SWH...ShortcutHicksy Whitby, Western Australia, Australia
By Keego_and_Chil on 03-Oct-12. Waypoint GC3TQYM

Cache out in open. Partially undone. Log soaking wet

TFTC

Found this cache on my to Dwellingup.TFTC H\Keego and Chil

A caching day around Armadale-Byford-Mundijong with the primary aim of clearing up a few more of the SWH... series. This was one of the caches found on my travels. Tftc

Nice find

Enjoying a short a trip to W.A. and surrounding areas with tmann421
Saw lots of sites and enjoyed the finds.
Thanks to the cache owners for the efforts involved in their hides.
Signed log tm/ww NZ

*Another geocaching adventure with woolwood9.*
*We visited many good caches and trails on our trip in WA and had a lot of fun!*
Really appreciate the cache owners effort putting this container out.
Heading back to Perth now - getting some caches on the way!

All logs stamped: *tm/ww NZ*

Quick find & on the road again. SL R&R

585 days unfound apparently. First find on my way down to busso to see mum for Christmas tftc

Was pointed in the middle of a few options of where the cache could be hidden and container was found in the second place we looked.
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Finished dinner and headed out the door with SirFancy, the plan being to grab some solved puzzles and multis down in Mandurah.
As we pulled out of the driveway the ping of new caches had us changing plans and heading Byford way instead.
We were beaten to the first to finds by Barnzy & Cravo but enjoyed having a chat with them on the side of the road.
Needing a new plan we decided to head along SWH... grabbing what we could before making the turn for home.
A mixed night with 11 finds and 2 DNF’s.
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Thanks Keego_and_Chil for placing this cache for me to find, this is find number 2934 for me.

This is 465 find for me.
Thank you Keego_and_Chil for the cache.

TFTC SL

All good here KnC. Cache was found quickly.

Thanks

Some SWH caching with axell33 today and this one is now a smilie. Thanks for the cache and greetings from Baldivis.

We stopped to hunt this one down and made a nice quick find once at gz. We signed your log book and returned your cache back to where it hides. Now on to the next one. TFTC Keego_and_Chil.

Started off the year strong then Carona hit. So I’m back to get some numbers I aim to get 1 a day so I have some catching up to do. Today I took the opportunity while my husband was working in the area to get some SWH caches I hadn’t got previously. Found in good condition with a bit of extra camo nearly walked past due to tree cover But found in the logical spot

Found it

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Nice easy find TFTC

A speedy find on the way home.

I came, I saw, I signed the log. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Cache is in good condition.

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Straightforward find here taking in a few of the SWH caches this sunny afternoon. Thanks for the cache and hunt Keego_and_Chil

Off on another day hunting with Ebenie & Geotrakka. At least the sun is shining today after a very wet day yesterday. Thanks

Out on a SWH weekend adventure. Nice park and find TFTC

Awesome thanks out with PollyMichele and Geotrakka.

Nice easy was in open space to re hide it

Found today. TFTC

Day 2 of 2 with Geogypsy on our round trip to Perth to visit the family.
A lot of unique and fun caches along the way back down along SWH.
A quick find, TFTC

Day 2 out and about with Schnappy96, on our girls trip caching! An easy find TFTC

What better to do on a sunny Sunday than geocaching right! ️ we have decided to spend today making another dent in the SWH caches and to end the day completing the ant series in serpentine.

Log signed and cache replaced as found.

This was our 13th find for the day.

TFTC

Quick find TFTH

Found it. TFTC Keego_and_Chil. Had a current visa so I went south across the boarder into the depths of the unknown. The day was for relaxation and geocaching but maybe not in that order. I have previously done some of this SWH series and today I have returned for a second attempt to gain a few more smileys. Quick find here today

Out and about with Parkacruz, finishing off the LGA series and grabbing some caches on the way home. tftc

Another early day out with neva2old, we hit the road at 3am in aim to finish off the LGA series, which was done in a few hours and started to chip away at a few other series too. We had a great day out and we think we finished off with over 200 smileys for the day (will put the final number in the last log) we had a handful of DNF's after spending a considerable time on the hunt but are happy to say we come up trumps here today TFTC

Down from Geraldton enjoying the drive and the scenery with Team Bastholm and Cassie &Co. Thank you.

