The Old Gumtree Sellicks Hill, South Australia, Australia
By ben4388 on 02-Nov-12. Waypoint GC40M15

A quick find with the aid of accurate coordinates, TFTC

Found it

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Travelling with iluvtrekking from our home state of WA on a SA caching foray. Staying in Aldinga for a few days and ranging from there to grab some finds. Scored another beautiful day after a couple of chilly ones. Love these country roads - our type of caching. Had the kelpies join us and one want to play fetch! Thanks for the hide LNCU

Glad they've kept the tree given how close it is to the road. Had three kelpies bark a warning and surround my car . Anyway, made the find and signed the log. TFTC ben4388.

Nice little creek TFTC

Geo dog Bluey found in Follow on instagram @bluey2404

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Quick one hereOne week on from SAs Leap Year MEGA Event and out caching again. This time around Aldinga/Willunga and anywhere else that looks interesting.ben4388, I found The Old Gumtree today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Back in the car, a nice and easy find. Thank you. Logging with DeafPVC

Found it Beautiful day yay yay no humid not like in Qld Thank you With DeafPVC - Deaf Phantom DeafVW DeafCat

Awesome sunny with DeafPVC

Spending a long weekend in the Southern suburbs which I havent visited very much since I started geocaching. So lots of unfound caches to keep me busy. The main theme was to target solved mysteries, highly favourited caches, caches requiring a TOTT, adventure labs and any other caches that I passed by.A hot one today so this was a quick park and grab and then back to the air conditioned car. Thanks for the cache ben4388.# # #14114 # #

Easy find. TFTC

The plan was to cache some fresh air, scenery, and of course 40 winks

Easy find here

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A quick drive by find, sign and return here today
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Found today with woems1 ️ x

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Nice walk from the corner, while doing the geoart. Workers picking grapes across the road ignored us. Thanks Ben for the cache

Found out on tall bike ride.

getting a lot done on a beautiful day for caching.
TFTC AnsMisty

Another cache find on our 2022 South Australian Adventure and another very chilly, wet day. Just perfect for geocaching. TFTC.

We are enjoying our time travelling SA. Fantastic towns, ruins, beaches and cliffs & wine. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on this geo-guided tour.

Had a suss of the tree and the creek because of previous logs but came up empty

Looked around for ages but came up empty handed and disappointed.

20 April 2022
11:38 am
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Many thanks ben4388 but today was not my day to find The Old Gumtree!

I will have to return another day to try again!

What a day we have had today. The first thing that happened right before my eyes all my maps just disappeared from the GPS, nothing we did would bring them back. Finally after several phone calls trying to fix the problem we ended up on the phone to Garmin who declared that the GPS was terminal. We will be without a GPS for a couple of weeks so it is caching with the phone, yuk. Today we needed to say no to a few of the Forty Winks caches that we had targeted.
The phone has an app on it that monitor’s my heart and I am not allowed to be more than 2 meters from the phone, the terrain was beyond me, if hubby had gone for the caches he would have needed to use the phone, the next thing would be a phone call wondering if everything was OK.
All the caches that we found today were in good condition and the majority of co-ords are spot on. Our finds were a mix of trads, multi and puzzles.
SL TFTC

all in good shape, nicely hidden and previous logs helped. had it in hand very quickly

out again on my weekly cake and cache day with mum. headed back to complete the nearby series.
enjoyed a nice pub meal at the AH at Aldinga.

No luck

Nice old gum tree with a cache as well. There was no problem in finding it with ilook4geo and stamping two more names on the log. Thank for this cache placement go to ben4388.

Enjoyed the caching along with goingplaces2 today. We had a mostly successful time, retrieved each container, signed the log and replaced all as found. TFTC.

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Took a while to find before finding it by accident
Thought we were going barking mad

Found with eastern olaves ️
Don’t forget your shoes
Nice hide
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This was hard!! Found it with sheer luck! Would have been a 'low blow' if we had walked away from it. Found with the Easten Olaves. Don't forget your shoes.

Such a great hide! Loved this!
Found with Eastern Olaves ️
Don’t forget your shoes
Nice hide
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A detour from the 40 winks series.. and worth it! TFTC Fave point for sneakiness.

