Splash n' Cache: Hoist the Mainsail Lansvale, New South Wales, Australia
By The Hancock Clan on 20-Aug-12. Waypoint GC3V250

Find#2859After doing the first part of this paddle in March Matt and I came back to attack the next section of caches. A 5am starting meant we were on the water at about 8am, down from the Hunter Valley. Took a while to find and about 10m past GZ for us. cache and log in good conditionTFTC The Hancock Clan

This cache was found today and brings our overall cache find tally to 13669. Today was the second day in kayaks on the Georges river working along this trail with Deni_f. The first was six months ago today we kicked off again. Many of the caches we found were very hard to spot but a day on the river beats a day at work! I wandered around looking lost for this one for some time and eventually found the cache about 10m to the NE. Not sure what the hint was referring to but we headed back to the river. Thanks The Hancock Clan for the cache.

Came here twice today. I do not know how I didn't see it the first time as it took 1 sec the second time.Tftc

No luck after a good search.

Out caching with JennyFromTheFarm and Martin Cousins. This was our 3rd visit to the area to find and log more caches from the GRpower trail. It was a great day for paddling - no wind, no boats and above all cloudy skies. Got to GZ, and found the cache Thanks Hancock Clan.

Out caching with 1/4 Rods and Martin Cousins today to grab an ambitious but acheivable section of the Georges River Power Trail. Have been working on this for a really long time and the conditions were perfect with a 7:30am launch - smooth water, zero wind, and the morning rain and clouds had deterred the jetskis and other boats.

Today there was a LOT of maintenance performed due to trees falling into the river. A lot of water has gone through here since the last rounds of finds. Apologies for the generic logs. This one required some in field maintenance to extend the spirit of the cache. Our minds came togethere and we re-used/re-cycled our way to a temporary replacement here. The river is super tough on the caches - I'd reccomend grabbing these ones sooner rather than later if you have them on your radar!

TFTC!

Nothing at GZ, thus, left with a DNF, but returned 2hrs later to perform cache maintenance.
Back running thanks for opportunity for us to stretch our legs after being on our backsides for so long

Couldn't find anything.

Searched and searched but it seems both of us are suffering from serious cache blindness...

TFTC

After purchasing an inflatable canoe and deploying the geoson app we soon had this one sorted. It was a great day for a paddle as the lake was flat as a pancake. This cache completes my second loop so i am awarding a favorite point to mark the occasion. The cache and log are a little worst for wear. The log was wet but we were still able to make our mark. Thanks the Hancock Clan for the creation and the placement. Cheers
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TB82Q5X 2016 Lackey Geocoin
TB8F3Q6 Geo-Achievement Finds 1,000 Geocoin
TB91M45 Geo-Achievement Finds 2,000 Geocoin
TB91M78 Geo-Achievement Finds 3,000 Geocoin
TB90RFR Hidden Creatures Geoco
TB84JVY Nametag Geocoin
TB8FVTC Travel Bug Dog Tag
TB6YWDC Rainbow Fish Geocoin

Paddled around the back of the adjacent island then along the front of this one. Cache easily spotted a bit away from GZ. TFTC!

Found 13/12/18. We headed out in our double kayak, storm clouds brewing in the distance. Went for a fish and quickly picked up these two caches before the storm hit. Great day, great finds! TFTC

Dan tried out an inflatable SUP that he had bought at Aldi. He used it to kayak across the lake to this island. Not as comfortable as a kayak, but it worked well. TFTC

Found with Orrsome86 on a day trip full of kayaking down Sydney way. Leaving Newcastle early we made good time. Launched and found three, before a DNF on land, moved to a new location and found most of the splash 'n cache series (DNFing two of them). Ten water access caches in one day plus a couple other random ones.
Nice way of keeping the contents dry: put a strainer in. I do not think this was hidden as it use to be. It was too low. I think it should have been a lot higher. Might need a look at.
Thanks for the paddle and cache!

