little over 48 hours.
Thanks to all of the cache owners and caching teams that have this series named after them. Thanks also to those who make the effort to maintain other's caches so that people like us can do these caching runs. Apologies for the generic logs...
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
Beaker
Thanks to all of the cache owners and caching teams that have this series named after them. Thanks also to those who make the effort to maintain other's caches so that people like us can do these caching runs. Apologies for the generic logs...
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
Beaker
Found with Beaker on a long weekend caching trip... 337 caches in 2.5 days! Broke some personal records, had very little sleep, lots of caffeine, a few minor injuries and a heap of fun! Some great caches found, well done to everyone involved. Thanks
jinta29 and I are in town this week after many months of planning for a week to remember. We are heading to the Yorke Peninsula, Murray Bridge and as many places in between as we can get to. This was one we found along the way.
TFTC CPwanderer.
CPwanderer, I found your cache Wandering Heroes ... Southern Belles on 28/4/17.
This is my find #4525 and find #88 today.
TFTC CPwanderer.
CPwanderer, I found your cache Wandering Heroes ... Southern Belles on 28/4/17.
This is my find #4525 and find #88 today.
Day 5 of our SA jaunt had us targeting the Wandering Heroes series and anything else that took our fancy [^]. We camped last night at Tailem Bend and we are unsure how far todays travels will take us 
I had been eyeing off an interstate trip for some time now and made plans to head to SA to power through the geoart trails over here
. I roped in my geo buddy Krabiboy to join me and we set about solving [?] caches and highlighting Jasmer caches that aren't available over in WA. Our adventure took us from the CBD over to the Yorke Peninsula and then back across to the Murray Bridge area . We were relentless in chasing down the finds and picked up as many as we could in the week that we had available. Due to the park and grab nature of our visit, the log books which weren't able to accommodate the ink stamp we had made were signed with the initials 'jk'! Fave points will be awarded for those caches which are considered awesome
A massive thanks here to CPwanderer for placing this cache here and for tempting us to venture over to this area. Cheers!
jinta29 found your cache Wandering Heroes ... Southern Belles today. This is my find #7677 and find #88 today. I was able to get my name in the log book here and we replaced the cache as we found it. Thanks once again CPwanderer for placing this and bringing us to this part of the world!
I had been eyeing off an interstate trip for some time now and made plans to head to SA to power through the geoart trails over here
. I roped in my geo buddy Krabiboy to join me and we set about solving [?] caches and highlighting Jasmer caches that aren't available over in WA. Our adventure took us from the CBD over to the Yorke Peninsula and then back across to the Murray Bridge area . We were relentless in chasing down the finds and picked up as many as we could in the week that we had available. Due to the park and grab nature of our visit, the log books which weren't able to accommodate the ink stamp we had made were signed with the initials 'jk'! Fave points will be awarded for those caches which are considered awesome A massive thanks here to CPwanderer for placing this cache here and for tempting us to venture over to this area. Cheers!
jinta29 found your cache Wandering Heroes ... Southern Belles today. This is my find #7677 and find #88 today. I was able to get my name in the log book here and we replaced the cache as we found it. Thanks once again CPwanderer for placing this and bringing us to this part of the world!
Out caching with Hevwalker today to make a dent on some more of the Wandering Heros caches.
We had a fun time but didn't hit the 100 we had initially hoped for. For me it was 63 finds for the day. I was happy with that.
I liked this one, it was something different, a favourite for me today.
TFTC CPwanderer.
We had a fun time!
Found 26 March 2017
We had a fun time but didn't hit the 100 we had initially hoped for. For me it was 63 finds for the day. I was happy with that.
I liked this one, it was something different, a favourite for me today.
TFTC CPwanderer.
We had a fun time!
Found 26 March 2017
Out on the Wandering Heroes Series with Ismartis...we enjoyed our day though it could have been a bit cooler...crazy cachers out in the heat & humidity...
Very cool idea...didn't take long to get the log book found & signed...
The containers are starting to become brittle & cracking...they are okay for now but will need replacing soon...
TFTC CPwanderer
Very cool idea...didn't take long to get the log book found & signed...
The containers are starting to become brittle & cracking...they are okay for now but will need replacing soon...
TFTC CPwanderer
Cool cache definitely a fave point for me. Love these caches thanks for the trail, heading down towards Tailem Bend to meet up with the ones we have done in the past. TFTC and trail.
