The Angel of Contemplation Barmera, South Australia, Australia
By TheSA cousins on 20-Apr-12. Waypoint GC3HHBB

Sadly, No longer able to maintain this cache, will always be a beautiful spot to sit and contemplate though.

Spent over half an hour searching under all the bushes in the area and both seats.
I give up. It’s only. D1.0. T1.0 !!!

Could the CO please check this one out ?

20 min looking and nothing.... will try again next year

20 mins search. Was losing light and checked the whole perimeter of cache site. 1st dnf. Cant win em all

Adelaide Trip Day 2. I was heading to Adelaide for the Christmas break and stopped last night in Robinvale. I continued my journey to Adelaide via Mildura, Renmark, Berri and Wakerie. The weather was much kinder as the cool from went over about dinner time last night here in far west NSW. It turns out I have looked for this one before. I failed then as I failed this time. With people poking around the graves I could not be too rigorous.

Thanks.
**Albida**

Took some time, hope the Angel forgives us for body searching her....! But found eventually after reading activity logs!

What a nice place to visit. Found the cache in the open, placed back under a Bush. TFTC

Found after the 3rd time back

Small cache took a bit to find but it was fun.

Another quick find on a freezing cold day. T.F.TC

3rd time for this cache. My mate didn't find it last time so back so he can log

Second time lucky

Another quick grab for Geo Kids due to being out in open, not sure if its the right spot but have returned to where we found it....

We loved searching for this one.

peaceful

TFTC

Very quiet here today. What a lovely maintained cemetery and a nice shady spot to fit and reflect. Took us longer to find then it should have, but eventually had the cache in hand and logbook signed. Found on our way to Adelaide for a wedding. TFTC

Rest In Peace beautiful souls.
TFTC

Easy find now we know what to look for..didnt find last year ...success finally tftc

Tftc

Mrs 4Mpule contemplated where the cache co uild be while reading the logs sitting in the car with the kids as Mr 4Moule searched. After he came up empty Mrs 4Moule went out. A lucky Angel maybe as the cache was soon discovered after a short search. Everything is still in good condition. TFTC

Good camoflage

Nice spot for a stop

How!!!!....

Found

Found it but the yellow pencil doesn’t work so bring ur own pen but still be respectfull

*Found whilst on family holidays in Renmark*

A nice sunny afternoon on a pleasant spring day in the Riverland. Out and about with Happy pants and Happy Feet. A great morning out with many laughs had and memories made. Without Geocaching as my guide I would never have found so many interesting places on my travels.

A nice straight forward find here as we allowed our GPS to be our guide.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment TheSA cousins. Appreciate your efforts.
-P

Stamped and returned as found...

**Cache Condition**: The container and log book are in good nick.
**Took**: *Nothing*
**Left**: *Nothing*

**#13439**

Cache-On!

Out with Snap Happy and Happy Feet today grabbing a few caches around Renmark and it's surrounds and we had not long had lunch at Lake Bonney and we found this cache on our way back from a local winery and we had decided to go for a wander with our father around the cemetery gathering some information. The cache was quickly located and logged after a short search, thanks TheSA cousins for the hide and for highlighting this beaut old cemetery.

In Renmark for a family holiday for the week. After heading out for a drive and doing some wine tasting with the rest of the family, Happy pants, Snap Happy and myself headed back to camp via a few caches. We discovered some good hides and had no DNF's. There was plenty of laughs and fun had, along the way.

We had Dad with us, and he was keen to visit here to collect some more family history. We wandered in and made a quick find at the GZ, even though my GPS was pointing in a different direction. Then we all wandered around looking at some of the amazing head stones and looking for our surname.

I am currently writing detailed logs because of a challenge provided by Project-GC. "The Author" Badge challenges geocachers to average one hundred words or more in each log. As of the start of 2018 my average was only 47 words per log, which seems a long way from the 100 target. Given that I have found so many GC caches, I have to write many logs with well over 100 words for a long period of time to get my average to the target. Apologies to anyone who finds the logs tedious but it is the only way that I can strive to attain this challenge. After over 7000 plus caches (which includes all cache finds up and including yesterday), the average log length is just over 50 words. I am now entertaining the possibility that I might be able to achieve my task before the end of next year. It's surprising how much is has increase since doing this.

Thanks TheSA cousins for placing the cache for us to find and doing the maintenance to keep it in play.
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Found on my way to another Moneydork event, nice and restful here this morning.

TFTC

found

Found

Tftc

It was very quiet here today

Barmera Carp Fishing comp gave us a reason to cache around the lake today. Beautiful area. TFTC

Grabbed a few caches while waiting for the local pizza to cook.
hevwalker & I had a fairly good idea where to look,
it was just a matter of choosing the right one.
Loved the angel & it was nice and green here today.

In the Riverland for a big caching day...
Visited while waiting for our dinner to be ready...
A lovely green area leading up to the Angel...
Found after a short search...
TFTC TheSA cousins

We were slightly nervous about finding a cache IN the cemetery as they are usually on the fence line or just outside. Made a quick find and were very pleased about the location. It was nice to sit down in the shade and rest and reflect. Thanks for the hide.

Good one. Nicely camoflauged. Be respectful. thank you for the find.

Rest in peace and the angel is beautiful but you may have to look were you sit..

A lovely spot for a geocache and nicely done too. SL TFTC

Found on a family trip to Loveday, tftc

Good easy find with the kids

Tftc

Having just started geochaching today, son and i bit dissapointed on not finding it. Hoping for better luck on next one!