Tombi and i had wanted to get these rarer DT combinations for quite a while however we were never able to line up a suitable time. With a second baby due in the next month and a bit there was a self imposed time limit on me get them before i step away from the more extended caching adventures. We set off reasonably early from Newcastle and after paddling around Cataract Gorge near Douglas Park we headed over to this series.
We found a boat ramp near the sail away traditional cache and made this our launch point. We headed north first and went anti clockwise around the lake. This was our fourth stop. For some reason i missed putting this one in my GPS. Luckily it was in Tombi's. Beached the kayak and wondered in and Tombi spotted it from afar. The prickles made the retrieve a little tricky but we got it detached and signed the log. TFTC

OCW the Bebes and Everest High. I had actually got this one before with the Bebes but now with my own account had to go back and sign. Tftc

OCW The Bebes and PelDroedGwin. This was the seventh of ten water caches we found today by kayak. Having got our sea legs, we needed to go ashore to find this one, and become landlubbers again for a while. We thought we might hoist a flag, or a sail, but did not expect this cache. Still it was the easiest find of the day, so hoist away we did. TFTC The Hancock Clan

On a very very warm April morning this cache was found and tied back up after re-tying the string.
Container and log was a little damp.
TFTC THC.

Bucket in tree Woo-hoo, another day out caching with marj01. Where do you have in mind I ask. How about a visit to Chipping Norton Lake; I have a couple of kayaks, he replies. Now I haven't been in a kayak for more than a few times in my lifetime, what could go wrong. The worst thing that could happen would be to fall out. I can swim, so I decided to accept the challenge. We left Little Bay at 5.15am and the plan was to cut down on the amount of paddling by launching the kayaks at three separate locations. Flush with success at Pirate Creek we paddled off to Dance the Hempen Jig. TFTC THC.

Next on our journey to seek our fortunes. We came across the island. Found the mainsail and hoist we did
TFTC

Last cache for the year and I thought I'd go all out for a T5. After the December Geocaching NSW event at Chipping Norton, I thought that this body of water would be something that's manageable for a novice. What I didn't realise is that they hold a fireworks display here on NYE with the pier was cordoned off to allow for the setup of the barges and the carparks were unavailable. But I was able to float the new kayak from Agnes Healey Beach. It felt like I was paddling for half an hour but I was able to land at a beach on the island in 13mins (there was a headwind). My sense of time on the water was quite messed up. Made my way to the GZ but felt like everything here was out to get me - sticks poking in awkward directions, cacti, giant bitey flies. But I was determined to get this T5. Cache spotted, log signed and replaced. Decided that I'd stick with just the one today and plan a little better for the others in the series. Getting back was much quicker, and I even had background music from a reggae band who were playing on the mainland for the revelers.

Later that evening at a NYE party I got talking to a local who proceeds to tell me that there are bull sharks in the lake and that's why he'd never kayak there. Ahhh, ignorance is bliss, but I'll still go back for the others eventually. Thanks Hancock Clan.

Attending the Merry Geocachemas event today

We dropped the kayak into the lake to head for this one

A fun find

Tftc

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It has been nearly 12 months since I visited the southern part of these waters with KRS. At that time we only made one find with 3 DNFs. Today I returned with Gatherer Hade on a nice spring day - hoping for some better stats.

Headed here after Dancin' the Hempen Jig. Found a nice spot to beach the yaks but then had to clamber up and over a steep bank. I managed to spot the container while GH was making his way over. Had fun lowering the mainsail in order to sign the log. Unfortunately the listed TB was not inside. After a bit of hoisting, we were on our way.

TFTC The Hancock Clan

#4521 (4 of 5 today)

Top day out with **Crash2079** plundering the caching riches in northern half of Chipping Norton Lake. He'd mentioned a while back that he had a second kayak, and at a recent event I'd mentioned these caches - that neither of us had done (well he'd found one on the southern section).
We were originally going to do it last week, but the weather looked iffy, so we rescheduled to today.

We went for all five north of the launch point, and found all of them. I had to head off (Geoson #1 off to Europe tonight) and **Crash** decided to go for the southern ones after I left.

