Farmer Bills Gate - HCRT series Baranduda, Victoria, Australia
By The Trail Crew on 07-Oct-12. Waypoint GC3W066

Archiving and collecting all the containers of the trail in coming weeks to open the area up for fresh new caches for anyone to place.

Thanks for all the positive feedback to all those that have done the trail and enjoyed it.

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Only found the cache after reading a previous log. The container is broken and everything saturated. We tried to do some maintenance with the little we had. Put some paper in a zip top bag and left the container in the tree - it was in a no-cache-land where we found it. TFTC The Trail Crew.

Found by Craig with assistance from Cienna, Xyleigh and Jess. Damaged and now on ground. Pls replace. TFTC.

Container is broken

Aced it

Found but container is broken

No longer hanging. Container is damaged and wet, log is damaged as well

Container damaged

?

Got it!

Found it, lid is broken though!

So a plan was hatched and a weekend caching on the HCRT was organised by StrangeTrousers in attendance were – StrangeTrousers, LuckyL10n, Geosnag1 and myself all on your trusty dirt bikes for the first day. It was a beautiful day to be out on the trail. Start point was “North Bandy” and we finished up with a stunning sunset at “all Aboard”. What a brilliant way to spend a long weekend on our bikes caching with some of most beautiful water views I have seen in quite a while. Loved the caches and containers that kept us guessing throughout the day. Off to bed to get up and continue the adventure.

All logs signed as “LSGC” being LuckyL10n, StrangeTrousers, Geosnag1 and CBRChic.

TFTC The Trail Crew

#7374 - 14:55; A plan was hatched a few weeks back with StrangeTrousers and CBRCHIC to tackle the High Country Rail Trail (HCRT) from Wodonga to Tallangatta this weekend. They had gone ahead last night with Geosnag1 to do a park run this morning while I took a leisurely trip caching my way along the Barton Highway and on down the Hume to Albury this morning to join them. After a bite to eat in Albury, we made it south of the border to Wodonga and the HCRT this afternoon. After dropping the geomobile at our estimated finishing spot near All Aboard in readiness, it was back to North Bandy and the bikes. It was a fun ride along the trail where we enjoyed some idyllic country scenery in the early stages, some old abandoned railway platforms and finally some lake views as we headed east. Apologies for the largely generic logs. We found all of the caches we were after today, often resorting to the cache name for guidance when we got a little stuck and signing logs as LSGC. Most were in good condition, although some had seen better days. TFTC The Trail Crew

#3078 5 of 36 today.

Out with CBRChic, LuckyL10n & Geosnag1. We've been planning this trip for a while and finally we've got it together and hit the trail. Today was a fantastic day's caching out along the HCRT starting at "North Bandy" and finishing up just after sunset at "All Aboard". The scenery was amazing, particularly out along the Hume dam with the sun slowly setting behind us. CC took some pictures that I'm sure she will include in her logs. I particularly enjoyed the remaining little station platforms on the way. I had my doubts we could find all the caches planned before it got dark, but we did comfortably in the end. No DNFs (yay). We came close once, but I had my eye in today. I hope it's still working tomorrow,

TFTC The Trail Crew.

Good one

Yep the lid is broke but the log ok.

Quick little find!

Lid broken, quick find though

Lid broken, quick find though

Easy find. Container lid is broken.

Easy find

#2035 I was here from Canberra 7 months ago, but was unable to get to GZ for these 3 caches due to the flooded road nearby. Today, as i was passing through again, I was able to make the quick find. This cache needs a new container. Thanks TT Crew

Thanks for this great series.. another section completed on our evening walk. As per previous log, cache broken and replaced at bottom of tree

After all the hot weather this week, we had planned to do it on a cooler day but today it was drizzling rain. Headed out along the trail and found this container broken and one the ground. There was no log so placed a piece a paper.
Thanks The Trail Crew for placing & maintaining the cache for us to find.
#4592

Container will need to be replaced as it is broken and not water proof. Placed at base of the tree.

What a great series. We spotted the series and that resulted in us driving from the southern highlands down across the border for 3 days of caching. With two young geokids we had to split up the series and manage what we could each day in hot weather. The occasional dip in the lake to cool off then off again.

We managed to find almost every one and the titles were often very helpful. TFTS.

Like many others writing a generic log is not great but to be honest we have hit that many caches it is tricky to remember every individual one!

We travelled from Canberra to do the HCRT over 2 days. We brought our bikes with us, and also had time to do a little caching around the Albury area.
We loved this trail. The bush, riding near cows and farms, over many small bridges and a very long bridge. There were a few DNFs along the way but also plenty of wild life to be found. The fresh water of Lake Hume is a haven to birds and kingfishers were a common sight, along with plenty of other rosellas and water birds. We encountered a couple of brown snakes, a beautiful blue-tongued lizard and generally just loved the views of the lake and the bush. As it was a weekday, the trails were quiet, and we passed almost no-one along the way. Day 1 was from Wodonga to Sandy bay Creek and return,...all up a 52 km ride, and the next day we parked at Tallangatta and headed out and back in two directions to collect the caches from each end. ( (about 35 km all up).