A quick find by Hillary and myself....the cache is certainly there
I have not had the opportunity to meet Southern Belles before, and given they are from the USA, it is likely I won't get an opportunity, but how lovely that you are part of our W.H trail!
WOW!!! What a fabulous day we had on the glorious River Murray...yet it did start before 6am!
The lovely Phoenix Flare and I went out on the water with the very cool CPwanderer and his boat [^]. We focussed on the Animal Fact series at Young Husband, and also picked up a few more caches on our journey, this being one of them.
We were shocked at how high the river is now after the recent floods - this high tide apparently made a few of the caches easier to grab, but a number of them more difficult.
We saw a mummy duck with her 10 babies (soooo cute) [:X], a few water rats (eeewwww!) [xx(],; I enjoyed soaking up the spectacular scenery and breathed in lots of fresh air. A yummy lunch with champers was enjoyed on a grassy river bank and after getting in and out of the wobbly boat a million times my legs are now like jelly
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Phoenix Flare and I then went and found a few wandering heroes as I needed to do some cache maintenance for friends.
Thanks for the cache CPwanderer!
I have not had the opportunity to meet Southern Belles before, and given they are from the USA, it is likely I won't get an opportunity, but how lovely that you are part of our W.H trail!
WOW!!! What a fabulous day we had on the glorious River Murray...yet it did start before 6am!
The lovely Phoenix Flare and I went out on the water with the very cool CPwanderer and his boat
[^]. We focussed on the Animal Fact series at Young Husband, and also picked up a few more caches on our journey, this being one of them. We were shocked at how high the river is now after the recent floods - this high tide apparently made a few of the caches easier to grab, but a number of them more difficult.
We saw a mummy duck with her 10 babies (soooo cute) [:X], a few water rats (eeewwww!) [xx(],; I enjoyed soaking up the spectacular scenery and breathed in lots of fresh air. A yummy lunch with champers was enjoyed on a grassy river bank and after getting in and out of the wobbly boat a million times my legs are now like jelly
. Phoenix Flare and I then went and found a few wandering heroes as I needed to do some cache maintenance for friends.
Thanks for the cache CPwanderer!
After a lovely day on the Murray River, the CO of this cache asked GoodLook and I dropped by and check if this one really was missing. Glad to see it was still there with a bit of fun thrown in.
Thanks CP!
TFTC
Thanks CP!
TFTC
No luck here today. That makes 3 DNFs in a row. Not good. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.
In town (Wynarka) for the off road racing this weekend. Decided on a few caches after the racing before headin home. Picked the correct one first, but checked the rest out off curiosity ,TFTC
What a great trail, the weather is fine, the birds are singing and we are "in the groove". Thanks to all the cachers who put this trail together, we are having a ball and have not missed a beat, so far. 3-Kings and I have come all the way from NSW to experience this trail and it was well worth it. This is a very clever hide and one I will remember for a long time, well worth my favourite, thanks CPwanderer. TFTC
Oh wow, what a trail ! And what a cache! I came across the Red Herring first, thinking that maybe the cache had been muggled by roos, then saw the trees... Would you believe it was the last one I looked in (I was worried by then). Great cache idea, thanks CPwanderer!
The WEEO and I flew down from Canberra to cache this trail and around MB and my wonderful Auntie put us up (future cacher there too). We made it all the way to Loxton in 2 days but were shagged by the end. The caches were mostly fab and gave us a laugh along the way.
Thanks to all you cachers in the MB area for the great work in putting this together, you guys rock!
The WEEO and I flew down from Canberra to cache this trail and around MB and my wonderful Auntie put us up (future cacher there too
). We made it all the way to Loxton in 2 days but were shagged by the end. The caches were mostly fab and gave us a laugh along the way. Thanks to all you cachers in the MB area for the great work in putting this together, you guys rock!
TheCatBandits on a mission today to finish off the Wandering Heroes Series. On the road at 6am as we had approx. 400km round trip ahead of us. Beautiful Autumn day only the one snake was seen ( only a foot long still scary lol ) The whole family has enjoyed the Wandering Herero's series. This series is a real credit to all cachers and cache owners. Sorry for the generic log. TFTC CPwanderer we enjoyed this find kids are giving it a favourite point
After a few months of planning, and trial runs I finally attempted and complete my goal of doing a 24 hour SOLO cache run!!!
One Man, One Day, 441 caches found!