Top day - only ended up in the water once - bargain! And two new D/T combinations for me.

Thanks again to **Crash2079** for the company and the equipment. And the CO of course for the caches.
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We hugged the shoreline - well **Crash2079** hugged it, I weaved to and fro, like a Jolly Roger in a strong wind!
We passed someone fishing and then got close to GZ... my, there's nowhere here without a steep climb up from the water.

Another quick find, **Crash** had spotted it before I even got there. He thoughtfully let me look... Mainsail was lowered and we completed signing duties and then hoisted it!

Cache and log all good here. A favourite.
Oh look - seems access to GZ is much easier from THAT direction!

SLTNLN
TFTC

A day outing with Team Novo, Bare foot Jeff and lance91 to pick up some grid spaces we needed. As we headed for the island this cache was on, Lance91 was taking on water so a quick paddle to shore was needed . After finding the cache I ducked back to check on the yak and get things sorted while Lance kindly put the cache back. A very clever cache as well. Fav point awarded . Thanks for the cache The Hancock Clan tnln sl

Down from the Central Coast with lance91, team novo and Mighty Minions. Paddling on from our plundering of Pirate Creek, I was in the lead and headed up the shoreward side of the island seeking a suitable cove for my galleon, eventually going all the way round the top and back down the other side before doing so. By then the others had beaten me to it, oh well.

Many thanks for the hide.

A flotilla of C4 buccaneers consisting of Mighty Minions, lance91, barefootjeff, and myself (solo novo) down today to plunder some of this infamous Splash n' Cache booty. I think it was Capt. Mighty Minions who put out the initial call to head down Sydney way for some more seafarin' after the recent HAVOC Mary Hyde event and so the rest of us freebooters enthusiastically obliged. I have had these earmarked for a while as some are valuable DT grid spots so it was great to finally get down to give them a go!

From our first booty of the day at Pirate Creek, it was back down to the open seas to make heading t'wards north with the wind at our backs to, arrr "Hoist the Mainsail". As we neared shore, Capt. Lance appeared to be taking on water abaft so an emergency landing was ordered approx 30m from GZ. By then, SS barefoot had begun circling the island for a beach but where the remaining three of us landlubbers had dropped anchor turned out to be shallow enough to take care of a number of activities including draining a certain cacher's yak and taking the stroll to GZ where a cleverly set prize awaited. Mighty Minions and Lance91 this time staking their claim. Cheers, The Hancock Clan.
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Third of 6 finds today, out for a day on the water with my fellow C4 crew!
Things were going pleasantly, I had full confidence in the craft I was in and powering along, until I started to feel wet! After asking Novo how the back of my craft was faring (pretty much the same time as his picture) it was evident that I was starting to sink! The poor yak could hardly support me, let alone my waterlogged daypack in the back. After we landed MM thankfully took my daypack in her kayak to free up some weight for me, which helped tremendously as I didn't have another incident.. till later!

After crash landing myself and MM grabbed the cache, nicely done! One of the caches clips fell off as i was hoisting, causing the cache to fall straight back down! No harm was done to the cache thankfully, and after clipping it back in place all stayed together and back to its original spot.

Grabbed TB to move on.

TFTC Hancock Clan!

Our compass wasn't helpin' much here 'n pointed us smack in th' middle 'o no dog's land. But after a wee jolly time, we found th' scurvy pirate's treasure. A thanks to yer agin 'ancocks.

The good ship Lollipop set sail with 2 scurvy dogs this morning at 9am. Armed to the gunwhals they were chasing bull sharks and Hancocks series of treasures.. Captain Baktrak Ahab and PurpleBeard made fast work harpooning bull sharks then set about capturing the third in this series.

Dropped off a GC

SL TFTC

Out and about with some of the now infamous 'Socks & Sandals' Crew on the Georges River to grab and/or repair the Splash n' Cache series.
As usual, this was a hoot of a glorious day albeit a tad on the warm side, but having Seemyshells runabout with Aries 44 and Brewmaker himself and my liferaft in tow, it was indeed pleasant trip on the water.

