No through road Wangaratta South, Victoria, Australia
By TheButtonBandits on 25-May-12. Waypoint GC3M6DV

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Searched for this one was 5 pairs and eyes and didn't find it

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Looked and looked

I'm tall, so looked as high as I could...also looked down just in case, but alas no joy for me.

Thanks anyway guys....

This cache doesn't seem to be where it should be.
Can the CO check it out ASAP.

We think this has gone missing in action.

A quick grab and park drive along for these run of caches along Gravel Pit Rd. (15 Mile Creek, At the Cross Roads, A fright for some, Gravel Pit Rd, No Though Rd, The Climb to the View, Can you see the views yet?). Good to see some different sizes. All located without too much trouble and the coords seemed good. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC

Gone.

Had a good search, couldn't find it.

Think it was missing.

Did walk around, could not locate.

Just couldn't seem to find this one.

A bit of wandering around and found by geoboof. TFTC

[:(!] Spending the weekend in Albury with my geoson and his geofamily and what better way of spending the day but to do a caching run and this was one of them, parked the geocar as close as possible to GZ and walked in from there, on arrival at GZ the cache was in hand in a matter of minutes.

I like it

SL TFTC/TFTH/TFBMH TheButtonBandits [^]

A nice and quick easy find whilst in Wangaratta on Saturday, whilst Mrs Lost Wanderer was busy elsewhere Mr Lost Wanderer and Juniors did some caching.

Nice easy one here, found quickly and easily however the magnets are very weak and no longer hold the container up high. Unusually I didn't have any replacement magnets in the car today (usually I do). TFTC

tftc found with timmy

Wandered around due to GPS not settling and happened to spy the cache out of the corner of my eye. SL TFTC

TFTC - Great hide.

Found it. Thanks.

Found with J+J.au and Wilbert67 as we made our mark on the caches in this area. Over the four day weekend we found some great caches showing us some fantastic locations and others challenging our geocaching skills. Thanks to all the cache owners and thanks to my colleagues for the company. SL.. TFTC

With the 3 of us here on a 4 days caching hunt. Enjoyed your little trail. Bit of variety along the way. TFTC

Found it was on the ground

Day two of our post Christmas / pre New Year trip... taking our new tent trailer for a test run, weather was very hot and humid. Our travels are taking us up to Ettamogah and across to Old Tallangatta before returning home.

Visiting many towns along the way, taking the Geo wife to places she has never been before, and giving our Geo Pug time to sniff out new territories

Did not expect to be seeing constant temps in the high 30's to low 40's... Geo wife got to see her first live black snake on the road in Australia, and I almost stood on a 5 foot brown snake at one cache on the HCRT, and a red back spider at another.
Stayed at some nice FREE camp sites along the way and a couple of caravan parks as well, learned a lot of things along the way, history and more, but in all a great adventure and we were able to clock up our 1000th find along the way ..

found the remnants of this cache and log on the ground, placed log in eclipse tin.. needs maintenance

thanks to the CO for this cache

TNLNSL

This was the fifth of the caches along this stretch of road that we attempted today. Our GPS had GZ well away from any object likely to hide a cache. We were guided by the cache name and found the cache about 12m from where our GPS thought GZ should be located. The cache container is disintergrating, probably a consequence of UV attack on the plastic and the magnet has come adrift from the container. Despite these hassles, the log was in good condition. Thanks for the cache TheButtonBandits.

Please refer to our Found log. Urgent maintenance is required.

Found at 4:17 PM GAFF2 at a distance of 14 metres . The cache is not a magnetic nano vile, it is a small white plastic rectangular container without a lid lying on the ground next to the sign post. We replaced it up high on the sign post so that it will fall down again as soon as the wind picks up.
This is as far west as we dared go, as we would probably not be able to turn around further down the no through road.
Thanks TheButtonBandits.

15th of 17 found today with the geohounds, 14.5 kms walked in total on the paths around Wangaratta. Another drive by on the way home. Made more difficult as was on the ground, we returned it to an elevated position that we thought may have been the designated spot.

Container lid is very damaged and needs replacement.