I booked two nights at Murray bridge and arrived at 8:00 pm. Attempted without success to sleep until 11:30 pm then got up and went to the location of the first cache. As the clock turned to midnight I began.
Speed through the Oz Mega 2014 Trail with only a handful of DNFs, then picked a few up along the highway until I got to the GeoPets trail.
After this I cut through to Wandering Heroes and completed up to the "OTS: May" trail. Went along this and came back into Tailem Bend for lunch and fuel and few in town. Was beginning to get weary but proceeded back to where I left off in the Wandering Heroes.
From here on in I just completed as many of these as I could up through Karoonda in the hot hot mid 30's day until midnight stuck a few kms east of town.
441 finds was the total count and now I just had to drive back to Murray Bridge. Easier said then done after being awake for practically 40 hours. Hit the hotel pillow at 1:20 am and was out within seconds.
Thanks for all the wonderful caches around this area, and sorry for generic logs.
One Man, One Day, 441 caches found!
I booked two nights at Murray bridge and arrived at 8:00 pm. Attempted without success to sleep until 11:30 pm then got up and went to the location of the first cache. As the clock turned to midnight I began.
Speed through the Oz Mega 2014 Trail with only a handful of DNFs, then picked a few up along the highway until I got to the GeoPets trail.
After this I cut through to Wandering Heroes and completed up to the "OTS: May" trail. Went along this and came back into Tailem Bend for lunch and fuel and few in town. Was beginning to get weary but proceeded back to where I left off in the Wandering Heroes.
From here on in I just completed as many of these as I could up through Karoonda in the hot hot mid 30's day until midnight stuck a few kms east of town.
441 finds was the total count and now I just had to drive back to Murray Bridge. Easier said then done after being awake for practically 40 hours. Hit the hotel pillow at 1:20 am and was out within seconds.
Thanks for all the wonderful caches around this area, and sorry for generic logs.
I found this cache today as number 38 of 161 in company of Cold Freeze on our Karoonda Road Run III. Our first run back in 2008 was well before Wandering Heroes and yielded just 14 caches along the entire road and our caching figures were in the 2,000's back then. Our second run in 2012 brought us 160 caches where we started at Loxton and continued caching all the way past Karoonda to just before the Murray Bridge - Tailem Bend Junction. From there, we headed into Tailem Bend for Dinner and continued back from there for a few extra caches before giving up about an hour before dark. Our caching numbers were in the 5,000s at that time. Today, with caching numbers now in the 8,000s, we picked up at the point we had left off last time near the Murray Bridge - Tailem Bend Junction and headed south with the aim of finishing off all of these caches then caching our way back towards Loxton. I had not counted the caches in this section before leaving home and I thought that there were probably about 80 caches there. Once we got them all done, we found that there were just over 140 left in that area so we didn't get much past Karoonda on the way back after all. A great day though nonetheless and there looks to be at least one more full caching day to come at some stage. Thanks to all cache placers in this series today from D B-A.
On a WH mission today to try to get to 100 caches for the day. Stupidly I forgot sunscreen so was getting scorched along the journey. Drank about 5 litres of water and found 103 caches. If I'd had a co-driver could have found alot more but alas not he was harvesting. Enjoyed listening to the cds I got for Christmas on the 5 hour return trip to get to/from Tailem Bend from Naracoorte. TFTC and apologies for the generic logs.
This one is in desperate need of maintenance all the fruit containers have perished.
This one is in desperate need of maintenance all the fruit containers have perished.
First day of holidays so I thought I might knock a few more of this series on the head. TFTC
What a great idea for the cache, unfortunately for us we got it right straight away but we still tried it all and loved it. It is in need of maintenance or you won't have a cache soon. TFTC
Take 2 at what we started during OZ Mega Murray Bridge, took us a while to get back here but we made it. TFTC. Very innovative cache.
**Container maintenance required.
We arrived in Tailem Bend about 7.30 a.m. to make a start on the Wandering Heroes trail in the hope of getting 100 per day for two days. Our first day was tiring with a fair bit of bush bashing to do to get caches.
We got caught in quite a few showers of rain and spent a long time on the road, but managed a comfortable tally for the day.
Thanks to all who placed and maintained caches here for this great 'adventure trail'. Excuse my generic logs, but with so many to do, individual logs are a bit past me tonight.
Thanks CPwanderer for your effort here.