This being #4 on our trip around we soon had cache in hand after a little difficulty with knots. Hoisted the mainsail and jib and away we go.

Thanks Boys for a fun day and thanks Hancock Clan for another fun filled day grabbing your caches.

**What a great day out on the water, stinking hot, sunburn, great mates, and something you dont see everyday, a tinny filled with Aries44, Brewmaker and Seemyshell, all while towing PipeDownUnder in his Kayak.
I'm not sure what is funnier, watching Aries44 and Brewmaker tangle themselves up in lantana vines or watching PipesDownUnder chewing through rope, What an Adventure, TFTC & Series Hancock Clan.**
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On a very warm day, the SS Socks &Sandals took off for a day of caching around the lake to attempt the Spalsh n' Cache series. On board were the motley crew of Capatin Seemyshell, Lieutenant Aries 44, Midshipman Pipes_down_under, and Able Seaman Brewmaker myself.

I'm glad we did this in the runabout, as paddling in a kayak would have taken us all day. A succesful hunt for the booty saw us discover the treasure for all finds in the series, plus a few other bonus ones along the way.

This was #4 for the day. TFTC to The Hancock Clan. An enjoyable day with the S&S boys!

OCW Seemyshell, Pipes Down Under and the Brewmaker in the S.S. S&S a sturdy sea-going vessel. The day was extremely hot but tempered at times with a cooling S/E Trade blowing. Pipes Down Under brought along his Yak and he settled in tow behind us to retrieve a man-over-board. If required.
As I proceeded through the jungle behind A/S Brewmaker we both became entangled in a mass of vines which took sometime to untangle. Once the cache was spotted M/s PDU began attending to the main halyard which proved trouble some. It wasn't too long we had access and did the required scribing. I visited a TB too. TFTC The Hancock Clan.


This was #4 on the run and a great adventure.

Almost missed this one as my phone was very swirly but turned around and there she was! Have really enjoyed a paddle but alas the geokids want their turn on the kayak so must head back now to the beach and be a Dad for a while! Thanks for a fun hour or so and four well placed caches. TNLN TFTC

I can't add anything more to llama_boy and raindoctor's logs. But I absolutely concur with them that this cache was a highlight in an overall great trip.

After disembarking our kayaks we trekked through a boggy land that could have easily been on a tropical island somewhere in the Caribbean. True pirate territory here. As we closed in on GZ it was raindoctor who spotted this one and found great joy in retrieving it. I have been waiting to find a cache like this for a long time...and here it is! This one was definitely worth it!

I really thought landing the kayaks would be easier. Does anyone else find it hard to get in and out next to a steep bank?!?!

Well I felt like Dr. Livingstone or something trekking to this cache. Cacti, lantana, swamp. This cache had it all.

A really great feeling finding this cache. Thanks rassilon256 and llama_boy for giving me the opportunity to hoist the flag.

A favorite for sure.

Found it with Dad (Kid Ron Satan) - see his log.

27/1/16. 1:50 PM. Cache #3454. Streak day #584.
2nd of 3 finds today - Thornleigh, Chipping Norton & Warwick Farm.

Last day of school for Yelyac and my birthday to boot, so a bit of fun was planned, kayaking and fishing. I chose to come here so we could get some caches as well. (A few hours earlier, we also grabbed a park & grab "BJ's Rest Stop" in Thornleigh when we went to get the fishing gear).

When we launched from the boat ramp, we had a choice of several to go for first, so I decided we'd cross the lake first to get this one. When we were on the other side I checked and we'd come too far south and then I realised that it was on this island, so onward we paddled.

We hauled the kayaks up onto a reasonably negotiable edge of the island and then made our way inland to GZ, where I spotted the find quickly and we both worked out the retrieval method. Both signed and then cache replaced. I think I took the pencil inadvertently (unless there was one in Pirate Creek, in which case I might have taken that one's). Speaking of which, Pirate Creek was our next destination.