Our girls found it and left an Anzac pin please note the date of our find --

On our Easter Weekend break at KOM we decided to do a few (a lot for us) of caches to get to our 4000th this weekend. This will be our quickest 1000 so far, helped having 3 months off work last year.
I initially overlooked this and was puzzled why I couldn't find it. So researched and found it where it should be TFTC spent a moment reflecting on my friends lovely Dad who sadly died this weekend. Thanks for bringing me here and the hound had a blast he loves a cemetery

Found It!
A quick find here in this very nicely kept cemetery!
TFTC

Alice trip 2017. Day 3. My third day of lone travel and it took me from Renmark to Burra via Barmara. A real mixture of caches today, including a great walk by the banks of the Murray near the border. I don't know what happened here, others are finding it. Another day.

Thanks.

Albida

Sorry for the late log, we misplaced are log notes from the last road trip, Nice location, TNLN

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Beautiful spot- I have never seen a full sized tree decorated for Christmas in a cemetery!

found

Well Doug and I are back after a few years, and decided to drop in on the beautiful angel. The cache is in good order and the original log book is dry and plenty of room left. Could do with a new pencil, but I didn't bring one.

Up in Barmera again for the long weekend and finishing off a few stray caches around town before venturing further afield.
Found in the first place I looked. [^]
Thanks for the cache TheSA cousins.

YAY 100 Where my husbands sister was buried in 1961. Special place for us.

Beautiful spot!!!!

Nice quiet spot, TFTC

Found it 27/3/16 at 5.22pm TFTC

Contemplating the hide so gathered some rubbish up while thinking and sat down to fill in the cache

Easy find

Found! Thanks for the cache

Brodie, muggle partner and I were at Berri for an event yesterday at our 'home' for the weekend
Today was head for our real home day and I was supposed to be back in Adelaide by 6.30pm for a meeting but at 8pm, we were just leaving Barmera
There was just too many great spots to visit and caches to find
All up, 40 caches for the day (well, 40 after we had been to bed and slept ) and the last 2 were FTFs which required a small (about 20km) detour from our journey home.

Unless mentioned otherwise, please know that your cache and log book was in good condition.

A quick find in a gorgeous setting
Just as the sun was setting and the colour of the sky was ever so pretty, we contemplated life and found this cache.
I removed some excess papers from the container so that the log fitted properly.

TNLN. SL. TFTC TheSA cousins

Whilst visiting a friend's grave I noticed there was a cache located several metres away. After quietly saying what I needed to say at the grave site I especially came to visit today, I walked over to the cache GZ, sat and enjoyed the view, and the feeling of calmness and peace that came over me.

An easy find and a respectful hide in a cemetery.

What a fun weekend I've had in the Riverland!!

Lots of gorgeous geofriends [:X], events, walking, driving (on roads, sand and bush bashing), getting wet feet in the lake, BBQs, picnics, going across the border into Victoria [^], someone getting bogged , someone hitting a kangaroo whilst rescuing the bogged driver , huffing and puffing up what felt like Mt Everest [xx(], eggs & bacon [^], laughter , chatting and of course finding lots of caches!!! [^][^][^][^]

I LOVE GEOCACHING!! WOO HOO!! [:X] [^]

Thanks for the cache TheSA cousins

Took a seat and contemplated if we would ever hide a cache in a graveyard. In South Carolina the geocommunity have agreed to hide their cemetery caches outside the graveyard out of respect for those who are visiting those they lost. Quick find in a logical spot.
Chris & Renate from Ontario, Canada

Got it and hello again my brother miss you heaps

Couldn't find it any hints for next time please as I'm done for now been here for half an hr looking I'm no good at this geocaching

Great cache
Nice hide
TFTC

Found with geo-dad and geo-uncle while holidaying in Barmera for our 31st year in a row.

Found straight away as I was walking towards it

Quick find in the dark! Probably not the best cache to find at night but we survived!

Quick find, nice spot. TFTC

Tftc

What a peaceful location a great spot for contemplation and also for finding a cache, found while out and about with Mattycat TFTC TheSA cousins

A few quick riverland caches with Purrfect Di and Mr and Mrs Froghoppin.
Nice little angel in a quiet place. Sat down and logged.
tftc TheSA cousins

lovely spot, nice hide

A quick find. Despite the crappy day there were quite a few visiting the cemetery here today. Some very impressive headstones were checked out near GZ. Thanks.

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Popey and demi. On tap!

Demi & Popey - on tap!

Turtles

Found tftc.

Excellent co ords made this a quick cache find . A well presented area.

Found it

Found it.
Very Easy.
No idea what the heck I was doing the first time round.

Yippee! Good hide, easy find

To many mourners placing flowers.
This was my last one for the day. 65km's ridden on my bike once I got home.
I was nice to sit here and have a rest.

Found with 2011*turtle - a lovely area. We had not parked near the cache and enjoyed the history of the area. TFTC

Found with vj187 on a day of caching. TFTC

On a bit of a geotour during what remains of my holidays, MuggleWife is back at work so I'm off to Mildura and Renmark via Bendigo and Swan Hill then back to Melbourne through Pinnaroo, Bordertown and Horsham.
Day 2 of my journey of my journey was almost a false start. I camped overnight in Kings Billabong Wildlive Reserve just out of Mildura and was up bright and early, feed, cleaned and packed up by 7:30 am to hit the road and the ignition went click, click, click. Having walked 2 km to meet the RACV and then into town for a new battery, I'm finally on the road at 10 am.
Nice resting place, had to evade a worker up the back but managed to sneak in for the kill (oops). Beautifully maintained location.
Thanks for placing this cache TheSA cousins

We are always dropping in to visit relatives TFTC

TFTC. Found with our new geocaching friends

tFTC. Found with our new geocaching friends.

TFTC... a little daunting at 2am in this location but quick easy find

someone laying flowers so didnt want to let the kids search too far.....

A bit harder than I thought but found it eventually

Jade and amie