We arrived in Tailem Bend about 7.30 a.m. to make a start on the Wandering Heroes trail in the hope of getting 100 per day for two days. Our first day was tiring with a fair bit of bush bashing to do to get caches.
We got caught in quite a few showers of rain and spent a long time on the road, but managed a comfortable tally for the day.
Thanks to all who placed and maintained caches here for this great 'adventure trail'. Excuse my generic logs, but with so many to do, individual logs are a bit past me tonight.
Thanks CPwanderer for your effort here.
Tftc. This is my second time on this trail, still so many to find. 5 for the price of one here
On a 10 day geocaching holiday in SA from Brisbane with my sister JooJoo57. We attempted to do as many of the Wandering Heroes caches, however we were competing of temperatures in the 35-38 degrees range. Thank you for the caches , it was a most enjoyable day. TFTC. This was probably the best cache of the holiday, not for location, but the cache set up
On a SA geocaching trip and today we are searching for some of the Wandering Heroes plus some of these along the Karoonda Road. Was a very hot day so only out till lunchtime. What a funny hide! TFTC.
Out on this beautiful day to continue our quest to complete this great series of geocaches. Found and signed as Pem kids who consist of Braveheart17, Lozanger and Puppytail6. Left a PEG if convenient which equates to Pembroke Elite Geocachers!! Thanks to all those who make the effort to put these geos out here. Much appreciated.
Found at 4:07:00 PM, GAFF1, I returned to Murray Bridge today after spending the weekend in Adelaide catching up on some caches I missed during the Mega earlier this year.
Last find for the day and nice and quick as I was about to be running late to get back to Adelaide for a meeting, luckilly I chose the right one, a Fav point given for the hide
SL, cache in good condition.
TFTC CPwanderer
Last find for the day and nice and quick as I was about to be running late to get back to Adelaide for a meeting, luckilly I chose the right one, a Fav point given for the hide
SL, cache in good condition.
TFTC CPwanderer
The Geo family was out for the Queens Birthday weekend and remained in the area overnight. What a brilliant series and a real credit to South Australia – very inspirational. We will have to come back again to complete this wonderful series.
Well worth a favourite. Well done guys.
Well worth a favourite. Well done guys.
We were out with the geofamily staying overnight at a motel in Tailem Bend. We were out for a total of two days nonstop geocaching. We used the geomobile and our bikes cycling 10km up the freeway! I know we are crazy! TFTC
On the way from Melbourne to Adelaide the long way and finding a few caches along the way. This was a selected few and it was fun. Found on the 3rd attempt. TFTC
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One of my challenges I set myself for my trip to the SA MEGA was to see how many caches I could find in 24 hours.
Today was the day. I parked the car the night before out at the furtherest point of the caches of the OZ MEGA 2014 and slept the night there with the alarm set for just before midnight.
My aim was to complete the OZ MEGA 2014 caches then start along the Wandering Heros series and see how far I got.
At midnight I started. With no one else on the roads I moved quickly along each of the roads looking for those little 'suspicious piles of stones'.
By 6 am I had just the arrow head to go. I stopped the car and changed clothes as I was getting hot in the thermals. ... and the car would not start. 2 hours later the RAA turned up and said I had a flat battery. [?] [?] [?]
Found the remaining caches (except the couple that are now missing) and headed south for the Wandering Heros series finding the odd one along the road.[^]
The Wandering Hero series are different containers at different distances from the road so they were a little trickier to find at times and my find rate slowed down a little. Slowly the day continued and my count continued to grow, passing 200 and 300. Just after 7:30pm I passed 400 caches and I eventually stopped at 8pm exhausted just before Mindarie.
20 hours and just over 400 caches.
Apologies for the cut and paste logs.
Today was the day. I parked the car the night before out at the furtherest point of the caches of the OZ MEGA 2014 and slept the night there with the alarm set for just before midnight.
My aim was to complete the OZ MEGA 2014 caches then start along the Wandering Heros series and see how far I got.
At midnight I started. With no one else on the roads I moved quickly along each of the roads looking for those little 'suspicious piles of stones'.
By 6 am I had just the arrow head to go. I stopped the car and changed clothes as I was getting hot in the thermals. ... and the car would not start. 2 hours later the RAA turned up and said I had a flat battery. [?] [?] [?]Found the remaining caches (except the couple that are now missing) and headed south for the Wandering Heros series finding the odd one along the road.[^]
The Wandering Hero series are different containers at different distances from the road so they were a little trickier to find at times and my find rate slowed down a little. Slowly the day continued and my count continued to grow, passing 200 and 300. Just after 7:30pm I passed 400 caches and I eventually stopped at 8pm exhausted just before Mindarie.