Thank 'ee Cap'n Hancock for some rollicking good fun. TFTC.
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Geocaching for the afternoon with Wollaston on the Jet Ski

Dropping off a GC that I have had for way to long. I thought I had lost it on the owner but after 4 years I found it and am sending it on its belated merry way.

Wave runner caching with mcharles64 for the afternoon. A favourite from me. TFTC

An ADO Adventure with bikerbuddy.

My car was getting services and we did a long lap to fill in time.

This was our fourth and the most fun to retrieve. Love something a little different for the series.

TFTC.

Found it. Made us think of a pirate cove

We needed some T5 for the August souvenir to invited a muggle friend to take us for a ride in his boat. It was a great morning as we had 4 caches on the list to find and managed to find all 4! Thanks for the challenge and an easy means to earn this souvenir. Giving this one a fav point for the different retrieval method.TFTC.

Got to this one and climbed over the reeds etc. Found the cache only to find a better way back. Great container. Sure will stay dry. TFTC

Really like this construction. The mechanism undoubtedly saved this cache from flood damage. Gps had me going round in circles for a few minutes but found it eventually.

6379 Caches Found


Well the same old story down the thin black line yet again with the little mudhopper boat aboard, Head out to Chipping Norton and the out to Oyster Bay for some nautical adventures. After arriving at the parking coordinates and unloading the boat it was off to the GZ. Another great hide have seen a few of these in Victoria well done Another favourite awarded

Thanks for the adventure

Thanks for the great Cache The Hancock Clan(8D)

Tftf. Found with cheeky_bum15

Found with the snakepitters

After the whole season almost gone by without us having time to bring out our kayak, now was the time to do it. We have to say that the lake was not a very pleasant place, full with rubbish wherever you went, and also being almost run over by jetskis whose owners either can not read or chose to ignore the 8 knot speed limit signs.
We paddled across the lake from the boat ramp, and stumbled ashore to look for the cache. While Hagar was searching, Helga, who was sitting in the kayak, said 'What is that up there?'. And there it was.

Mr Hancock had been making noises for some time about doing maintenance on this series, so a suggested an afternoon paddle. He got to sit in the back and chuckle whilst I searched. Thankfully I managed to avoid disgracing myself by having to ask for help....

Loved this one, did not love a prickly pear spine going through my shoe into my foot. Swearing simultaneously with mine indicated the same fate had befallen Mr H.

TFTC

What an excellent cache this was. We beached our craft on a small sandy beach and then made our way through the almost tropical seeming vegetation to GZ. Not much rubbish in this area thank goodness. At GZ we spotted the cache arrangement (the clue is very apt) and were soon completing the caching duties. We then returned to our landing point where we found a lovely soft grassy spot on which to have morning tea whilst gazing out over the waterway. Very good.

Finally bought a kayak, so time to catch up with all those caches I couldn't do before. Weather was almost perfect today, although it got warm quit quickly. A really great series to do this one. Me as well was atracted to another nearby prickly feature! Some great species around on this little island.
TFTC Wilbert67

Word was out early in the week that we HAVOC'ers should set sail today for fine weather and some booty haulin' down south.
The crew arrived at the nearby docks and rigged for light winds and some easy sailing. Two single seat scowels and a twin cargo ship made there way on an outgoing tide in search of treasure.
Cap'n Senz and First Mate Shanno lead the way, well, more this way and that, all day..
I, the DOC scouted for landfalls and new recruit GeoIan, brung up the rear defence, the flank defense and bit here defense, there defence and even over there defence....but this could all of been due to sheer rudder malfunction or disuse

Unfavorable winds or a minor navigational problem had us round this island in search of a safer beach landing.
Once landed a short trek amongst a cacti forest nested us a crowy treasure. And on we paddled to the next treasure!

