Crews On Through Alberton, Victoria, Australia
By 2max on 20-Jul-12. Waypoint GC3QY57

With all the recent wet weather the tree has bitten the dust. Cache has been removed and am Archiving now.

*See pic. Archived.

Very good

Thank You for the great fun!!

Its anniversary time and this year its GMelbs turn to choose the secret destination which is Port Albert (in the hope there may be an Aurora) Today we set off to do some caches in the surrounding town and this was first to complete (but 2nd to start. The Cemetery Multi will be finished later) What a fantastic initiative the Blue tree is! Cache was a nice easy find. TFTC 2max - GJMMelb

Found thank you!! Great little drive thru!

Found on our way to the Tarra Bulga National Park. Easy one!

On our way towards the Tarra Bulga national park, we stopped here for a short break. So of course, we looked if this place has a cache as well and it turned out, it has. TFTC MatzE346

I love the blue tree initiative. Needed to head back to the car to find something to help me extract this one cause I couldnt reach it. Tftc

I couldn’t reach it my arms are too short

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Quick cache and dash. All good here. Signed the log. Thanks

Heading to the Victoria Hotel in Alberton for a counter meal.

Quick find here. Took the TB

2max, I found Crews On Through today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Monkey arms needed for this one

TFTC

Quick drive by near the grandparents. Thanks for the hide.

Found it on 8th April 2023

Driving past and noticed the tree, didn’t realize that was where the GZ was! Chucked a you turn and went back. Quick find, such a shame there was so much rubbish in the GZ.
Thanks for the cache

The last weekend of daylight savings - Time to head away for the weekend to the Latrobe Valley for some exploring, camping and caching with RoamingHowie.

Found in the most obvious location. Can’t miss it.

Thanks for bringing us here by placing this cache, 2max
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It’s road trip time. With plenty of places out east that have yet to be explored, OzHockeyChick and I set off to see some sights in Gippsland.

An interesting tree here at the rest stop. A nice quick find.

Thanks 2max for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy.

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With Amherst60

Found this by luck, made us download the app and start our search. So thank you

TFTC Found with Salorm, left TB HF7YV7.

TFTC

Stopped by here on the way back from visiting my good mate Albert from the Port. Some amazing tasting fish and chips to keep me flying.

Yes need a long arm - lucky had the husband with me!
Thx

Found this cache on our East Coast Trip Day 2 in company of Bazzars. A cache on a cold wet windy day on route from Foster to Sale. Thanks from D B-A

Easy find but good

TFTC nice hide!

On our way from Lakes Entrance to Foster on a rainy Day. Sometimes the spot is just sò logical.. Tftc

Great geocache. Child enjoyed

Needed a long arm for this one!

Me and wife and puppychoo driving past both said that gotta b a geo and it was tftc

Love the blue tree suits me today. A few things to sort out.
tftc 2max

Well I was now supposed to be on my 6 week adventure up to Outback Queensland but with my knee failing me I just had to turn back around and head home.
So after 3 weeks of rest at home I was getting cabin fever so for the last week I just had to get out so Western Victoria beckoned so I could grab a few LGA’s and UBD Country VIC maps which would not involve a lot of walking.
So after finishing of Western Victoria I’m now heading to North Eastern Victoria to do the same.
This will be a 4 day whirl wind tour of a lot of Victoria.
Myrtleford’s LGA and UBD map and Corryong’s UBD map are done and dusted so now it’s now to head South down the Omeo Hwy from Tallangatta to Bairnsdale to stay overnight.
Got up nice and early to make it back home in the afternoon and of course cover 2 more UBD maps as well.
I have seen quite a few Blue trees in my recent travels but did not know the meaning of them.
Thanks for informing us about them and highlighting this one for us.

Thanks 2max TFTC.

It was a great hiding spot

That was fun!

TFTC

My partner & I were racing as soon as we pulled in... he literally jumped out of the moving car to race over there first.

Perfect caching endeavour, on the way back from shopping in the Valley. Thank you!

Kids enjoyed a quick search and easy find. Cheers

Very easy find in some grand old tree that’s been highlighted.
The cache was soon found and I’m glad I’m not short.
The cache, container and log are in excellent condition.
I visited 5 TB.
TFTC.

Found by Rebel Acts.

Sitting at home bored out of my mind as my driving is limited at the moment and I got a call from My good mate Omegaman1971 asking if I wanted to come for a drive as he was going past Warragul, I needed to get out of the house so I said yes.

This is one of the caches we found today. nice area but sure was a smell.

Thanks 2max for the cache.