20 hours and just over 400 caches.
Apologies for the cut and paste logs.
Found with Tassiegirl13.
We'd attended the SA Oz Mega Event and this was our last day caching in the area.
With everything done around the event we headed up along the Wandering Hero's Power Trail to add a few more to our tally.
Loved the hide "hear".
TFTC
We'd attended the SA Oz Mega Event and this was our last day caching in the area.
With everything done around the event we headed up along the Wandering Hero's Power Trail to add a few more to our tally.
Loved the hide "hear".
TFTC
It was time for specimenX and myself to head back to Murray Bridge to do the Signal PT and some of the Wandering Hero's. It was a 2 hour drive there and we arrived and went straight into the Signal series. We were suprised at how they were scattered and doubted a few of our answers but it seems we had them all right and we found the whole lot. We then headed off for some lunch and collected a couple of Oz Mega 2014 caches that had gone astray on our last visit.
Murray Bridge was almost a ghost town compared to the Easter weekend. We were still looking for the Kookie magnets (habbit now lol) and we were kinda missing all the geomobiles with their flags flying high. Seems Murray Bridge was back to BAU and we were once again engaging stealth mode for our activities.
Once we had eaten, we decided to try our luck and do as many Wandering Hero's as our bodies would allow. specimenX was like a bull at a gate, just kept going and going and going. We evetually called it quits at a daily total of 204 finds (our highest yet) and started the 2 hour drive home at 1am in the morning. By the time we got home, we were well and truely exhausted, showered then crashed immediately.
In the Wandering Hero's, we managed to get from the Tailum Bend turnoff all the way to Karoonda Road/Kulde Road intersection. We then headed up Karoonda Road towards Bowhill Road (heading towards Murray Bridge) to collect The Lost Wanderers.
There are still SOOOOO many Wandering Hero's we need to collect so it looks like another SA trip will be in the planning
Thanks to all the CO's who have placed caches for us to collect and also bigh shout out to those who maintain these caches. Very enjoyable exhausting day.
Murray Bridge was almost a ghost town compared to the Easter weekend. We were still looking for the Kookie magnets (habbit now lol) and we were kinda missing all the geomobiles with their flags flying high. Seems Murray Bridge was back to BAU and we were once again engaging stealth mode for our activities.
Once we had eaten, we decided to try our luck and do as many Wandering Hero's as our bodies would allow. specimenX was like a bull at a gate, just kept going and going and going. We evetually called it quits at a daily total of 204 finds (our highest yet) and started the 2 hour drive home at 1am in the morning. By the time we got home, we were well and truely exhausted, showered then crashed immediately.
In the Wandering Hero's, we managed to get from the Tailum Bend turnoff all the way to Karoonda Road/Kulde Road intersection. We then headed up Karoonda Road towards Bowhill Road (heading towards Murray Bridge) to collect The Lost Wanderers.
There are still SOOOOO many Wandering Hero's we need to collect so it looks like another SA trip will be in the planning
Thanks to all the CO's who have placed caches for us to collect and also bigh shout out to those who maintain these caches. Very enjoyable exhausting day.
Off we go again! This time Rapidlywild and I decided to tackle the Wandering Heroes caches after completing the Oz Mega Signal power trail-insane! [:O)]
Once again Rapidlywild was the driver and I was the runner [:O)] Most of the caches were nice, quick finds although several of them were a little bit elusive to us in the dark so RW joined in for the search
I enjoyed the variety of the hides along the way; several were quite creative! All up for the day we totalled 204 finds and ended with a 1am finish Absolutely geobuggered after that! lol!
Thanks to all the CO’s for placing their caches in this fantastic series!
[:O)]Once again Rapidlywild was the driver and I was the runner [:O)] Most of the caches were nice, quick finds although several of them were a little bit elusive to us in the dark so RW joined in for the search
I enjoyed the variety of the hides along the way; several were quite creative! All up for the day we totalled 204 finds and ended with a 1am finish
Absolutely geobuggered after that! lol! Thanks to all the CO’s for placing their caches in this fantastic series!
One of the many caches we found afer attending our 1st OZ Mega with whitewebbs. Thanks to all who placed caches for our enjoyment.