[green] - Found It on Saturday ... at 9:30 AM ...
TFTC! - [blue]The Hancock Clan[/blue] ... [/green]
Total Finds now ... 1074
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Today we ventured down to Sydney from Newcastle, in company of DOC-WHO and GeoIan. The list for today involved 14 T5 geocaches, but we only managed to get 11 for the day.

Now this one was fun, we managed to find a suitable spot to hop onto the island and made our way around the prickly pears. I called them cactus. The cache was soon spotted up high and quickly retrieved. Fav for this one.

Out with Doc-Who and team Senz on the Lake Chipping Norton for some prized T5's. I think this was 4th for the day. Onward we go. TFTC, this was a little clever.

Last weekend I bought an inflatable canoe and the PFD required for myself and my 2 geodogs. This cache marked our maiden voyage. Being a 2 man canoe we brought snoopy along too. Fighting a strong current, well it felt strong to 2 amateurs. We made it to the island but had no idea how to get out of the canoe, the dogs just lept out onto the island and while snoopy and I struggled the dogs decided to roll all over a decomposed duck. Great! I ended up just jumping in the water and then getting on the island and then pulled snoopy on shore. Quick search of GZ and we found the cache. SL #1586 on streak day #801 now to row back as we decided 1 cache was enough (gives me a reason to get the canoe out again another time). We started paddling back and then what seemed like the jells angels jet ski gang started heading towards us. If it hasn't been for the dogs on board I'm sure they would have tried harder to capsize us. TFTC fav awarded

Streak Day #430 and cache # 2,100 - OMG what an epic fail in the canoe but had fun doing it lol geodogs had an awesome time too and the way back was a smelly trip thanks to the geodogs bwahahaha. TFTC

Stopped by here this afternoon and fixed this one up

Rowed over from the boat ramp with Felix the spy, Arwen21, monkeydoodle_k and her dad. The 8 foot dinghy may have been a little overloaded, and very slow with all the weight, but at least we all had life vests on! Not much freeboard, but the cold, grey weather and forecast of brisk wind was enough to put off the muggles that might have made wakes to challenge us. My second treasure island cache, and the first visited by boat. Thanks, Hancocks!

I thought that the twig was attached to the tree.(TFTC)

A big thank you to artemidorus1,Arwen21 and midmy7 for bringing a boat.
I went to the island with them and my dad.
I dropped off a geocoin that likes traveling to lakes.
TFTC.

Dad and max, sailed over the seas looking for treasure!

We had our eye on this for a while but did not have the right pirate tools until recently. While today due to the wind might not have been the best day we had a vessel available and was going to be near the area so headed over. We made it across the seas and land to find a swap island. Good thing we had wet suit boots on. A bit of a look around and we found the items for mainsail but the mainsail was on the ground. We opened it up to find it a little damp but was able to complete the signing duties before re hiding. Left it as found but added some cover to avoid muggles. We had intended to grab some more but thought bet of it with the wind. TFTC TN TLN

My first Splash n Cache found. I was eager to find these caches for a few weeks. I had my kayak on my car at work ready to be deployed when I finished.
My little swift was dwarfed be all the other water craft on the lake this afternoon. I shared the choppy water with two sail boats, a couple of dinghies, a Jet boat with water skier and a couple of jet skis.
Over all a good finish to the week.

P.S. the cache is no longer hanging about, but sitting on the ground.
It was caught and tangled in some fishing line.

Almost a year ago I came here for a paddle. However, at the time, despite a thorough search I couldn't find this one - found out soon later that it had been muggled.

Came back today, and got a lot more intimate with the water, and paddled across on a boogy board. Was soon in a very familiar area, and found the new cache in an area I had searched before.

However, as per previous logs, something is not quite right (which I will email CO about), but log is perfectly signable.

Thanks!

Unfortunately all is not as it should be with the cache. I'm sure it would be quite great when it works properly, and I appreciate the effort though. Also nice to have something bigger than a micro

Getting to the cache was a little bit of a trek, as once we'd scrambled off the kayaks (well two of the four of us anyway) we had to make our way up the slope (which was hard with the geoboy's thongs, which in his stubbornness he threw to the bottom of the slope) and then across the island (which would have hurt with bare feet!! ). The cache was easy to find and we were soon making our way back to our kayaks.

