Gunbower Welcomes You Gunbower, Victoria, Australia
By Aussie Fun Seakers on 22-Dec-11. Waypoint GC39G45

Found while making my way to Mildura. Meeting a friend at the half point. Seriously,,, Nobody should ever expect anybody to drive a 10 hour return trip without caching on the way! So here I am. Many thanks Aussie Fun Seakers for providing this game piece for our enjoyment.Greetings from Tatura, Australia

Found on a beautiful sunny day after spending the night in Cohuna. Great welcome sign. Thanks Aussie Fun Seakers for placing and maintaining the cache for our enjoyment. #2457

TFTC

Last time I was here looking for this cache it was missing. So I have stopped today as I seen it has been replaced. Finally turning the frown upside down! TFTC!

Motorhoming around in winter and finding a cache here and there. A quick park & grab at a very interesting welcome sign. TFTC

#4248 Third of nine finds while travelling from Echuca to Mildura. Found after a short search. TFTC

Thank you so much to Aussie Fun Seakers for your caches during my short visit to this area. Tamagotchi key word for my none geocaching friends who embraced my searching on a lovely weekend away celebrating milestone birthdays. One came with me to this cache to see what it was all about. Love the entrance artRegardskbucky

Today we left Echuca and traveled the short distance to Cohuna with short diversions into Gunbower and Leitchville with a number of other stops for caches as well.We have a fantastic camp right in the middle of town in Cohuna with a grassy sight on the lake. Couldn't ask for more!We spent the afternoon catching up with family after a bike ride round the area.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Aussie Fun Seakers.**SKI Pair****

Nice quick find

Checked cache today and found it missing so replaced with a new cacheAll good to go once more

Sadly did not find it but that was a really cool sign

Sorry to say but just as the previous few cacher, nowhere to be found.

Searched high & now with no luck!

Not able to find

Put my hands everywhere I could and nothing found. And we were probably distressing mummy bird too.

Fltf

Cheers

Thanks you

Been to this one before, many moons ago.Quick find.TFTC

My coordinates were a little bit out, but I did manage to find it after a quick search

Kids had fun with this one, fighting over who get to climb up high. But it was keen eyes and not the strongest that had this cache in hand first.

Find # 12771

A day out n about, driving the backroads hunting down the "out of the way" caches. Also on the agenda was to visit the Torrumbarry Weir for the "A Handfull of Weirs" Ad Lab.

Took a bit to find as there was so many logical places a micro could hide.


TFTC Aussie Fun Seakers

I stopped here and suddenly, traffic everywhere, that seems to be a theme for today. Once it settled down a short search lead to success. I havnt been here before, it will be fun to explore this little town.

I was driving past today on my way north to find a few caches. I didnt really have a plan for the day and decided to start off finding a newish mystery in Rochester and then see where i ended up from there. I havnt made a particularly early start so it wont be a mammoth day, nor am i targeting any particular caches or locations, so just a relaxed cruise. The sun is shining and surprisingly warm which is putting me in an even more relaxed, slow travel kind of mood. The geopooch was getting ratty at home so she is excited to be getting out and exploring once again, come to think of it, so am i, in a sleepy kind of way.

Found it. Cool spot

June 11, 2023 12:40 PM

Out for a Sunday afternoon drive along roads we haven't traveled down before, family Perpetuallylost made the most of the calm, mild weather today and also tried to find a cache or two along the way.
No trouble locating this cache on this very well crafted "Welcome to" sign. CIGC TFTC.

Very good hiding spot

Our last find for the day was here. Groping around GZ in the dark I luckily made the find quickly. Nothing else of a more sinister nature was found as well and we could get on the road back to Echuca.

Today, we were awakened to the sounds of an arsenal of shotguns as the annual duck season opened.

After doing a few chores around our accommodation, we headed out geocaching for the day.

+Wife found a nice safe parking spot, and I took some photos for our extended ANZAC Day Long Weekend break album.

A short search soon revealed the cache, and our stamp was placed in the new log book.

Thank you for placing this cache, Aussie Fun Seakers.

Checked cache this morning and yes cache has gone missing
I replaced with another one
All good to go
Cheers

DNF For us today

CO can u plz check on this cache? Thx.

Extra DNF from me

This geocacher reported that the cache might be missing.

A hint would be good but guessing it was magnetic

No luck today, searched high and low with no success

Not there. Might need checking.

Spent ages looking couldn’t find it before it got dark

First geocache I’ve ever found! Very new to it!
On my way home from Echuca back to Mildura. It was a lil tricky but fun! Thanks!!