Found it after a puzzling search and coords which were off. Tftc

I had given up, luckily for us Mr Suelee persevered and finally had cache in hand. It took longer Than it should have, tftc

Chasing numbers for a serious milestone so today set my sights on a series I've long wanted to do but never got around to, the 40 Winks series. Found 37 and replaced 4 which were almost certainly missing.
Had to have a look for this one while in the area. Was a while before this old school style hide was found.
Thanks to ben4388 for putting out this cache for me to find

*This log composed and published using GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife).*

wish we saw this cache in its hay day, as we doubt the favourite points had been gathered with this container TFTC

In Port Elliot today, out to tackle the 40 Winks series. All caches found in good order, took nothing and left nothing. Thanks to ben4388 for the cache. TFTC

Found

TFTC. Doing the nearby series, thought I may as well add a few hundred metres and another find

Out and about geocaching today, while staying in Willunga from Brisbane. Decided to cache around Willunga today and this one was one of them Arrived at GZ and in no timecachge was found. TFTC ben4388

Spending a few days in Wallunga as part of our trip to SA after borders were opened up to NSW and QLD. Today was the day to find the 40 Winks and a few extra caches near by. Many thanks to the COs for placing and maintaining these caches and enhancing our enjoyment of caching.

A welcome break from 40 winks!

TFTC!

Easy walk up.. thank you.. a lovely creek area

Yesterday we went on a wine tour with 3 Divas as we are staying at their Marlene Cottage. It’s a
Shameless plug I know but I also get 8 cents if you click <>.

We were blessed to learn about all the different kinds of vines and I have a different appreciation of what I am looking at. Some of the vines make great piss and others make great piss. It’s hard to differentiate between the vines and I still have years of study ahead of me before I become a master. tftc

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Found in the grass at the base of the tree. Didn't seem right, so we replaced it in a higher position. TFTC

So this was a fairly full-on solo geocaching day for me today, and I wanted to make the most of the terrific weather that had the right temperature, sun out and blue sky. The plan was to head south to tackle some of the power trails / series, and for the most part, that was achieved. My day started at Seaford, and then it was a run along the creek finding the *Real Aliens* series. I then diverted towards the ocean, to find a nemesis oldie and enjoy a run along Moana's cliffs. A selection of the *Cats and Dogs* series were detoured past, before a break at Aldinga's bakery. Next was the *Forty Winks* series, and then back towards the ocean to enjoy a few caches at Sellicks Beach. It was getting to late afternoon by the time I drove through Myponga, and targeted a few hiking geocaches around there, and back towards Sellicks Hill. By this time, it was dark, and so made my way home, having utilised this great weather as best as I could.

This road was closed ahead, but there was no one around to raise any suspicions for me driving down partially. I parked right next to GZ, and saw the obvious tree. Looked all around, and surely it should have been in the fork, as kinda like the hint? Anyway, perhaps I misinterpreted this one, so will have to watch and see. Thanks anyway ben4388.

TFTC out on a day geocaching with tye partner

TFTC easy find in a great spot

Found on a windy day on a lovely bike ride with my geowife! Pretty easy find. I think that the difficulty should definitely be reduced on this one (definitely not a 2.5) as it is in a different container and in a very easy hide location. TFTC

Definitely an easy find if you know where to look

TFTCfound doing our Friday 40

I decided to bump up my finds for 29th Feb, seeing as it doesn't come around often, so I headed down south from my home town and spent a day meandering around these areas and just enjoying the day.
Great weather, nice countryside and good caches. Thanks to all the owners, sorry but this is a blanket log.
Lots of scratches from the caches under the ever present bushes, lots of ants, lots of other things which made noises in the bush. I probably should be doing all this in winter - but that is no challenge
Some caches may have specific logs if they need attention, otherwise they were all found in good condition.Thanks for your caches and making my day an adventure.

Found while doing 40 winks. Love the container. What is it? TFTC

Short detour from forty winks

Nomads travelling in their caravan around Australia. We have been on the road since July 2011 and discovered caching in August 2013. We travel with a bunch of travel bugs belonging to our sons and grand children. Where ever possible, we will maintain your cache as we travel.

Based at Willunga house-sitting for a few weeks, today wanted to go to a nearby supermarket, but it did not open till 11.00am. It is now only 10.00 am (which begs the question "how did we ever manage to get out of the house by 10.00 am) As we had an hour to kill, caching around Aldinga was the game, as we still have a lot of green treasure chest waiting to be opened.
Shopping over now, so caching the road home. Including some of the Forty Winks series.