Thanks to The Trail Crew for such a great series. I hope it is maintained and lasts into the future. Many of the logs were full and cache containers a little tattered.

Domsky

Found

Tftc

Found

Nice Sunday walk to find some caches TFTC

Tftc

nice one

Found with elledee08

With jboy

found (again) and signed

This one was difficult to find my Partner in crime and i finally found it!!! 19-7-16

found it, forgot a pen so will go back on the weekend

Found:)

Will have to come bag to signed log, 2 dogs are an impediment!! JR 379

Thanks for the cache

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G.k

I guess muggles just don't see obvious objects like this. Enjoyed its cheeky placement TFTC The Trail Crew

AC

Livvie lush bruuuv

Ty crew

Found this one this morning with a couple of work muggles who came along to see what geocaching is all about. Plus what better way to do a little PT than to find some Caches while out and about on the HCRT . 2 of 6 for today - TFTC - The trail Crew.

Travelling around Australia, waiting out the Easter rush at Lake Hume with Smokie5054.

With a traumatic day of yesterday behind us. Today Mrs Felix dropped Mr Felix and Mr Smokie up at the Army Cinema to ride back to camp at Huon Reserve.

Long, casual day riding, in perfect weather and great company arriving home just in time for happy hour...... perfect day.

TFTC The Trail Crew

Enjoyed a day on the trail with Mr Felix11on the bikes.Would recommend this lovely area to everyone

TFTC.

A long weekend and another trip with the geo 'rents and geobro'. What a cool way to spend Easter
Headed for Albury for 2 nights and then Bendigo for 1 night and we took each day as the caches came. A turn here, a turn there, a dirt track here and there and miles and miles of bitumen [^]
LOL, I've just seen one of geobro's cache logs and it reads very much like mine
Although he forgot to mention that he not so kindly shared his viral germs with geomum and I! [xx(]
Today (day 2) I found 76 caches and had 4 DNFs

We did note that it was a shame that so many of the log books were either full or in a sad state.
I'm sorry but I didn't have spare logs with me to have been able to refresh them.

Without our pushbikes and not having a horse, we were left doing these caches on Shank's Pony
We managed to find a few of this series in this pretty area with great views before geobro decided that he was starving and he neded food ....one day he will learn to bring snacks with him
So we left the rest and headed off to find breakfast and lunch
Most of these were easy finds with just a few sneaky, tricky cache hides thrown in and they all added to the enjoyment of our day

TNLN. SL. TFTC The Trail Crew

TFTC - Enjoyed the walk for this one.

We're off on a four day geofamily (Geodad: moneydork, Geomum:Tounga, Geosis: locus cache and geobro: ME) road trip adventure heading to Albury and Bendigo. A lot of miles were covered, many sights seen, lots of laughs, mirth and merriment during the trip. Oh, we found a few caches along the way as well.

Another find on the HCRT.

Thanks for the cache The Trail Crew.

Locuscache, Sushilord, Mrs Dork (Tounga) and I decided to explore Victoria and during the Easter long weekend.
We enjoyed visiting Lake Hume but only didn't a few of the series as we were caching by car rather than by bicycle. We intend to return and complete the series, ideally by bicycle sometime in the future, TFTC.

Got dropped off to ride back to Albury along the Trail and find a few caches.
Thanks for the finds and DNF

Well never expected it to be there
TFTC TN LN

TFTC

Yes

#1747 Today being a rare cooler day we brushed the cobwebs off the geobikes and hit the rail trail starting at Bandiana and turning around at Huon doing every second cache along the way. In total we racked up about 44kms and 51 caches and hopefully rode off some Christmas pudding.

This was the 5th find, nice play on words and nice quick find. Tftc and series Trail Crew.

Doug found if

Back to add some more smiley faces to the HCRT series and fill in a few gaps along the Trail. This was the first one attempted and found successfully. SL at 1.48pm TNLN #3228 TFTC The Trail Crew

[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there The Trail Crew. We found your cache "Farmer Bills Gate - HCRT series" at 9:01:00 AM today. This cache makes our find count 12164.
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Today is our third day in Wodonga. Last time we were in the area we attempted to complete the HCRT series from the Tallangatta end. This time we hope to complete the trail from the Bandiana end before we leave town.
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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: Smiley Badge.
Thanks for the hunt,
Regards
Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]

Found easy!

Out caching this morning with The Storm Man. Beautiful day. Was able to get the start of this awesome trail done. Nice quick finds all the way. Thanks for the series.

Out with Joelisa for one more day to hit some more caches. Left at 7.30am and headed into Albury. Very successful morning and lots of fun too. It wasn't too hot as well which made the trip even better. unfortunately we didn't have any bikes so we had to drive/walk this one. Took a bit longer but was still a really nice trail. Just scratched the surface of this one before we had to leave. Tftc

Thanks I really In joyed it

HCRT #11
Out for a walk on fathers day, time to continue the trail.
TFTC

HCRT #11
Out for a walk on Fathers day. time to continue the trail.
TFTC

Need to be taller

TFTC!!!

