It's A Small World - Shark Bay, WA Grace Plains, South Australia, Australia
By SEMIK on 02-May-12. Waypoint GC3JG9Y

Thanks for the tribute to Liz and the hide Shark Bay, a very special part of WA Tftc

Today out and about on 216 of 274 days to get my daily cacher Emerald Using my Garmin Etrex 22X and MacBook Air!Thanks for the cacheTFTC

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TFTC. Down in Adelaide for some medical appointments & calisthenics comp . What else to do with spare time?? Cache of course! Happy caching and safe travels!

TFTC. Soooo many places I haven't been(Yet)Roads currently in good condition and no middle hump tracksto get stranded or bellied out onLog signed

Out for a Saturday afternoon drive checking out Riverlea Estate. Then muggle hubby thought we could do a little caching. I was more than happy with that suggestion. Was a tad dusty today. Certainly need a rain. Had the company of 2 kangaroos who kept ahead of us for quite a while. Tftc

We saw a message on Facebook asking if there was anyone out there interested in finding the caches in the following geoart, It's A Small World, Magical Unicorns and the PSA. We put our hand up and were the lucky team who OzGuff decided he would like to cache with. These geoart have been on our to do list for quite some time. Hubby has have done a few of the PSA in 2013 on his trip to pick me up from the Nullarbor Roadhouse where I had been working the other few were completed on a trip home from a JLWE in 2016.The day before we had arrived in Adelaide from a break on Kangaroo Island and with a last minute change to our plans we choose to stay in Adelaide instead of returning to Victoria, thankfully Graeme was up for this. We made plans that we would pick him up at 5.30am which had us arriving and signing our first cache at 6.30am. This set the tone for the rest of the day, most of the caches were found quickly, if maintenance was needed we did this, a couple of containers were replaced that had suffered UV damage.We also found a couple of other caches that we could not drive by and were on the roads that we travelled on. Once finished these we popped into Dublin to complete the AL here. Thank you OzGuff for sharing this day with us we had a wonderful time and would do it all over again with you. SL TFTC

What a day! I headed out very early this morning with the muff1 duo in search of South Australian premiers, geographical locations all over the world, and unicorns. Our first find occurred at about 6:30am. And eight hours later we had found all 188 geocaches in the above three geoart series plus three more random caches. And we hit five AL stages in Dublin as we headed back Adelaide. 191 is now my record for finds in 24 hours.[Kudos to muff1 for revisiting 20+ caches from the PSA series just for me.]We had a great day! No DNFs, and we performed a little maintenance as needed. I signed as OZG in permanent marker.TFTC to all whove had a hand in hiding/maintaining these series!

We stay another week in Adelaide and pick up some more caches Found the cache with TBU1BIKESU Tftc Adelaide Geocachers

Been there too.After that long extreme heat wave, we headed out to get at least one Geoart in Adelaide's region.We know Liz and Bruce, and yes, it is a small world.Sorry for general log.Tftc Adelaide Geocachers

With plenty of time remaining in the day, I came out here for the series - maybe I get some travel ideas while at it (not that I need to be encouraged...) TFTC!!

The Great Leap Forward 2024 is over. Out caching today with AnsMisty (Vic) doing the Liz tribute 60, and a couple of others in Owen where we breaked for lunch. Came across Geo Johns (Qld) on the dusty road as he was doing the same series. We replaced 3 containers and a log in our travels but were very impressed that the series seemed very well maintained. We popped a few trinkets out where they would fit. A great day filled with fun and friendship.This is a wonderful tribute to Liz and we appreciated all the cities in the series, which gave us some reminiscing or something just to chat about. TFTC.