Found this cache out in the open. The container was broken. Replaced as best we could where we thought it should be. Very close to where we found it, but more hidden. Found with taurus1955 and BentleyTB. TFTC

This cache needs maintenance - it was found out in the open - with misschief18
TFTC
TNLN
SL

Catching up on many missed logs. TFTC

22nd find for the day for team kk

22nd find for team kk. Tftc

2 Days - 3 Family Members - 146 caches - 1 Power Trail - 1 Bull Ant Bite

Is there a better way to spend NRL Grand Final weekend when your team is not playing, than two days caching? We didn't think so!!! Saturday was spent caching around Tocumwal after picking Campbell up from his grandparents then heading back to Wangaratta for some night caching. Sunday we ventured up to the Buckland Valley and tackled the High Voltage Power Trail. We were blessed with fantastic weather on both days, which were filled with fun and merriment.

Katy followed her caching nose and found the cache, we can see how these containers can disintegrate when in the sun.

Thanks for the cache TheButtonBandits.

Gotcha !!! TFTC Was open on the ground. Pieces now under a rock at base of pole.

The container now has no lid, so this needs attentions asap. Thanks

Got it down no problem but as I went replace the lid, it disintegrated in my hand. Cache now has no lid, not sure if the log will stay dry.

Spotted it easily from the car but on reaching it, was unable to get my hands on it due to the height. Have decided to add BBQ tongs to the caching kit before trying again

Thought we would take the drive up Gravel Pit Road to take in the scenic views of Wangaratta.
The name is a perfect hint & you have to be tall to reach it
Thanks TheButtonBandits

We found ourselves in the middle of the road for this one and not sure where to lookwe decoded the hint and the cache was soon in hand and our name in the log.
The container does not seem to be standing up to the sun and has a broken lid but the log was still dry.
Once more our thanks TheButtonBandits

Cache container is damaged and needs replacement. Log sheet was missing so I left a replacement. Coordinates may need updating.
TFTC TheButtonBandits

Out for a drive to Ned Kelly's Hideout today and grabbing the odd additional cache on the way.
Stopped by on the way into Wangaratta, quick drive by. Cache found at coordinates suggested in an earlier log. Cache container is damaged and needs replacement. Log sheet was missing so I left a replacement.
TFTC TheButtonBandits

After much searching cache located on ground have put back at location where we presume it came from. Cords:
36 22. 850
146 15. 073

Container needs maintenance. TFTC

6595 + 822 = 7417. Found during a great weekend caching in Northern Victoria.

Continued on during my run today. A quick drive by find which I always appreciate ! Now off to the next one.

Thanks again TheButtonBandits!

TNLN - TFTC !!

Cheers....

Took me a bit but finally found it, am really enjoying the trail you have done up this road. Thanks.

This entry was edited by arielisme on Sunday, 28 April 2013 at 09:58:04 UTC.

Found at 10:08:00 AM while slowly making making our way to Echuca after attending the events in Albury at the weekend. Found this one 14 metres from where my GPS tried to take me.

Thanks TheButtonBandits

11:25
We actually lived in Wangaratta before geo caching was born. It is very interesting to return now and see the area from a totally different perspective. This road has certainly changed since we were here then. Satellites today had our GZ 11m NW of where we located the cache. Chatted to local on a tractor who lives up the road and wondered what we were up to.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt TheButtonBandits.
5477

Great thanks for the cache. Good to get the numbers up on our camping trip.
TFTC

Found

17:55:26 May of been the end of this road but long way from the end of my journey from Tassie to NSW and back again to meet up with a great mate Code 1. Still good to be out and about.
JABs.

Another great one on the way up the hill. TFTC

Tftc. Container needs attention. So

We have always done our best to make all our logs original and not do the cut and paste thing. Today, however, we have 91 caches to log and i cant really see myself sitting down and typing out that many original logs.
Our aim when we head off in the morning was for 100 caches, unfortunately we didn't quite make that number. We did get 91 and had a great time doing so.
Our day started out with roughly a 25km bike ride from Old Tallangatta to the Sandy Creek Bridge. This was followed by a few more stops on the rail trail before spending the rest of the afternoon running around Wangaratta.
We had a great day and send our thanks to all the C.O's who provided the great caches we visited.
TFTC.

Ah i missed this one on the way upbut got it on the way down cheers guys tftc sl tnln

Wangaratta Area 2013 with Mtrax. As we moved around the outskirts of town we gathered caches as we went. It was good to see the farmland and the cattle all looking pretty good this year. Thanks.

