BLE8.. BIG (not Little!) Tree Nelson, Victoria, Australia
By jgc3 on 04-Dec-12. Waypoint GC42E1G

Freeing area for new hides.

Having found another nearby cache I decided to go for a walk and grab this one too. The geodog and I thoroughly enjoyed our walk and Chloe even pretended to chase a rabbit.
Thanks

We went out for a day's caching with SuperPop around the Nelsen- Port Macdonnell area trying to clean up a few caches around here as well as enjoying a lovely pub lunch at Port Macdonnell.

This was another of the Big Little Event caches that we are slowly picking off as we didn't make it to the event but the cache have kept us occupied for a few years grabbing one here and there. We pulled up and followed the GPSr towards gz where again we spilt up and started searching in different areas. For such a big container it took us a little while to locate but that just gives you a better feeling of satisfaction when you add your name to the log.

Thanks again jgc3 for the cache.

Found with Liz and Bruce on a good day for caching. We appreciated the view of the river from here.

We ventured to Nelson this morning with Alansee to do some of the caches which we knew we would enjoy in this scenic location and we were not disappointed. We encountered emus and kangaroos on the forest tracks but luckily not too close up We found a variety of hides and thanks to jgc3 for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

on route to the 8 Months to the event in Alexandra - Portland event. Overnight stop here at nelson on the Friday before event tomorrow. The tent is up, so off to do the last few caches I missed last time. quick find.

Decided to do some evening caching. A delightful drive and wonderful not worrying about muggles. For a change the GPS was reasonably accurate! Finding the cache was easy once we worked out the entry point. Nice views
TFTC TNLN

Find number two on our romantic anniversary stroll... back where it all began 13 years ago when we said "I do" just a bit further down the river!
TFTC TNLNSL

Nice easy find on a lovely day to do some caching around this lovely area.
TFTC TNLN

Decided to go for a short walk today and follow the Glenelg River north-west away from Nelson which took us to this first (of two) caches we attempted. Easy find.
TFTC

TFTC lovely walk - following in Crack n Lee Lees footsteps our geo friends who were last here 10 months ago

Had to contend with a muggle echidna on the track at GZ. Got the job done without him noticing. TFTC.

Out for a late arvo/night caching experience with geo dad and Beaker.

Out for a night of caching with Beaker and spanner111.
a nice little night walk to this cache
the views were good from what we could see.
tftc!!

Number 10 of 27 during our Nelson Night Caching run.
This section of the GSWW is amazing during the day... too bad we couldn't see the view.
A nice and easy find.
TNLNSL
TFTC JGC3
TTFN
Beaker

Another great weekend with my geofamily, plenty of miles and smiles with a few geocaches found along the way.

Lovely views of the sun setting from here.

Thanks jgc3.

A lovely stroll and a great view.

Finding some more Nelson caches on the last day of the trip before going home. Thanks jgc3.

Beautiful day for geocaching, riding around Nelson on our pushies, good find TFTC

Found It

TFTC

Found on the return leg of the morning's walk, Easter Monday, while Pickled Ginger did some kayaking nearby. Saw no one on my walk, as I think most people were heading home today. No swaps at this GZ, so after signing log made sure I dropped off a Viking (of sorts) and a couple of beans. Thanks for the cache in such a nice location. Happy Easter.

Catching up on some old logs
Tagged along with bucketeer to find this cache
Thanks

01/03/2014 3:46:00 PM
After not logging the previous BLE cache a quick find was welcomed

On the great vic bike ride. Got into camp early then set off to find some of the caches and explore the area with our bikes. Found some beautiful locations, and also some deep sand that we couldn't ride through, but had lots of fun. TFTC

Cache found on the Joy of SECS tour with four-fun, Freddo, thewhitedoggang and Team Waldron. There were a stack of boxes to find so we pushed on. We even had a quick round of Mountopoly and a couple of Powertrails to add to the fun. The weather was cool and sometimes icy so wet boots were the order of the day.


Thanks to jgc3 and clear skies from TeamAstro.