After attending an early morning event in Walkerville I headed out after attacking theBarossa and Anna tommy Geo Art series.All caches found safe and well and log books signed and returned safely to the hiding spot.Nice series of drive byes in the south Australian country.A big thanks to the cache owner for making this series available to be found.Cheers

Came up to have a day with KoalaSandy (Sandy and Peter) and managed to do 64 caches in 1 day.Great team work.What a great day we had lots of laughs and fun.Great adventure after the Great Leap Forward Mega Event.Thank SA for a great time.AnsMisty

Found as part of the SPBINZ team (Sidewaze, Paddle Chick, Bullertrout, IsisNZ, and Nanzie). Today we've taken a slower and more scenic route along the coast as we head back towards Adelaide for the main event tomorrow and trying to target caches Bullertrout hasn't found on his previous visits. So now we are making our way through this series - it sure is a small world and she sure has seen a lot of it. TFTC Adelaide Geocachers and kia ora from Aotearoa/New Zealand # 21,749**Otepoti/Dunedin is the place to be 26-27 October, 2024 for GCA7ZHD - Geo Toroa Mega! Please come and join in the fun, find heaps of caches and experience some wonderful Southern hospitality.**

Caching as team SPBINZ: Sidewaze, Paddlechick, Bullertrout, IsisNZ and Nanzie from Nelson, New Zealand. Having had one record day caching (430+) and then another quite full on (200+) were a bit more laid back today, taking our time for a good look around, several AdLabs some earthcaches and generally a more laid-back sort of a day.People sometimes ask how you can see much of the scenery when youre so busy caching but I find I see more than the average tourist who keeps to tar-sealed roads and drives from town to town. So, another awesome day exploring rural and small town South Australia. And learning a bit of history along the way.Greetings from the Shaky Isles across the ditch and many thanks for the hide.

We are now making our way back to Adelaide for the leap day mega tomorrow. Sidewaze, Paddle Chick, Bullertrout, IsisNZ and Nanzie are signing our logs as SPBINZ or sometimes SPINZ as BT has done a large number of caches on the Peninsula. TFTC Adelaide Geocachers#16153

Found with SPINBNZ Team Nice easy find thanks for this cache Adelaide Geocachers

Found with the Nelson crew on our way back to Adelaide for the mega. Enjoying our time over here

Date: February 27, 2024 Time: 12:17 PMFind #14588Spent the day with Gemma Sistema, Posums and RoamingHowie, targeting the PSA series and the 60 series as well as a handful of others.Moved onto the 60 series with Posums and Gemma Sistema bailing after the 6. RoamingHowie and I continued to the very end! All caches had something in place with a few a little dubious just being a log book in a plastic bag.Massive thanks go to Adelaide Geocachers for placing this one. ??

Day #7 Leaping Forward AdventuresMore geocachers are arriving in town by the minute. After catching up with Posums, GemmaSistema and ahomburg for dinner last night, a plan was hatched to tackle some caches up north as well as others along the way.Now off to the 60! Some of us, some of us arent. GemmaSistema and Posums left so its just the two of us now.Thanks Adelaide Geocachers for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy. ----------------------------------------------------------The Ballarat GeoTour ends on 4 March 2024! Be sure to find all the caches and earn the souvenir before the tour is archived. The [Farewell Ballarat GeoTour Event - GCAFQ8B](https://coord.info/GCAFQ8B) is on 18 February 2024.Looking for caches to find when visiting Victoria? Why not check out the geocaching lists available on the [Geocaching Victoria Website](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists/). There are plenty to choose from including all of the previous nominees and winners of the Victorian Cache of the Year Awards.

TFTC Adelaide Geocachers your cache It's A Small World - Shark Bay, WA that we found today. In Mallala today and the rest of the week as we wait for the Leap Day Mega. After arriving and noting the cloud cover we opted to head out to do the Small World Series. We have known Liz and Bruce for quite a few years now. We love near them in the same village in Maryborough QLD. No excuses not to do this tribute series. We replaced a couple of missing caches with what we had. Hopefully they last.Find Count: 18370

Found with my partner

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#8 done and dusted TFTC

Found it! Quick find here. Another WA location to add to the to go list! #297 TFTC

Tftc!! A quick late morning decision had us in the car on our way to see if we can complete this '60' on a lovely spring day.
Number 16!!

Spent the morning grabbing a few more caches hoping to complete the Wheel of Challenges for April.