9467.66 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2012 OZ Mega Albury A#223

Albida

11:04:00 AM: (62 of 168) #4024
Day. 2. A geocaching weekend trip from Canberra to the Wangaratta area with Albida , The weather was warm and it was interesting driving around the area plenty of site to see.
Sorta worked it out from the cache name but GZ was a good 15m off, but found easy . thanks for the hides.

Finally a cache that makes all cache finders ...
Stand up and be counted,
Stretch their caching abilities,
Reach out for a higher caching plane,
And look silly when they fail

I left looking silly, but that is only because I have been told that riding a pushbike in hiking boots is silly
I always get the last laugh when the firetrail gets too steep to ride up though

TFTC by the no through way [^]

I came up to Wang with Team Crackers to attend an event in the area. We decided to spend some time grabbing a few caches before travelling up the hills to the event. All in this series were found quickly and log signed. We did it in the geomobiles but would have been enjoyable on foot or on a bike. Thanks TheButtonBandits for this series.

my co-ords had me in the middle of the road, clearly the one place where it wasn't ! so looked high and low both sides of the road ,then bingo, high again. tftc, bb.

Read the description to this one and thought that retrieval may be difficult however either I am taller than I thought or the cache wasn't where it is meant to be. Made the grab and returned it to where I found it but might be worth a check as it may not be where it should be.

Found this one on an afternoon out caching. Not sure if its been due to the extreme heat but this cache container was cracked and immediately disintegrated in our hands. We couldn't replace the cache in the container it was in so we went and constructed a container ourselves, though it is a bit larger than the one initially placed here. The container should be able to hold up but I'd advise the CO's to take a look to make sure they're happy with it. Hope this was the right thing to do!

- The Gloucester Roadies.

Staying at Oxley to do some caching in the area.
Good hide, great litttle group of caches by The ButtonBandits.
Container still broken, added new paper.
TFTC

The container is cracked, the 'lid' needs replacing and also the log is full.

TFTC Quick enough find, nice little hiding spot out of the way. Found with TroubleGrub

Easy to grab, but do need a bit of extra length in the right areas to get it
Just wrote initials, because the log was full
With Thisisreallyfunny

This was, cache # 17 of 85 finds for the day in the Company of Trailrunning. Another quick park and grab, this one will need looking at I think the UV has got to the cache as it was broken. My thanks to TheButtonBandits for the cache.

After a great Christmas at home with the kids, the girlfriend and I headed up to her sister's place in Lima. After a few windy and hot days up there I get a call from my fellow The Demolition Crew team member RebelActs who syas he'll be visiting the area with CrazyNatGirl! We decide to plan a day of caching in the Wangaratta area, and hit the easy drive-by's. I'm so sorry for the generic log, but given I'm over 200 logs behind (no internet or pc for the last few weeks) this is all I can manage. Thanks to all the CO's and their efforts.

this was a easy one
the log is full too needs a new one
TFTC

found this one very wet and could not sign it. tall enough to get anyway.

Found it No. 7511 ... good hint ... TNLN ... TFTC TheButtonBandits

Couldn’t get this one straight away because muggles were parked next to it. Luckily they didn’t hang around long so did the next one down the road and then doubled back. The container is cracked and the lid hinge has broken but the log is ok. sl t4tc

9416 kms travelled in 21 days, one awesome eclipse observed near Mt Carbine in Northern Queensland and 712 cache finds, including a small handle of FTF's.

This was a trip I'd been planning for over 12 months with the main reason being to observe the solar eclipse on the morning of the 14th of November. I had decided to drive to Palm Cove and back, where my penthouse accommodation was located, while the rest of the family flew up and back. I love the drive and the unknown adventures that lay ahead; and I even think the last time I did one this big may have been for the previous eclipse in Australia which occurred over SA.

Apart from the great experiences, awesome scenery, and the characters met, the other reason to drive was to also do some serious caching, with the plan to stop at some power trails along the way including the Fruit Run and A.S. series near Stanthorpe on the way up and the Mid North Coast Wander series, just out of Port Macquarie, on the way back.