On our way to Mildura and then Onto South Australia get some cache on Our way

Tricky one

Not where I expected, but I looked there first, as was easiest place of 2 to look at...
Not magnetic anymore...
TNLNSL
Thanks

Stopped for this, our last cache for the day and our huge trip. dalerious already had this one so I jumped out of the car, signed the log and hightailed it back home to Tat ready for work.
Thank you Aussie Fun Seekers .

The Trip
We talked about planning this odyssey months ago, but put the finishing touches to the plan in the last couple of weeks.
We were hoping to undertake two challenges. One was to log a cache in as many counties in Victoria, South Australia and New South Wales as we possibly could, as well as logging caches that were placed on the pages of the UBD Victorian Road Atlas as well.
dalerious got to work strategically picking caches that we needed. No easy task, but he is so adept at it. I get the car and supplies ready, and drive.
We had only 2 full days to do all this in, as well as an event to attend to in Mildura.
Quite an ask, but yet again dalerious and I not only marked of all the caches we had on our list, but we were lucky enough to add more.
We had an awesome time away travelling around hop, skipping and jumping from one state to the next. With the exception of hitting one Kangaroo, no damage to the Hilux or us thank goodness, I loved driving around this beautiful area.
Next big trip Tasmania........ Bring it on!

After a little bit of searching, on this chilly Sunday winter's afternoon.
We found the cache, hidden in its special hiding spot.
Best to park across the road to get this one and walk across.
TFTC

Found whilst on a long weekend road trip with heymissjo.

#1295
Road tripping with The Welder and have lots of kms to cover…. Challenges to collect and milestones to earn. BUT I can’t not stop here and collect a Gunbower cache! You see when I was 12 (yes 32 years ago) I started studying genealogy with my beautiful Nan… a passion that would follow me on and off in the years that followed.

It was then that I heard the many stories of my Nans childhood and the fond memories she had staying with her cousins in Gunbower island and the neighbouring towns. I had always wanted to go and search the old country towns and cemeteries for a further appreciation of that part of my family tree, put places with the old photos and soak in the ancestral familial lines… but years and decades go by and so too do generations. With the passing on my Nan, my focused changed to the raising of my children…

Now this weekend as much as I would love to explore and fulfil that dream of exploring the area, I can’t get distracted as it’s taken us too long to be able to get a kid free weekend to work on these challenges… but with the insistence of The Welder and the lingering dream of my Nan last night, how can I not pause for a moment, smile at my Nans memory and reflect on times go by.

My Nan and Pa loved travelling and visiting local Victorian towns and I am sure they were watching the Welder and I as we stopped at the Gunbower sign making the cache hunt harder than it should have been. They would be laughing at us from heaven, watching me try and scour the beams and The Welder pausing to kiss the fish! Oh the things that you do!

Thanks for the cache and a chance to reflect on precious memories from years passed by. I will definitely be back to discover some more.

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Killing a few hours in and around Echuca and grabbed this one. Love the fish!
TFTC

#18498. Robmc and I are heading to Mildura via Cohuna for a week. First play of the day was an unexpected FTF on a brand new AdLab at the Winton Wetlands (thanks Team BGF) and just a few caches along the way to Cohuna.

Rob had found this one way back in 2012 but we stopped here for me to find it. Found very quickly but these days doesn't appear to be magnetic. Log sheet good. Nice welcome stop by the water (that looks like it can be considerably higher at times).

Thanks Aussie Fun Seakers

CO was too smart for us this time

Day 2 of a trip to Victoria and targeting around the Wangaratta area. The afternoon consisted of traveling from Kerang to Goorambat meeting up with Bushfire and 6hinemoa2 at our base camp.

A few hides were targeted where we could with time permitting as we had to arrive at our base by a certain time.

All caches were in good condition unless noted otherwise.

Another quick stop and sign.

Thank you for the cache Aussie Fun Seakers, found 4/05/2022, 11:15:09 AM

THE LATE TO THE WANGARAATA MEGA TOUR. [:o)]
We were booked for November 21. [^] Didn't Happen.
Booking transferred to February 22. covid
Booking transferred to May 2022. Yah - made it albeit a tad late.

DAY 2: Kerang to Goorambat:
Up reasonably early we decided to have a look around and ended up doing all the possible caches and started towards Goorambat. [^] Put in how long to see how much time we had for stopping at caches along the way... Bugger all. Oh well we did manage to stop for a few.
Once arrived at our digs we waited to be joined by Bushfire and 6Hinemoa2 to arrive. Then we set of for Benalla for some supplies, grabbing a few caches as we went...as you do. [^] So save space in logs we signed BBB6 or 3B6 or similar.