Was great to be back in the area today, I was actually on my way to Alberton to deliver some first aid training at the primary school. I also picked up Rebel Acts on the way for the drive and maybe a few caches before work.
Found with no problems but the container as a strong smell of animal urine....I hope animal!
Maybe gz is a home or nest for some locals.
Cheers for the cache

Awesome cool place

Another One bites the dust tftc

Quick find. TFTC.

Nearly blew it thanks for making us stop here

Thanks

Tftc! Cool as spot!

Great spot. On the way for fish and chips in Port Albert

Found it! We had a great weekend in Port Albert but now it was time to head home. Stopped here and found a quick cache. TFTC SL

After fish and chips at Port Albert found this one on they way back to the caravan park love the tree tftc

Thanks for the cashe it's different cool

Found it while staying at Yarram

Great spot!

On the 22nd October 2021 the local Alberton West CFA painted this amazing old tree, an amazing new colour - Blue! The tree was painted as their contribution to the Blue Tree project which aims to raise awareness and encourage conversations around mental health. From the website:

“Our mission is to help spark difficult conversations and encourage people to speak up when battling mental health concerns.
By spreading the paint and spreading the message that "it’s OK to not be OK", we can help break down the stigma that’s still largely attached to mental health.”

Check out the website for more information: www.bluetreeproject.com.au

To date there are 687 blue trees registered with the project, whilst the majority can be found in Australia, there are a small number which are international. A great initiative for something we all need to talk more about.

Well done to the Alberton West CFA for creating a wonderful talking point, and also installing lights so the tree can be seen at night, as a shining beacon of light in the darkness. And also a very huge thanks for being great sports in signing the log book, and safely returning the cache to its hiding spot.

*see attached pic for their log entry

Tftc 2max. Just left Yarram today where it was windy and 16 degrees. Drove into a massive squall as we approached Alberton, now it's 7 degrees! But the rain stopped and we came in from the Yarram side but blocked by a fallen limb. This meant a backtrack and in from the west.

The will be changing colour in the near future??????

Thanks for the cache!. Finishing some jobs in Yarram, grabbed this one on the way back to melbourne!

Easy find with tassie expat while exploring this nice area. I hoped to chuck a line in while parked here but it's pretty overgrown. Thanks for the cache anyway.

Geocache-sanitise-repeat. frmen1 and I decided that a drive to Yarram was today's outing. A quick grab between car. TNLN. Returning took a bit more patience. This road can get quite busy. TFTC

Nice quick park and grab. Tftc

quick find but big reach in. took TB, left TB. morning tea stop as we cycle east then north fully loaded.

Hid in somthing died

Found it

This is my first Geocache after being a long time lurker! So much fun especially since I drive past so many on my way to work! Great hiding spot!

We were a bit worried when we read the clue. But after giving the biggest geokid a leg up we had the cache in hand and some happy cachet’s with new swaps!

Just come down for a quick visit today. TFTC
its a great placement

Great hiding spot

Mia, Chelsea, Lana, Brooke and G.T Monday 8/6/2020

All fine. Put in a good swap

Mum found the tree and dad bravely stuck his hand in!

Went to Port Albert for fish & chips but closed . Decided to brighten the day with a smile. Easy find. TFTC

Nice find and it didn’t say there was a trackable but there was. TFTC

Reach of faith needed

Found by Coop

A quick and easy find on our way home from the weekend away. Thanks for the fun

Nice easy find on a stop on the way back from Yarram heading to Melbourne. Thanks

Our first find

Quick park and grab.
TFTC.

Quick park and grab.
Bit scarey reaching in.

We're staying in nearby Yarram and today I decided to come out for a drive to see some scenery. And grab some caches too, of course

Thanks for find #1568
TNLN

Wonderful find but didn’t need much looking. Bring a tall person and some grass clippers. TFTC.

A quick rest stop and cache. Cache is in good condition. Tftc

TFTC, perfect for that quick rest stop! Lots of swaps

Nice little spot to stop for a bit. Quick find before making the drive back to Sale. Thanks for drawing us here.

Tnlnsl

Tftc!

Found it !!

Had to double check nearly missed it

Nice hide

tftc

First for a long time.

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Nice drive by

Found it without muggles. Putting it back had muggles arrive. Tftc

On the way home from a walk in the Prom we stopped to pick up some caches on the South Gippsland Highway. Luckily there were not too many people about today allowing me to have a look without muggles. Quick find. TFTC

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Fun quick find with GEOdog.
Took -rainbow pencil badge
Left - green racing car
TFTC.

Easy find

Hard to reach for us short people

Found on the drive through.