Found the mainsail under the mast. Tried to attache the cordage back but didn't find a suitable spot. Still very much appreciate the idea.
We had a great time kayaking around the lake this morning. Thanks The Hancock Clan!

Thank you for this cache. It was amazing. Greetings from the Czech Republic.

Found it on a Geo Family day out in our boat. TFTC

Found it on a Geo Family day out in our boat. Swapped Homer for a mix of other toys. TFTC

Found it on a Geo Family day out in our boat. TFTC

Found it on a Geo Family day out in our boat. Swapped Lisa for a mix of toys. TFTC

Checked on this one today and hoisted the main sail back to where it should be

I landed at a likely looking beach (not the closest as it turned out) and made my way overland through swamp and scrub to the GZ and soon had the cache in hand. I was amazed at the amount of plastic litter here. The island seems to act as a gross pollutant trap! The cache was in the "down" position so that was how I left it. Hope that is the intention. TFTC.

Tftc

Found with Smudgadillo.

TFTC.

Found with kimclive and Missy the nautical geodog.

TFTC.

What a GREAT cache - we had so much fun canoeing to the island and finding the cache. almost set sail without our paddle!! Thanks Hancock Clan #139 (Found with new Geocacher Hooligan 1).

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 54.219 E 150° 57.190

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 54.218 E 150° 57.165

Distance from original: 126.4 feet or 38.5 meters.

Same hide, slightly different location hopefully away from any more landlubbing scallywags!

All good to go again...

All being well this one will be replaced this weekend

Will check on this one soon

See Chudles and WaywardWoman's DNF logs. Chudles contacted me concerning this cache because I found it in November, and I returned today with the WaywardWoman while she did the caches on the lake. I have photos of this hide and I remember it, anyway. The cache is no longer in position. I searched about but I could not find it anywhere.

Bummer! This is the only one in the Splash n' Cache series that I had to DNF today. When we got there, I went off to have a look, but couldn't spot anything. bikerbuddy came up behind me, saying that it was there! Except.... it wasn't. Pity that this was the only of the higher rating difficulty ones too. I suspect some muggle landing here for a look found it- so it sertainly needs sorting out. Thanks fot the continuing paddle anyway.

Unfortunately I have to report a double dnf on this cache. Had a very long look around all the possibilities. Had a good idea what kind of thing I was after, but couldn't spot it, or any parts of its construction anywhere. Sent a SOS to CO and to BikerBuddy, waited a while, but had to head off.

About an hour later, BikerBuddy called, and let me know what to look for. So after finishing the remainder of the caches, we came back an examined everywhere. Looked on the ground, just in case in had fallen down, and looked all around in case a muggle had found it and thrown it somewhere, but no luck whatsoever.

The double whammy on this, is that this was one of the two caches I particularly wanted to fill in my d/t grid, and it was my only dnf of the day, but that's life .....

I bypassed this one intitially so I could do an easier rated cache in the series first. I needn't have worried. I found the cache immediately, much more exposed than I think is intended, since what looked like the remains of camo sit on top of the cache container. A lot of effort with the rigging job there. Thanks

A different hide to most of the others we found today, not unlike my Koala Kapers cache. Thanks to the SES for the boats, and THC for the cache.

Found in the company of Grahame Cookie and pprass.
This was fun! We placed the 3 man Canadian canoe gently in the water, then each of us got in and with the very first stroke to get moving, we nearly tipped the canoe over! This needed a bit of co-ordination it seems and also geoge is no longer going to freeload in the back position and GC is going to smoothly paddle and not lurch here and there - especially when he sees a piece of rubbish floating in the water that he feels must e retrieved from 3 metres away
Somehow we made it across the lake without tipping over - we told the amused muggles on the launching ramp to not take their time in calling for help if we capsized! Landed on the island and immediately went right past the cache as the GPSr was pointing to this great big mound. After a few moments the GPSr pointed to an easier location and there it was - nicely placed cache fitting the theme.
They put me in the front to paddle thinking Iwas just watching birds and nests........but at the end.......
Thanks The Hancock Clan