A very pleasant cool and cloudy morning to start, before very strong winds blew across the dusty plains in this northern area filling our eyes with grit‍

We did all of the ‘It‘s a Small World’ series, some of the ‘Premiers of South Australia’ series and one or two others we passed along the way.

We replaced the cache here.

Many thanks for the hide Adelaide Geocachers

**** ANZAC Day ****

Our second day on the “60” and Unicorn GeoArt series. Aiming to complete the current challenge, “Wheel of Challenges” and set a new daily record for finds.

Playing a guessing game with the geokids to improve their geography and add some fun to the “60” series. Provided them with initials or a state, gave them some cryptic clues and got them to think of an answer!

We travelled the three vertical roads making up the longest stretches of the 60 then went to the nearby unicorn to find more of the mystery caches.

55 finds for the day which is a new daily record for us. (The previous record lasting just four days – our last visit to The Plains.)

Please excuse the copy and paste for all logs.

We are extremely grateful to all the cache owners involved in creating this series.
TFTC Adelaide Geocachers.

Geo day out with Peas&CarrotsForever, sandelf and my Geo Pup. Clocking up finds for the April Wheel of Challenges! This was my 127th find for April, so challenge completed!

Fifty-second find of the 60 traditional series!


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TYFC out with Peas&CarrotsForever, AussieGal88

Geo day out with AussieGal88, sandelf and GeoJack.

Fifty-second of the 60 series. TFTC Adelaide Geocachers

Found it. Tftc

Found it

Big day out with weredunn4, on the bikes and targeting the It’s A Small World series and the Magical Unicorn series.
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Caching with Cheezel1961 on the bikes for this series today. A quick find here.

Decided to get out and about to collect some more caches again this Good Friday, while making a journey up to the Yorke Peninsula to perform maintenance on some of my existing caches and hide a new one as well.

The Australian Prime Ministers trail and It's a Small World are on the radar today, including some other caches hidden around the towns of Mallala, Long Plains, Wallaroo, Tickera, Alford, Parham and Webb Beach.

A total of 77 finds and 7 DNFs for the day.

A little bit of bloodshed but that's all just part of what makes geocaching fun.

Easy find here today.

Happy Birthday Liz!

Very impressive that you've been so many places.

Put my signature in the log book and returned the cache to its hiding spot.

Signed as "P.Goldy"

Happy Easter to all Geocachers.

Thanks to Adelaide Geocachers for this cache.

Find No.702
15/04/2022

Out on caching adventures with Wollaston ticking off the lovely Liz’s birthday series.

Thanks to the many hands and minds taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot in logbook with stamp

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Find # 4755

Having just spent the last 2 months caching with Liz and Bruce throughout Queensland and South Australia, we just had to complete Liz’s 60th celebration series. On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird. TFTC Adelaide Geocachers
Find #7128 at 14:22.

Tftc. Unable to write on log as to wet

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22,540. Found with minniek during our Post-Christmas escape to South Australia.

This trip to South Australia was on again off again due to the changing circumstances in the various states we had to travel through. Finally getting a green light from all 3 states we headed off early boxing day. Day 8 of our adventures took us back out into the countryside doing GeoArt (PSA Series, and 60) and other trails (OTD July). This was the next find for the day. All the finds were nice and easy and quick unless otherwise stated. Signed the log, replaced the cache as found, then headed off to the next one.

Thanks Adelaide Geocachers !!

Today fitzy _1965, the geokids and I headed north to finish the PSA series, do the ‘It’s a small world’ 60 series and the OTD July series as well as a few extras for good measure.

Started late and finished on dark with a total of 114 for the day.

All caches were found quickly and in good condition unless otherwise stated.

Nice to see some Sun on the Stubble. Thanks SEMIK

Today, with the Adelaide COVID-19 lockdown lifted, I decided to head north and target the *Australian Prime Ministers* (APM) Trail, and the *It's a Small World* 60 series. I swung by St Kilda initially, reminiscing about the playground and mangroves I once visited as a child, and then continued to snake my way north following the Prime Ministers, and visiting Mallala in doing so. It drizzled on/off for most of the day, and as the rain started to set in as the sun set, I decided to take that opportunity to head home.