What a great little entrance. Stooped on the way out and I soon had the cache in hand.

Only one of the three goals from last year achieved. So once again I will trying to get the other two this year. [^] Should be easy as I only have to get two multi caches in July from the lockdown and couldn't get out. [:o)] The other was DNF's that came down from over 50 to the low teens before blowing out again but I really want to see only single a single digit this year.

***Thanks Aussie Fun Seakers for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

Tftc

Beautiful

We've traveled to Cohuna many times visiting friends, this seems a new addition. My friend currently runs the Gunbower Cafe,unfortunately unable to stop, but I'm hoping to get there soon as the food looks amazing

On the way back to Echuca from Cohuna and doing a few caches on the way.
TFTC

A quick find on our way through.

A mega jaunt with endeavour3 saw us caching this cache and writing in the log, then we moved on. A lovely place to explore.

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

Watawieh from Norfolk Island South Pacific.

I have teamed up with TeamAstro to attend the Wangaratta mega. We are doing some caching on a road trip returning to Adelaide from Wangaratta.

It took both of us to locate the now non magnetic . TFTC

Found & logged using Cachly for iOS

LittleBoss2 and I had just enjoyed a couple of wet days around Cohuna, and were keen to continue our caching run on the way home today. This was one of many caches we completed that made a 90 Min trip into a 5hr trip. But that's caching for you. Our sincere thanks to all the CO's for the laughs while looking we enjoyed today

On our way home from a couple of days geocaching around Cohuna. Thanks for placing the geocache

Easy grab

Found it lying on the ground, so logged & hid away again. Tftc

Cheeky bike rider around town, stopped off at the cafe for a quick milkshake before finding this on the way out !

Saw the sign and thought there just has to be a cache there. BINGO!!!
Good find after exploring Gunbower island today. TFTC

A bit fishy… TFTC

Little hard great spot

Found on our way to Sealake checking out the silo art trail trail

TFTC CTMH

Good little find thanks

A great little find in a fantastic location beautiful little town. Thanks for putting it there.

Thanks for the welcome. Cache all good.

TFTC

Quick find goodbye

The three of us were heading back to Adelaide from northeast Victoria. Teen Tardis found the cache in the first place he looked - don't you just love it when that happens?

Signed the log. Thanks for the cache Aussie Fun Seakers

Found it TFTC

Not sure if missing?

14:29
This is one of the caches we found, with a good early start, on a great day's caching south east of Kerang in the company of fellow Geelong cachers Suscoe. Oh yes we soon felt very welcome in Gunbower.

Our thanks to 'Aussie Fun Seakers' for adding this cache to the geo-gameboard.
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*This log composed and published using Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK).*

Suscoe headed out today in the terrific company of Phetlern.
We had a big day out with lot of finds covering many kilometres.
The countryside around this area is interesting with irrigation, hills, water, crops and livestock that were looking great.
Thanks to the Aussie Fun Seekers, we had dropped in here once before but it was missing, great to see it today.

Easy find. I never realised how nice it was here. Thank you for sharing.

Found by Mon and Dessie

Revisit to this spot. Quick easy find this time. TFTC ️

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Nice one TFTC

Cute spot

We spent a few days at the Gunbower area and looking for some Caches. This was one of them we found. It was a nice area withe the river. Thank to all CO forv the Caches.

Went for a drive to Gunbower today and this is a cache I found I also found this one on the way. TFTC.

Found today with the Joolay after attending the St Arnaud Mega
Car nearby maybe followed GPS and wasn't watching road
TFTC Aussie Fun Seakers

Interesting artwork of the car in the lake.
Quick find and on our way.
Up in St Arnauds for the Mega but now it’s time to head back to Canberra. Found with Kittykatch on the road trip home.
Unless otherwise stated cache is in good condition.
TFTC

Checked on cache this morning and found it missing so have replaced it.
All good to go Cheers

Thanks L&J......found it. Cheers & tftc

did not find, is it still there? Cheers

No luck for me here today. Passing by again tomorrow. .....perhaps I'll have another look!

Thanks for the find

Thanks for the find. Found while working away.

Found well working away.

No there

With Mrs one-eyed we were on the way to our next overnight stay , so decided to stop here for what we thought was to be a quick find but no such luck.
We looked at what we thought it would have been , could here some metal rattling around but No Such Luck.
Cheers.
one=eyed

Found at 11am on the way to Cobram. A quick stop to find and sign and on our way again.
TNLN
thanks Aussie Fun Seakers

Cool place for a cache
Thanks for bringing us here. TFTC

What a great little sign tftc

Found safe and sound...nice signage tftc