Yay! Out caching with Team 8Ball and Cassie &Co.
TFTC

Spent the day trying to finish off the rest of SWH and had some success but had to give up when the rain became too heavy and persistent in the afternoon. This is one of the caches I was lucky enough to find. Thanks for placing and maintaining it!

*Found this while House Sitting in Bedfordale*

*Out and about grabbing a couple of SWH Caches*...

A short search, found cache, stamped and returned.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment Keego_and_Chil. Appreciate your effort.
-P

**Took**: *Nothing*
**Left**: *Nothing*

**#10717**

Out and about bright and early grabbing some SWH caches. Thanks to the COs that have placed and maintain these for our caching pleasure.

TFTC Keego_and_Chil this is find # 2418 for us.

This is our last caching day with BecknMonts before she heads to the dark side, so we decided to pick up where we left off standing by me on the railway track, then maybe picking up few a the smaller series as the day continues.

Thank you to all the cache owners for placing these caches and maintaining them.  It has been a great trip and deciding to go for quality caches and not number hunting was a brilliant choice on our behalf and we have done nothing but laugh and enjoy the caches we have have found.

Gabs1963 and Miss-Placed came down to meet up with me for one last caching adventure before I venture further afield. We finished being civil to each other yesterday morning, and we started to stand by each other. Today we are hoping to finish the series as well as get some random caches. I love this area, and hope to be back soon. TFTC Keego_and_Chil

Miss-Placed and I came down to meet Becknmonts for one last caching adventure before she ventures further afield. We headed off from Gero finding a few geocahes along the way, we stopped at Moora for Breaky and with quite a few laughs along the trip down, we got there.

Day 4 early start again we have a lot of geocaching planned again today, off we go jiggling just a little bit again, lots of big puddles, nice dirt tracks on stand by me series and a few others along the way
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The hint was instrumental in the speed of this find. All well with the cache. Tftc

Another find with the bestie

Very exposed so re hid it with a bit of camo. Tftc.

Another find for us today. Trying to get a get swh finds done, as muskcat83 makes his way to 1000 finds. Thanks for the hide

Hi there Keego_and_Chil.

We found your cache **"SWH...ShortcutHicksy"** at 2:09:00 PM today. This cache makes our find count 14924.

Our plan for the day was to complete some of the SWH series, together with a few others that were also close to the highway. We thoroughly enjoyed our drive attempting caches to the left on our way north and picking up the ones we missed on the return trip. We found a variety of container types and sizes hidden along the way, and also managed to pick up a couple of trackables.

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 the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** A Smiley Badge if the container was large enough.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

I had some spare time today and I decided to try and tackle some of the South West Highway caches. All the caches were found fairly easily with the odd one taking a little longer than others. Thanks to all the cache owners who have placed a cache here. I loved the huge variety of caches - some very small, others very big. Many of them were very unique
In total, I found 14 caches today. All of the caches were found in a good condition, I signed the log books and replaced them as I found them. Thanks for the hide.

Tftc found with grubbygypsy.

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We couldn't find this one tonight.

Always time for one more before the end of the day. Tftc

Quick find in between showers. Tfth.

Quick find. TFTH

Found SWH...ShortcutHicksy. TFTH Keego_and_Chil.

TFTC found with joolz and alikat
WA goes big 2016

Out geocaching with the geowife and Avenger 63 on way to WA goes big tftf

Tftc with geowife and Avenger 1963, on our way to WAGB16

Travelling to Pinjarra for the WA Goes Big weekend after flying over from NSW on Wednesday. Searching for the SWH series plus a few extras. Most were found, interesting variety of caches containers appreciated, a few took a bit of searching to locate and there were a couple of DNFs. Also found was an ants nest, a bee hive and an emu!!! Thank you to all the COs for putting out these caches.

Almost gave up on this one but I made a grim discovery the cache had been muggled ! So with a bit of TLC the cache is back in location !

Nice easy find #6 for today. TFTC

Found it

Found it

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I was planning to go into the hills for some caching but it got too wet. Plan B, SWH. Tftc

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Bit of looking around and in the end found it.

