BLE43.. Ride 'em Cowboy Nelson, Victoria, Australia
By jgc3 on 04-Dec-12. Waypoint GC42E92

Unfortunately missing. Making room for other hides.

geo wife listening to music with head banging geo baby (Ramm-FF)
while geo hubby and geo nanna did some searching
and searching
and nothing...
poo...

No cowboys and no cache.

Can you please check on this cache, thanks

Missed out on this one today. Thanks jgc3.

After having tea with fellow cachers, Geomum & Geodad decided the night before that we would head out & have a family caching day today. We had saved a fair few into our phones for the day. This was the 17th one on our list. We had just been at the BBQ's down near the river for lunch. We had cooked up burgers & now on our way for the last lot we had saved before heading home. We are enjoying all these caches. Its a shame we didn't know about this event. Would have been fun. TFTC

Found It

Great easy 3rd find for the day. TFTC.

Nice place: the horse still walking around!!
TFTC; #054

to find geocaches while driving through the States of South Australia and Victoria is just 'amazing'.
On our way from Millicent to Portland we found a lot of nicely bidden caches ... this is one of them. Thanks for bringing us here and greetings from Belgium.

Quick drive by

TFTC.11.50. From Perth to Melbourne is our last vacation journey in Australia, along this route, we look for caches. Greetings from the Netherlands

Not worth saddling up the horse to ride to this one. A quick find was made only a few steps from the van. Thanks.

Found it

Been meaning to do this one for ages!

Visiting Nelson again to claim a few more smilies
TFTC

Found

Caching is more fun by torch light.

This entry was edited by slotsfamily on Wednesday, 11 June 2014 at 11:36:25 UTC.

Nice easy find doing the 'BLE...' Series. TFTC D

tftc

Found at 2.45pm.
No horses to greet us today, just lots of holiday traffic.
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

Found this one during our month long tour of SE Australia. It is our intention to find as many caches as possible during our stay and as a result logistics dictate that this generic log will have to suffice .Hope the cache owners, to whom we extend our gratitude for their efforts, will all understand the reasons for this.All good wishes from us both.
Valliant Knight and Damsel (UK)

Found on our leisurely drive as we make our way towards Murray Bridge for the Mega. Today we head to Mount Gambier and beyond....we were a bit worried when we wandered in here as it was obviously a bit of clearing and cleaning had gone on but cache was snug in its place. TFTC

A cache of insignificance I did see and speak to the horse, although it wasn't Mr Ed; I got no reply. Also spoke to the magpies and the Fairy Wrens. I thought that the cache may have been despatched with some recent tractor activity very close by, but it was still there, exposed and with somewhat dodgy co-ordinates. TFTC TN and Left a weroamin token.

Yeah another easy find after bypassing another couple in the series that we opted not to do as they are getting boring! Thanks anyway

Found on school holiday geocache adventure to Nelson!

Found by Mary & David at 1030. A dark coloured horse came up to greet us too. Guess it was the same one mentioned in the description, and has had many admiring visitors since. Our thanks to jgc3.

Nice quick find on our way through to Mt. Gambier.

TFTC.

Nice quick find on our way through to Mt. Gambier.

TFTC.

Giddy up poor horse was a bit startled when he noticed me TFTC

Quick find on our way back to Nelson after an over night stay in Portland TFTC

Tftc

I was heading for Port Fairy for work from home on the NSW south coast, but poor boating conditions had put our expedition back a couple of days and I decided to drop in on family in Mt Gambier, I was now heading back to Port Fairy and caching (and sightseeing) along the way. This one was found after a short search. Thanks jgc3 for the cache

Rated: for Overall Experience

Easy find for the geokiddies

The horse was watching us, we feel so guilty shouting out "we'll be back" I wonder how many times he's heard that from passing cachers... A trip to Nelson seemed to be the order of the day, unfortunately we weren't planning on attending a BLE event but that didn't mean we couldn't find a couple (or a lot) of smileys while we were out this way! Found relatively quickly, TFTC (and the series) jgc3!

Bumped into Eudes last night, but unlike other Great Vic Bike Rides I was out on the road earlier than Eudes and found this one first. Took a few minutes as the gps was suggesting a different spot. Just made a nice change... TFTC

Onwards and eastwards on Day 2 of the GVBR, this was the first on the way over to Portland on this dingy old morning. I had this one in hand surprisingly quickly at 08:05 and was soon back on the way east.

TNLNSL, although our BYO pen geocoin had a visit to mark the occasion. Thanks jgc3.

Even with the help of a geokid riding by could'nt find this one

Easy find at 16:15. TNLN. TFTC.

SL
jgc3 TFTC

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

After not having any internet for nearly two years I am finally getting around to logging some caches that I did with Team Crackers a long time back.
We completed quite a few BLE caches back in 11-8-13 and I cannot remember them all now so apologies to the cache owner for the cut and paste log.
I am working off Team Crackers list for that day.
Many thanks for the fun Day

Quick find. Took a short break from biking remembering that j saved a couple gc's near Nelson

We were out with Super Pop collecting some of the BLE caches we watch the distance count down and thought we have to miss this one because of the double lines but as we rounded the bend we spotted a safe park and were soon heading to GZ.
we were happy there were no cowboys with or with out horses, even the one that visited you did not show up today. But that makes for a nice quick find and sign for us.
Again thanks jgc3.

In the Mount for the Goths dinner event and the Geozing Race and of course...caching Out for the afternoon with Aussie M&M and Mogni.