A 3 day caching expedition with Freddo, Astro, WhiteDogGang an Four Fun.

Apologies for the generic log but we did a few trails and some of the Mountopoly series. We also did most of the BLE series.

The mozzies were full on at times and it rained most of the first day.

TFTC

This cache was found on the Joy of SECS Tour 2013. Thanks for the cache. Our group had a lot of fun this weekend. We were in a rush today and there was more caches to find. Woot.
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This cache was found using a Garmin Montana 650t. Waypoints and paperless geocaching downloaded via GSAK 8.

Found when on 'The Joy of SECS' tour/assault along with Freddo, Astro, Team Waldron & White Dog Gang. Much fun was had, very wet boots were experienced and many caches were found including this one!
Cheers & TFTC [^]

*Found on The Joy of SECS weekend along with Astro, Freddo, four-fun & Team Waldron.
Great spot, cool cache.
TFTC*

Walking a little further on from the last cache revealed some great river views, such a beautiful part of the world, even on a cold winters day. SL TFTC So far 23 finds for August so the challenge is nearly complete.

Found with GoShaz on a cool morning caching around Nelson ..

Found on a chilly morning with Sorzach. The walk was lovely. Not sure I have done that before. Tftc.

Quick and easy find!

TFTC,
Team Danden are at it again!

Quick and easy find!
TFTC,
Team Danden are at it again!

nice easy walk to GZ, lots of activity on the river today.
Thanks jgc3

Great views along this walk. Thanks for the cache and bringing us here.

Monday at BLE and after packing up, Dennisc52 and I left the campsite and parked his car. Well, mine was already dusty and dirty and his was still clean

Dennisc52 and I managed to achieve locus cache 25 times before we parted company and took separate routes back to Adelaide.

However I hung around Nelson for a bit longer and so, by the time that I stopped at Millicent for the night, I had gathered up another 19 locus cache smileys (with 1 DNF ), making this a 45 cache day [^]

This is a pretty area and so I parked and wandered in to these caches. A nice wlak in great weather and much more gentle than some of the walks over the last few days

SL. TFTC jgc3

Found during the Big Little Event in Nelson. Caching with Whites on Windsor, lolfrog, and Team Pedal Pushers.

TFTC.

Heading home from The Big Little Event, did a few cache along the coast and Mt Gambier....

A nice pleasant walk this morning as I head out if Nelson...
TNLNSL
Thanks

Anoth TFTCer quick find in good company.

Our last day of caching around Nelson as part of the BLE.

LTF

Well our big adventure is up and running with lolfrog, pedal pushers jeffeddy on wards we go

At the BLE Event in Nelson. Caching with Whites on Windsor, lolfrog, and jeffeddy. Great cache, TFTC.

Found on our BIG Little Event trip. It took a while to figure out the right path, but once at GZ, it was a nice easy find. Great little area. TNLN. Thanks!

Found as part of the Big Little Event. Found with debs22 and moorooducrobbos.

Travelled to the local area for the big little event and hence logging as many caches as possible in the next few days.
Day 4.
TFTC

Find #27 for today at 1430 Hrs

My caching bud for the weekend, Happy Pants & I decide to grab some caches around Nelson whilst attending the Big Little Event...

Made hard work out of this one... Decided to bush bash our way from the previous cache... A nice straight forward find was made at GZ... Found the path on the way out... Another one down in this series...

Took: Nothing Left: Nothing Signed Log

Thanks jgc3 for the cache & bringing me here...

Quick find along the track, TFTC.

Found during the BIG Little Event with Cracka1

Just time to do this cache and head back to take over from another volunteer at the registration desk. TFTC

Yep!! That is a BFT
A nice easy cache find to go with it too on a stroll along the riverside

tftc

Another quick find at the BLE. TFTC.

Was in the area for the Big Little Event and making an attempt to get all the caches in the area.

A nice walk this morning. TFTC.

With the kids playing at the campsite I headed north to find caches on day 2 of the BLE. Fantastic views of the Glenelg River from this one. Walked in from Mini Beach, a nice round walk. TNLN. Thanks for the cache.