I ended up starting this *It's a Small World* / 60 series later in the day than I had expected, getting going at 16:30 hr, and completed 6+0 just after 19:00 hr, so 2.5 hr driving and searching solo. I did have some trouble on a few of these, as it obviously doesn't get found much these days, while others I managed to spot upon approach (which helped to improve my morale for the long searching caches). Happy belated birthday Liz...
This cache turned out to be found quickly, and the cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks Adelaide Geocachers (honeysucker, SEMIK, and Skippy) for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

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In the 90’s I got roped into a road trip from Perth to Monkey Mia. I thought it was a heck of a drive to see some dolphins, but both the journey and the destination were awesome and I highly recommend it. Plus there would be caches now.

TFTC and series, and belated happy birthday Liz.

TFTC signed, sealed, returned and on to the next! check out my tiktok adventures obie87 geocacher

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Day 182 (Thursday 27th) of our trip. Caching along the way. In Tailem bend today. A total of 26 for the day and 3506 for the trip. TFTC.

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The multiple geo arts near Port Wakefield have been sitting on my raider for some time now, and with some free time today I headed out early with the intention of finding them all. Despite some early grey weather, it ended up being a nice day as the three series were comfortably found, along with the odd cache in-between. All caches were found in reasonable condition.

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We have had the pleasure of meeting up with Liz & Bruce at a few locations listed in this series - Perth, Safety Bay, Adelaide and Kununurra. Enjoyed caching these back roads and fortunate that they were dry although some had been churned up a bit by recent rain. Found all the containers without a problem. Thanks to all CO's

TFTC a quick find

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06/05/2019

Decided went to "It's A Small World series" - very nice country and no traffic there...
The weather is very nice [^][^] found 61 cache and some put new log sheet.
Signed the log as stamp or "EV".

Thanks Adelaide Geocachers for organising the cache and hunt [^]

Hi there Adelaide Geocachers.

We found your cache **"It's A Small World - Shark Bay, WA"** today. (This makes our find count 22166).

Today we headed out from Kapunda to attempt the "It's a Small World" series. We thoroughly enjoyed today's cache finds, but please excuse our boilerplate logs - we know it's not really a good excuse, but we find it difficult to craft individual logs when we attempt so many similar caches in a day. [:(!]

We found 61 caches today & DNF'd 0. Thanks for placing the cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found most caches within a few metres of where our GPS said we should be looking. [:(!] (We did have to look a little further afield for some though). [:(!]
**Cache Condition:** The containers and log books were mostly in good shape. Some hints are pure fiction though.
**Took:** Nothing
**Left:** Smiley Badge in many of the caches, and also some new log sheets..

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny

See Adelaide Puzzle for full log. Quick find. TYFTC SLTNLN
Needs new log, please, as was not equipped today to replace
Cached wont last winter

We had an hour of daylight left before we needed to head off to our campsite for the night, and so we couldn't resist searching for the caches in 0 of this series - and yes, it is a small world indeed! This one was a nice quick find once at Ground Zero. We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the cache and greetings from Zimbabwe

***** GENERIC LOG *****

A mid afternoon call from Scuzzybear saying that she had finished her course early and asking what was I doing for the afternoon?

As I had nothing planned, we arranged to get out and get yet another series that we both needed.

As mentioned in the previous log, there are many caches that need a little TLC with many logs either full or in need of replacement.

I read that there are a number of owners for this series so maybe they could organise to get these ailing hides back to their original glory to keep this great series alive, it would be a great shame to see any of them go.

All hides were found, stamped and returned as found, sometimes with a minor repair as best we could with what we had with us.

Thanks for another fantastic series.

As we are staying in Mallala for a couple of days, it seemed the right time to pick up a figure of about 60 caches nearby, as well as going to visit some more caches that were not a part of this series. Caching happened with ilook4geo.
It is a small world and we know the places that Liz and Bruce have been to in Australia. This was a series of mostly quick and easy finds that was useful for building up the caching numbers. Some of the containers and quite a few of the logs need some attention by the owners.
Thanks go to Adelaide Geocachers for placing this series of caches.