What a week this has been at the Oz Mega Event in Murray Bridge SA. I have so many caches to log so it will have to be a cut and paste log because of the numbers but this does not mean that that I don't appreciate the effort that all the cache owners have put in to hide these caches because without the hiders we would not have the pleasure of finding the vast number of caches that have been placed in this area and also the owners of caches along the roads that we have to travel to arrive in M.B and return back to our homes.
I left Geelong on Wednesday 16th April 2014 and arrived home a week later with close to 500 caches found and now the mammoth task of logging all of these caches.
Thanks to all the cache owners who placed caches for everybody to find.
Early Monday 21st April I ventured out to this group with fellow cacher Happy Feet 1 (Robin and Josh) signing the logs as B & HF1 and finding all along the way until we decided to return to Murray Bridge with our aim today was to log at least 150.
This is not the order we found these but for ease of logging I will log in order.
I left Geelong on Wednesday 16th April 2014 and arrived home a week later with close to 500 caches found and now the mammoth task of logging all of these caches.
Thanks to all the cache owners who placed caches for everybody to find.
Early Monday 21st April I ventured out to this group with fellow cacher Happy Feet 1 (Robin and Josh) signing the logs as B & HF1 and finding all along the way until we decided to return to Murray Bridge with our aim today was to log at least 150.
This is not the order we found these but for ease of logging I will log in order.
Here in the area for the Oz Mega from Wodonga, spending the day with Bushfire. Our goal today was to grab 150 caches along the Wandering Heros Trail. It is wonderful to see these people who have been recognised along the way. We had a great day in the area making the finds.There was some great hides and our thanks to all the hiders for the effort in hiding and maintaining the various caches. Thanks.CPwanderer.
#1393
#1393
Congratulations Southern Belles on being geocaching heroes.
Back on the trail today after a break at the Oz Mega, a great event.
Well done to the organizing committee.
TFTC
Back on the trail today after a break at the Oz Mega, a great event.
Well done to the organizing committee.
TFTC
Whislt on holidays in Murray Bridge for the Oz Mega we headed out with TR and Frog Lady to do the geoart around the town would like to thank all the Co'S for putting these together and showing us around the town as we have never been here before TFTC
Thanks for your cache CPwanderer, we found on our way to the OzMega Event in Murray Bridge to be held over Easter. Yoru cache helped to break up the long drive from Perth and give us an excuse to stop and stretch our legs.
Found this cache while attending Oz Mega. Had a great time and appreciated all the effort of the organisers and the owners of placed caches. Thank CPwanderer
Finds #1524
After attending My First MEGA event in Murray Bridge it was time to pack up the camp, say my farewells to old and new friends and hit the road (the long way home)
finally finishing the Fruit loop Track and I was back heading the right way for Victoria. Aiming for the Lost Wanderers run and some of the Wandering Heroes, but picking up a couple of roadside caches along the way.
Now that I'm down here my plan was to get 100 for the day before the big 4 hour drive home.
TFTC to all that have placed the caches along this series. (sorry for the generic log)
After attending My First MEGA event in Murray Bridge it was time to pack up the camp, say my farewells to old and new friends and hit the road (the long way home)
finally finishing the Fruit loop Track and I was back heading the right way for Victoria. Aiming for the Lost Wanderers run and some of the Wandering Heroes, but picking up a couple of roadside caches along the way.
Now that I'm down here my plan was to get 100 for the day before the big 4 hour drive home.
TFTC to all that have placed the caches along this series. (sorry for the generic log)
On our OzMega Holiday to Murray Bridge we decided to get a few of this great series thanks to the co for this cache
Geocaching a section of the Wandering Heroes with my Geodaughter during the last day of Oz Mega. The flies and the heat detracted from the overall enjoyment of the expedition, resulting in only a handful of caches being completed.
Great Day Out caching with M-SEZ , Ma77hew & Kay , Sneaky Squeaky and Knightech JNR
Thanks For The Cache
Thanks For The Cache
Found with Kiwigeoswami and Granville86a on our Oz Mega 2014 Road trip from Invercargill New Zealand. Such a great idea to honour cachers and I enjoyed reading the stories behind the nominated cacher. Thanks to all those who took the time to place the cache and those who maintain. My apologies for the generic log.
Big fav of ours = Fav point!!
Big fav of ours = Fav point!!