TFTC. SL. Found during my attendance at the BIG Little Event at Nelson Vic

Found on our trip to the Little Big Event with Firesafe quick find while getting some caches in the area

TFTC

Doing a run around Nelson getting the BLE series thanks for the caches and effort organisers.

Found on this glorious Saturday. What better thing is there to be doing today? Thanks for bringing us here.

Suscoe's first find of the day.
A delightful walk to GZ and terrific views.
Boats and canoes out on the river.
Log signed and returned.
Thanks to jgc3 for yet another Todd cache and great location, a favourite from us.

#3495 Continuing our walk along this great location, we were quite surprised how large the tree at GZ was in comparison to its neighbours! The cache name is very apt . Once again The GeoPrincess came up with the cache without utilising a GPSr - perhaps she is aligned with the satellites instead. The well hidden cache is in excellent condition. Thanks once again to jgc3 for the cache is a terrific area.

Took: Nothing
Left: The GeoPrincess Pink Sparkly-arkly pathtag

Found this cache near a tree (hee hee). Thanks for the hide.

Out and about for the BLE.

After a morning of driving around looking for caches it was time to hit the water and go for a paddle.

So at 17:43 I launched from Simpson Landing and paddled up the river for a look.

Went up to the bend just up from this cache and then headed back along the cliff edge.

I got to within 17 metres of this one in the canoe but the climb was just too steep.
I did give it a go but then common sense kicked in and I climbed back into the canoe and paddle back to a boat ramp by a shack and set out on foot along the trail for a couple hundred metres.

Nice views from up there and I soon had a cache in hand.

Thank you to jgc3 for this great caching experience.

Found at 18:45

Found with friends J+J.au...Caching the area while attending the "Big Little Event", really enjoying the trip, company and the great locations the caching is showing us. SL..TFTC

Lovely bush, people enjoying themselves in the river.TFTC

Quick easy find at the Big Little Event
Left dragonfly and leaf, butterfly and motorbike
Tftc

This big tree helped to get some big numbers 400!!!!! TFTC.

16:31
B L E - “Boxes Left Everywhere” We couldn’t search for them in numerical order, but that’s OK . The diversity of scenery, some quirky hides and catching up with fellow cachers along the trail made it a most enjoyable series. The time and effort given to create this series for other cachers to enjoy is to be commended.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt jgc3.
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2261 Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1630 while attending the Big Little Event. Hadn't expected to continue on with the series but we was coerced to join the group of PPRAS,Phetlern,and Squallid Cache 6.
SL Tnx jgc3

Found at 4:31 PM GAFF5 in the company of Phetlern, Squalid and Baby and Mrs Gopher. A lovely walk along this path with glimpses of the river.
Thanks jgc3

Found by Captain Max after a huge day & a fun walk along a beautiful part of this great town
TFTC

1921st cache found by WazzaAndWenches. Log signed at 15:03Hrs.

We're in Nelson for the Big Little Event over the weekend. Now that the Wenches have woken we're all out caching around the town.

Thank you jgc3 for the pleasant drive (and walk) in the bush to knock over most of this series of caches.

Enjoy BLE series runs
Thanks jgc3 for bring me here and cache

Easy find, on a Saturday arvo.
Nice little walk along the river track.
TFTCSL

yes not middle tree, or the big tree or was it the big one oh u will have to find out yourselves

out with geo cachers,Crusiers95,lillylegs99, K2005, Hairyscary06, Rocco20

found with geo friends/family
cruisers95, wmf138, lillylegs99, rocco20, hairyscary06

Found with lillylegs99, cruisers95, wmf138, rocco20, K2005

TFTC SL TNLN 1 tree 2 tree 3 tree 4 found with Wmf138,Lillylegs99, Rocco20, hairyscary06, K2005

out and about with K2005, rocco20, wmf138, crusiers95, hairyscary06

the animals come out to look out and around at night, and they can scared the jeepers out of you

Lillylegs99, Cruisers95, wmf138, Hairyscary06, K2005

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