Some caching around the Mallala district took us to some interesting places with goingplaces2. A caching run of 60 caches was a must to put on the program for the day. This cache was found, log was signed, time to move on. TFTC.

With a long weekend coming up we decided to make it an extra-long weekend and hatched a plan with Rapidlywild to attack YP in SA again. It has been 4 years since we were last here so a few new caches/trails have come out since then. On our list was the Gone Fishn' trail as well as the 60 trail, Magical Unicorn and PSA as well as collecting random ones as well along the way.

Getting the "blurry eye" out of Canberra Friday morning we arrived in SA around 7.30am and the geo-mission began.

Apologies for the generic log, we arrived at the first trail on our list and we moved quickly through them...really enjoyed collecting these.

TFTC and the series Adelaide Geocachers

After completing the Unicorn cache series this morning we decided to move across here and do the Liz 60 series. Had to replace a few logs and a container. It was becoming very frustrating extracting logs that were falling apart or so tight in the containers that they torn when removing. Not helped by those previous finders having to put name/found stickers on the log sheet, but still a great day out in the area. TFTC Adelaide Geocachers

Quick find. TFTC
Jones Family

Day out with Moroldies. TFTC

Quick find while out caching with Go Grandys.TFTC

What a great day to do this trail on such a beautiful day (weather wise), which was fortunate given most of these caches are on 'dry weather only roads".

Stamped the logs as "Fabulous Randoms".

What a wonderful series, and YES it is a VERY small world!!! I was also surprised at how many of these locations I too have visited.

As to Lizzie and Brucie, I know them well and I love them!

We first met very spontaneously whilst I was attending an event for "Newbies" in Queensland, January 2016, when I had all of around 6 geocache finds under my belt....I've found a few more since then

I have also travelled through France, Spain and Andorra with this delightful couple so we could attend a Mega, attack french powertrails and check out the beautiful countryside - an awesome opportunity to learn from geocaching 'pros' and to develop a firm friendship.

Re: today's finds: I replaced 2 caches, 2 logs and although some more maintenance is needed on a handful of others, that is all I had left in my caching supplies pack, I need to restock.

Thanks so much for placing and maintaining the caches in this series Adelaide Geocachers! [^]

Found with a cache guardian.
Thank you SEMIK for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.
Found 24 September 2018 10:56 am Find # 662

Happy birthday Liz, or should we say Queen Liz. Liz & Bruce are caching royalty. You know, some of the ones who find thousands each year and never have a DNF! We admire them!We are staying in Port Wakefield for a few days and headed out to this trail. Hopefully we can in some way emulate their feats.
We hope Liz and Bruce enjoyed their time at Shark Bay as much as we did. Lots of lovely caches there too.
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TFTC, TNLN

Found with Ismartis while out chasing hidden creatures, well, the souvenirs anyway. Sorry for the generic logs, but sometimes its a bit hard to write something for every cache in a power trail.

Thanks for placing the series and a big hello to Lizzy, and Bruce of course, great geocachers and even better friends

TFTPT
Cheers and Happy Hunting
Southern Cross Caching

Caching with Southern Cross Caching today, out searching for hidden creatures.

This series was our main target for today to help get some numbers up.

With a couple of exceptions most caches were found reasonably quickly.

TFTC and series SEMIK

Team SWAGJJ is visiting the Yorke Peninsula this week to complete the geo art and collect traditionals, multis and other types along the way back to Adelaide as well. Last few days we explored and found a variety of caches around Adelaide. Seeing some amazing country side and views as well. Thanks to all the COs for placing these caches.

Day 5 of our trip - travelling back from the Yorke Peninsula through to Adelaide. Our targets for the day included more T.O.Y. caches, a virtual, a letterbox trail, and a bit more geoart. Also a few caches with some interesting D/Ts for their type. Finished the night with some wherigos... A great day was had by all. Caches logged under the "SWAG-JJ" group monkier. TFTC!