TFTC, great spot

Found it!

Found on our journey back from the Mega in Stanthorpe. We hoped to avoid some nasty weather and put a dent in the HCRT series even if we couldn't complete it this trip.

A nice early start and a big breakfast and we headed in the other direction towards Wodonga.

TFTC The Trail Crew

What to do with 5 kids on a rainy Saturday when soccer is cancelled? Go for a bike ride to pick up a few caches! Thanks for creating this great series to get us out in the fresh air.

Found with Snickersallan, Fit02 and Muggle buddy. Planning on completing the Power Rail Trail today

Came down from the Gold Coast to especially do this great series, it was a great riding track and quite scenic and all caches were great to find and all in good order. Found with Bluewattle and TFTC

Great day caching thanx for the series

I had recently purchsed a new bike so this trail was going to be its test today as I set off from Bandiana with this series in mind. In the end I went as far as the other side of Sandy Creek bridge and had a ball. I think I found 61 caches in this series without a DNF plus a few other assorted caches on the way. I moved my car along to some of the reserves to save a long ride back and that plan worked perfectly. The caches are in great order after all this time. No reptiles were found apart from the ones you are aware of .
Nice finally to be amongst the countryside in a rich farming area.
Thanks trail crew for this series and I will have to return to do the remaining 45 another day..

Tnfc

Down to Albury for less than happy reasons, but today I had spare time and really really needed to 'clear my head'. Now, normally I am not a huge fan of powertrails, but I wanted some numbers for a goal, I needed the exercise, and the Sandy Creek bridge looked cool - and the day turned out to be overcast and not too hot for most of my walk. Perfect. So I walked 25kms. Picked up 55 s and actually enjoyed myself. Interesting placements, great containers, a couple of DNFs (you get that), and the views ... oh wow the views. Spectacular. I can highly recommend this trail (and have already back home). Top stuff.

Thanks for placing this cache, The Trail Crew. Found in good condition.
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Easter weekend 2nd-6th April 2015 in Stanthorpe, QLD.

Arriving at this spot with the sun high in the sky, My wife rang me to tell me the kids were getting restless so with that in mind I made a quick last find before Turning my bike and heading back to the caravan park. 16 cache along a very beautiful trail. TFTC

TFTC The Trail Crew

Quick find on a beautiful morning. TFTC!

Bike riding and caching - TFTC

George, George, George of the Jungle!

Tftc full description at gc3w06x

Now on the next section of trail, this was the next find. I had things sorted out quickly here at 11:49 and continued on my way eastwards.

TNLNSL, although our BYO pen geocoin had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks The Trail Crew.

Spent the day in Albury area today caching while the missus worked nearby. With bike in the car I decided to tackle the rail trail in the short time I had 0 by car and bike.

Quiet the warm day and no sunscreen and little water- glad I didn't attempt the whole trail in one day!

Really enjoyed the section I did today and each of the hides were in interesting areas and were able to be spotted and signed quickly. Thanks Trail crew for a fantastic power trail!

This entry was edited by Jacko83 on Friday, 31 October 2014 at 11:52:39 UTC.

A few caches will accompanying Chr158 on a wee lunchtime run...Easy cache. TTFC

Thank you

Yes! A long weekend! Time to get out of the Can and go on a geomission around Aubury-Woodonga with Rapidlywild and FurfacesLL #1

Well thats another one found in the HCRT series fo us!

Thanks for the hide, The Trail Crew

Leisurely stroll with Rattlebee

Headed to Albury this long weekend on a Geomission with Rapidlywild and specimenX.

Today was the day to attack the HCRT trail, not starting out as early as we should have this was going to be interesting to see if we would actually completely finish it. SpecimenX and myself on the bikes and Rapidlywild in the geomobile.

This trail was indeed a lovely ride with some great company and chatter to take our minds off some slight inclines along the way but we were also rewarded with some really stunning views.
The torches have now been deployed to travel by and search for the caches.
Another one ticked off on our journey, logging duties performed and then on our way again.

TFTC and series The Trail Crew

Well the weekend was upon us and the planned Geomission with specimenX and FurfacesLL in Albury/Wodonga was here

We had been planning this weekend for sometime now and had been busy solving puzzles in preparation for the weekend. We spent the weekend doing the HCRT trail, some of the HSS series and some surrounding areas.

Officially day 1 of the attack on Albury/Wodonga area. Today we had plans to attack the HCRT Trail via pushbike and collect some random ones along the way also.

FurfacesLL and specimenX went off on the pushies while I went off in the geomobile to meet them at certain locations and continue the trail on foot. Logging duties completed and on we went.

Thanks for the cache The Trail Crew

out enjoying a walk and getting a few more rail trail finds on a sunny Saturday. Tftc.