Out & about today so I thought I'd grab some more of this series. Quick grab. TFTC cheers

Tftc Cheers

Tftc spotted from car

Found easy TFTC

Had planned a weekend of geocaching with brother Roma308 and son and RapidAsh. So we met in Mandurah and set off starting the Procrastination Installation trail about lunchtime. Wanted to collect a few caches on the way home, found this one quickly. Tftc sl tnln

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Heading home, enough light left to grab a cache.

A nice quick find before it got too dark

Keego_and_Chil I found your cache SWH...ShortcutHicksy on 16/09/2015. This is my find #3746. TFTC.

Good quick find on this sunny Sunday =) TFTC

Good quick find TFTC

Found myself out Byford way this afternoon and decided to see how many SWH caches I could pick up in the 30 minutes I had spare.

A quick find here, GPSr lead me straight to it.

Keego_and_Chil I found your cache at 4:43pm, this was the 2nd of 5 finds for me today and brings my total find count to 2044. The cache was in good order and I replaced it as found.

SLTFTC

Caching with our ValoForce friends and decided the weather was too good to go home. So we headed up the SWH to find some caches.

Let the geo kids have a go at this one as little Lizzy was fast asleep, poor Emilie ran throu a spider web but on inspection missed the spider who was up high in her web and didn't move an inch, then back to the search and the cache was in hand TFTC

Awesome time caching the SW Hwy today with the jlotsos crew. Thanks for the great hide!

Originally logged under family name of clan-wallace now slowly transitioning to new name

Originally logged under family name of clan-wallace now slowly transitioning to new name

Pulled of this manic road & soon had the cache in hand. TFTC

Day thirty three of the WA road trip with BettyBoo3747.
We travelled to Kelmscott for the CITO, then sampled a few of the South West Highway Trail. We had a look at some around Pinjarra which were a bit disappointing, so we wanted to see what the first ones out were like.
ShortcutHicksy's cache had made a break for it! We found it halfway down the slope in the open. We collared it and returned it to GZ with a few rocks to keep it from roaming again!
Thanks, Robmc.

# 8096. Our last day in the area before we head north for Jurien Bay tomorrow. We decided to attend the CITO Event and also collect some more caches whilst travelling there and back home to Falcon.

We had been a little disappointed with the few SWH caches we did yesterday and hoped there might be more variety and a better connection with the person the cache has been placed for. We enjoyed these much more, but not the frequent stopping and crossing of the busy road. Just did another 14 today.

We didn't have to look hard for this one - it was upside down and out in the open. As Rob mentions it is now camouflaged and weighted down to stop that from happening again.

Thanks Keego_and_Chil

Spending the Saturday on the South West Highway chasing the SWH series and some other caches.
Quick park and grab here, TFTH.

I was out of the house early and heading from the Perth down to Dunsborough. What a perfect opportunity to cruise down the South Western Highway and rack up a few caches along the way. I would have loved to hunt for these all day but my time commitments curbed my efforts to stop at Pinjarra. I found this to be a much more scenic trip than via Forrest Hwy and there are so many more places to stop along the way. Took a little while to find this one as I took a few paces away from where my GPS was telling me to go. TFTC Keego and Chil

Found by a friend after a bit of searching

Re-logging under new team name ONLINE ONLY (were formerly part of TheChatterboxes but the team had got too large). If CO is not ok with this please contact me. Thanks.

Looked a bit wider and found it.

Nice stop to stretch the legs. Found after walking in a couple of different directions. Scenic pastures and beaut track here. Still have one eye out on slithery things lol... TFTC

Took a little while for GPS to zero in but finally got there TFTC

Dropped off Travel Bug. On our way to Dwellingup.

Dropped travel bug. On our way to Dwellingup

Quick find. Tftc

TFTC! Out for a weekend caching run to Bunbury with Cravo10 and ItsKate to complete the South West Highway trail, some Moneybox caches in Capel and of course as many others along the way. Thanks

Doing the south west highway trail with barnzy12 and itskate today. The weather was amazing and made for a great day. Started at 6am in byford. Signed the logs in a few different variations from full names to first letters and date.

Out with Barnzy12 and Cravo10 on this beautiful Saturday on a long hunt from Byford down to Bunbury, what an amazing day. TFTC

After a little search something unnatural caught my eye

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Got fixated on the wrong tree for a minute or two. Quite a few spiders. Tftc