1250 GAFF3 After encouraging a friend from Port Macquarie (pprass) on how to get a 2½/5, and a 4½/3½ to fill up his D/T grid (well almost) and to get those two in one day I organised getting the watercraft from my sister at Crosslands, at Galston. (Of course, the fact that I needed a 2/5, 2½/5, and a 3/5 had nothing to do with the adventure of driving down from Taree)
I had borrowed an inflatable canoe from a friend at work, but on picking up the Canadian we found out that it would easily take the 3 of us, so need to get pumping.
After tentatively getting started from the boat ramp, with some minor rocking while getting into a rhythm it was smooth paddling getting to a few of the Hancock caches.
Beached ourselves and went and looked around for the cache. Soon found, and even found a suitable regular-sized cache container (once I work out how). Left a mini skate board.
Through: Coins 3Bros, Lighthouses, IconicBridges, B2B, Baa, Neigh Neddy and Oink, and trackable shirt.
Then on with the adventure.
TFTCSeries The Hancock Clan, I will (probably) return to finish off the series.

Found at 12:49 PM GAFF3 in the company of Grahame Cookie and geoge. This was fun! We placed the 3 man Canadian canoe gently in the water, then each of us got in and with the very first stroke to get moving, we nearly tipped the canoe over! This needed a bit of co-ordination it seems and also geoge is no longer going to freeload in the back position and GC is going to smoothly paddle and not lurch here and there - especially when he sees a piece of rubbish floating in the water that he feels must e retrieved from 3 metres away
Somehow we made it across the lake without tipping over - we told the amused muggles on the launching ramp to not take their time in calling for help if we capsized! Landed on the island and immediately went right past the cache as the GPSr was pointing to this great big mound. After a few moments the GPSr pointed to an easier location and there it was - nicely placed cache fitting the theme.
Thanks The Hancock Clan

(Formally Bug-Juice)...Sorry about the late log but forgot to log these great caches. I ventured out to this lake with J+J.au and baja.15. We found three of the series first and then completed the others in good time. Thanks Hancock Clan for placing this series here and thanks to me fellow cachers for a fun day. SL

Reperio at 0805. Joint FTF with Team Unibolt!

After grabbing the first three caches north of the main boat ramp, we loaded up the canoe and headed around to drop in a bit closer to the next three. There were plenty of muggles out this morning in motor boats, and one which happened to be setting sail just as we were. Once at GZ, we spotted the nicely constructed cache, and I liked the way it fitted in with the theme of the title. Just needed to have a jolly roger at the top and it would have been priceless. Great cache.

Gratias Hancock Clan.

This entry was edited by Marcus Vitruvius on Saturday, 01 September 2012 at 00:59:02 UTC.

Out caching with Bug juice and Baja15, cache soon located, fish jumping along the water, fisher men out also. Perfect day to be out today.TFTC

Wow..... if you don't do the whole series then you have just got to do this one. I absolutely loved this, very ingenious and it works so well. I liked this, I liked it a lot. You are a cache genius Hancock clan. I wandered around aimlessly for a little while until I saw what I was looking for. The treasure was plundered and I really enjoyed playing with this cache. Reluctantly it was time to leave, so I returned it to its hidey hole, out of reach of thieves. This cache also provided a long awaited DT to fill in the few remaining spots on my matrix. Thank you for a wonderful cache.

We came accross many new and clever hides today. This one was clever. Fun all round in fine company. SL..TFTC

** Joint FTF with Marcus Vitruvius **
This one was a bit of fun and a nice idea. After signing the log we were able to gently hoist the mainsail hoping to take advantage of the fair weather ahead. We were going to pick one in the series to leave a favorite point at so this will be it, the point is for the effort The Hancock Clan has put into this series for us all to enjoy. TFTC