Day 5 visiting Adelaide and surrounding suburbs with geo friends Waz and Vic, Ardom, Gcoven, JACS Team and joojoo57 from Queensland.
Enjoying venturing around the beautiful city and countryside finding as many caches as we can before heading back home.
To save room in logbooks, we signed or stamped with our team name, SWAG-JJ


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Found July 13, 2018

Found as part of SWAG-JJ team. Thanks.

Travelling down from Queensland with my fellow cachers Snickersallan, Waz and Vik, Ardom, Gcoven and JooJoo57. We have planned a week long adventure to collect all the geoart, the fishing line and anything else we can get. Thanks for the cache!

Day 5: Heading back towards Adelaide for the next two days we are hitting up as many TOY caches, letterboxes and other interesting things on our journey today.

The SWAGJJ team has embarked on day 5 and are enjoying the caching pleasures of the Yorke Peninsula! So much on offer and such a wondrous part of our great land! So many caches makes for a busy and fun filled day! Lots of fun caches today TFTC

Thanks

Finished work at Dry Creek at 1.30 so planned an arvo caching this series. Was a glorious afternoon, really enjoyed it. Found all caches in the series some of the log books were quite damp. Some finds were tricky, hints definitely helped. TFTC and the series. Started out with a fleece and a vest finished with just a T-shirt, perfect afternoon

Made my way out this way today to hopefully complete the 60 but unfortunately the rain got in my way and with the roads getting muddier I had to about my mission! Managed to get 1/2 of it done though! All but one is in need of maintenance as the log is wet! Tftc

Found with FUF009.
Day 6 of an 8 day epic tour of SA.
Based in Tarlee, today's goal was some OTD caches, the 60 and the APM series.
Various side tracks to get other finds along the way were added in as they presented themselves.
The OTD series are so different in style of hide so that kept things interesting.
The APM was a long drive for few caches which we didnt really enjoy but it was heading in the direction of our accommodation so was convenient.
Again, I was impressed by the diversity of the SA countryside and it was a pleasant day.
204 caches found today. Apologies for the generic log.
All caches were found in good condition unless mentioned at the start of my log.
Tftc

Find # 6355
Day 6
On the list was OTD April and February, then onto the PSA series and the big 60 onthe map. After that it was a look at and completion of the APM, long and bumpy, trail. This took us all day and just to the brink of the night.

Found with sharkiefan

A Big week was planned to travel around South Australia, staying in Minlaton, Tarlee and Adelaide. We cache along a number of Trails, managed to grab a few off the beaten track, some well known caches and the odd one that
came up on the map as we were travelling around.

It ended up being a massive week of 2960 odd kilometers travelled, with day find counts of 25, 256, 361, 318, 66, 205, 104 and 76 (yep thats 1411 for the 8 days)
1062 micro, 238 small, 60 Regular, 45 large, 3 Virtual and 3 Other.


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Found 21 March with Kip59

I didn't have anything on today so thought I would come up here and tackle the '60' series. [^]
The weather was perfect, not too hot, sun shining and no wind or rain...what more could one ask.
This was a good series, coordinates were spot on and the hints helped for some, where others were very obvious.
Found all but one which I replaced as it was obviously missing, the SPOR was there but no cache.
Thanks for the series Adelaide Geocachers.

Found at 3:09 PM GAFF1.

Thanks Adelaide Geocachers.

found with bluewrentit. getting some points for the Planetary Pursuit: Explore the geocaching universe souvenir challenge. After doing the Premiers of South Australia Series. quick find.

A quick find with sir_spectre on 25/3/18. TFTC

Shark bite!

Another quick find on the 0 of 60 tftc

Love this day

Found it

Visiting from Perth and braving these dry weather only roads in light showers. Temperature is ideal for caching. Thanks.

Staying at mallala overnight finished the zero will do the rest tomorrow thanks for the series

Riding the zero with Pony1966 on a quiet sunny grand final day, before heading to Riverton. TFTC

Pre grand final cache run with Wal & Ol. Thanks for the series!