I had five days to travel each way with ten days in between spent in Palm Cove holidaying with my family. My route up took me from Melbourne to Tocumwal and up to Glenn Innes, through Toowoomba, Rockhampton and the coast road to Cairns while my route back was a bit more erratic. Heading from Cairns to Townsville then via Charters Towers to Rockhampton. From here it was through the amazing mining region to Roma then across to Dalby down through Stanthorpe (again) to Armidale, Port Macquarie, Wagga Wagga, Tocumwal and then home - phew.

Today I was traveling the final leg back to home. While traveling through Wangaratta I had time to do the string of caches along Gravel Pit Rd. I had to search around a little bit for this one but eventually zeroed in on the right spot and found the little hide. Thanks.

Found by Mary & David at 1455. Almost in civilisation with a Stop sign. Bushfires might be a worry for residents around here. Our thanks to TheButtonBandits.

Found and logged at 13:55
One of 23 caches for the day caching around Wangaratta
A bit of a search found where rhe name said
Thanks TheButtonBandits

found @ 18:00 with mum, dad (ross47) and Paul_the_Hippy

An absolute ripper of a day was had. Warm and sunny.
Number 51 of 51 for the day.
Quick find once we started looking on the correct side of the road.

TFTC

Found @ 18:00 on a great day out caching in the company of the geowife, emeraldflame and Paul the Hippy. This was the last one of the 51 we found for the day. The co-ords had us on the wrong side of the road, but expanding the search had the cache in hand soon after.

My thanks once again to TheButtonBandits for the cache.

LQuick find while out travelling mr + mrs ross47 and emerald flame. Tftc

Just a short power trail out of Wang to the Warbies with Bettyboo3747
Didn't read the description first so we started in the wrong spot. Soon corrected, and soon spotted.
Just a bit of a reach, and the cache was in hand.
Thanks, Robmc.

# 2047. Out caching with Robmc this morning before his return to Melbourne. We are making our way along Gravel Pit Road now. This was # 5. We weren't sure where GZ was at first although we had in fact been right next to it. We read a few logs and soon had the hide spotted. Luckily Rob is taller than me and with a little lateral thinking he soon had it in hand. The log is full in this one and needs a replacement. Returned it to its posse and off to the next one. TFTC

bit of a stretch

The Team RUB hit the road with the intention of beating our 20 in a day record - we did 42 so this is a generic entry. Most were relativley quick finds with only a few DNFs. Nonetheless thanks to those who took the time and trouble to make these caches available.

Quick find with geochild on our way to Wodonga/Albury for weekend away and the event in Wodonga on Saturday. This was a bit of a challenge this one being vertically challenged. Lucky I had my go gadget tool with me or I would have had to log a DNF or should I say a CNR (could not reach) TFTC and challenge. The log is almost full

Found the cache easily enough. Acccessed it easily enough too! Haven't lost my nimbleness yet! Thanks the Button Bandits.

A bit of a jump for this one. Thanks for the cache.

Easy to find but much more difficult to retrieve and even harder to replace. Good challenge TFTC

I continued up the road to this cache. I was only just able to reach it.
Glad no one was watching my efforts here!

Its all in the title. Saw this by torch light as I got out of the car. TFTC BBs.

Out and about after a few caches by torchlight tonight, although hopefully the same time in a couple of weeks will be in daylight. Anyway found quickly enough in between passing muggles in cars. There were quite a few of those.
Thanks Button Bandits

Thank you!!

found straight away, tftc

too easy.

Found whith Dunko and combust4 while in the area TFTC SL

So I was out and about at large caching with Slink! TFTC SL (catching up on logs)

Meypack-team on cache tour.Thanks for caches!!!!!

Meypack-team on cache tour.Thanks for caches!!!!!

Found this with friens during a trip to Wangaratta.

Thanks a lot
[font=Comic Sans MS]Team [red]RadBalu[/red] from Germany

Found with Slink1 on a day in Wang. TFTC SL

This was a strange find. The cache container was on the ground, closed up, but without a log in it. I was about to replace it when I noticed the rolled up log sheet on the ground. It was still in good condition and not damp so I signed and popped it back in.

Enjoyed our drive through this area thanks TBB's.
Being taller than Coruze I did the job.
SL.....TNLN.....T4TC
troobloo