Was looking for something more regular in size. Thanks ben4388

TFTC, an easy find

found with g_naan for mystery at the museum tftc

Found with gracehart_

This wasn’t here last time I came past, with it being replaced it make for a quick find

Off to McLaren Vale today for a thrill seeking experience aka, Skydiving. With some time to kill before and after the adrenaline rush, nettieknows and myself decided to do some caching around the area.

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A cache around McLaren Vale with gridge98 whilst waiting for his skydive!! Beautiful area. Quick find TFTC

doing the forty so quick detour to grab this one while down this way TFTC

Don't get why it has so many favourites admits just a small tube

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05/05/2019

Decided went to "Forty Winks series" - very nice country and no traffic there...
The weather is very nice [^][^]
Replace the tube (small) signed the log.

Thanks ben4388 for organising the cache and hunt [^]

Last day in Aldinga
Found it during 40 winks series runs
Great hide
TFTC

Find # 7668


Found while on the annual Trip to South Aurstalia for the Tour Down Under Bike race.
All week I've been travelling with Tyred n Cranky, but today I dropped them off in Myponga, as they were participating in the "Challenge Tour" with over 3000 other riders.

As every year, when I drop them off, it starts a caching day for me.
This year I had the 40 series on the GPSr ready to go, and a few others around the area and on the way to Strathalbyn, where Tyred n Cranky would be crossing the Finish line and where I had to pick them up.

While doing the 40 I came across another cachers log, wow they were from Horsham, and after a few messages, it turnec out we were doing the same thing. The dropp off of family members, caching the area, picking up family members. A weird coincidence so far from home.

Sorry for the generic log. All caches were found safe n healthy unless otherwise stated.

TFTC ben4388

Took ages as is a bit of an illegal hide but TFTC

Thought I might find a regular size cache here but not today. Thanks anyway

Hidden creatures expedition with KTPops. Thanks for hiding this cache Ben

Hidden Creatures expedition with OZGrumpy. Tftc. Nice hide

Lovely day out for some caching, last time I was In SA, we did the 60, now where doing the 40, tftc

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Quickly found due to a change in sound. Tftc

Down South with a fellow old work mate and cacher Redrox who has also acquired his pilot licence so what better day could one have, a flight and do some caching as well. We were worried about the weather but it cleared up well. Not sure about the hint though for this sneaky hide. We had no need for any twist today. Logs signed and returned. TFTC

Out cleaning up the rest of the Forty Winks series this afternoon.

Found relatively quickly; had to think, though. Love it! A fav point from me

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10/6/18, 3:58 pm, Find #1182

Had to look around for this one. TFTC. Out with steamer531

A short detour from the Forty Winks cache trail to collect this one.
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Out with the Geo-kids for a drive during the school holidays
TFTC and a nice afternoon drive.

Found this with geo grandchildren. Had an idea what we were looking for and Zac quickly found it. A Favourite point from me. TFTC TNLNSL except for the TB. Will perhaps take it to Canada with me in a few weeks.

Quick find

Found! TFTC dropped off a little travelling friend

Well that was a tricky one! Almost had us!

After an errand down south Owl and SA Sewer Rats decided to finish this series and move their respective totals closer to the next milestone. This was a nice detour from the power trail and a sneaky find.

Another after work trip to get a few more of the near to work geocaches. A great spot.
Thanks

Out with Doctor Owl for a day's caching.
This found us down south.
This took longer than it should have to find.
Luck the Doctor read the clue and other logs.
Which made for a find. Tftc

I rode up for the TDU. Thanks for the hide.

Found with Csaba! and SupaOrange before I had a caching name. A very late log. Turtle out.

Found with Dad aka Csaba! before I had my own caching name. Tra La Laaaa

Found while in the area. Thanks

Fun find!

Could not find it. Wary of snakes

Looked high low and in the logs for inspiration Only foud a

Bloody hell! Turn my back to logdnf and he finds it! Clever hide

We had a quick look, but too good for us today.

I did feel quite conspicuous searching around and around this old tree, while vineyard workers across the road went around their business. It took me a while but just as I turned to leave ... TFTC!

Main container is indeed cracked and the overburden of swaps is endangering the internal container so I suggest replacing the external one would be a good idea.