Missed the BLE event but picking up a few of the caches this afternoon. Generic logs but thanks to jgc3 for the series. Hope I can finish them next time I am in this neck of the woods.

Mark was sneaky and took everyone to the wrong spot, then Mary got out of the geocar and grabbed the cache. Thanks jgc3 and Mark.

Out with Aussie M & M and brisal5. Slowing finding all of these caches... one day I will be finished
Thanks

Another great day of caching with ScouterSteff. #7 for the day TFTC

Was looking forward to the friendly horse I had read about in the logs and was disappointed when he was over the other side of the paddock. I called but I think he was a bit deaf.

After a while it looked up and came straight over. What a beautiful friendly horse. He is getting many more pats due to Geocaching. I wish I had thought to bring a carrot. I had half a sausage roll in the car but thought that might not be quite appropriate. Tftc.

Tftc

Understood the title of this cache when galloping upon us he came .. Tftc

Nice easy find made even more enjoyable by the friendly horse which wandered over to say hello ,such a quiet friendly horse made my day ..

TFTC. A quick stop.

TFTC

Found on 24.2.13 but forgot to log as reception isn't always there from Nelson to Portland. Tried this on on way to Nelson

Take 2
Tried this on way to Nelson but could find the turn off til it was too late, so had a second go on way out. Sl tftc

Catching up on on a few hundred missed logs
Found with bucketeer
Thanks for the hunt

16/03/2013 16:47
Our plan for the day was to grab a least 20 of the BLE caches and go wet a line and hopefully land a fish or two. After lunch at the Nelson Kiosk the kids decided they'd rather go shopping in Mount Gambier than fishing in the river. As a result our tally ended up a couple short for the day. This was the last of 18 finds for the day.
Appropriately the horse in the adjoining paddock came over to the fence for a pat

Nice quick find with van in tow. TFTC

Quick by the road cache. sl tnln tftc

Found while enjoying a few days down Portland way before everyone heads back to work and school. Today we opted to drive towards Nelson and collected a few caches along the way and this one took a little time to locate.

TFTC

Met the owners of the horse in Nelson the day before who had met jgc3 when they were setting the cache. So it was nice to find this one on the last morning of the BLE.

Good to have a little parking bay! Cache # 1,469.

And yes the horse was still there waiting for a quick pat, but as we had to be on the move and had no time for horsing around, we signed the log and moved on. TFTC

Hehehe! Neigh! I think he wanted to come home with us! Followed us all the way along the fence line and back to the car! He even let us have a little pat! tftc jgc3

2288 Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1105.Quick grab on the track.SL Tnx jgc3.

Sunday at BLE and Huurtle, Dennisc52 and I set off to replace a cache which had been lost in the recent bushfires

There were a few caches on the way and, luckily for me, the boys were happy to head for Dartmoor where a couple of months ago in 40 odd degree heat while riding my motorbike back from Halls Gap I had stopped briefly, seen the nearby caches and just been too darn hot and tired to get any...... so today was the day [^]

Later on, we met up with Honeysucker and firesafe and continued caching until well after dark: 4WDing on dirt roads, beaches and through the forests [^]

A HUGE day of attempting 47 caches: 45 successful locus cache events [^] and only 2 DNFs

Sadly, I don't recollect patting a horse and since I do recollect patting a cow at another cache, I am sure I would have remembered a horse if one had been here

SL. TFTC jgc3

Our last day of caching around Nelson as part of the BLE and heading for home.

Found on our BIG Little Event trip. A nice quick find along the road. Saw a wallaby jump into the nearby bushes. TNLN. Thanks!

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

2289 Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1105.Quick grab on the track.SL Tnx jgc3.

Found with Locus Cache and Hurtle while attending the Big Little Event at Nelson. TFTC.

Found during the trip home from BIG Little Event with Cracka1. The stallion took a liking to me after giving him a rub on the nose.

The horse also greeted us, but we didn't venture over for more conversation. Thanks for the cache.

We saw another vehicle parked up near by with the BLE flag flying, so we knew we were close. The friendly horse at the fence confirmed it. TFTC.

Just as bon exclaimed "why is it called ride em cowboy?" the beautiful horsey trotted up to the fence for a pat! Then he didn't want us to go, following us all the way along the fence line back to the car! Tftc

Found this neat cache during BIG little EVENT. Our thanks go out to all involved in the event and to all who have placed caches for the event.
Our apologize for the late logs, and the boilplate plate logs.
Due to events happening in our lives just after the event, the logging had to be put on hold until now.
We had a fantastic time, met some new caches and even bumped into a few old ones from afar.
Many, many thanks to all involved.

Found at 2:06 PM GAFF5 in the company of Phetlern, Squalid and Ruralslicker. The horse here kept following us and wanting to be stroked. Very friendly horse.
Cache took a few minutes to locate, until Helen went back to a spot that had already been checked.
Thanks jgc3,

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

Found with Team Pedal Pushers, Whites on Windsor and lol frog during the 'Big Little Event'.
TFTC

Found along with phetlern, pprass and ruralslicker. Yee Haa. I made good friends with the horse while the others were focussed on the cache. Thanks for the hide.

tftc . beautiful horse

After registering at the BLE tent around noon, it was time to head out and indulge in some more caching in this virgin caching territory!

Quick find
TNLNSL
Thanks

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

Very friendly horse here. TFTC.

14:06
Found with Pprass, Squalid and RuralSlicker. 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. The horse was there supervising proceedings today.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt jgc3.
5064

Found on our trip to the Little Big Event with Firesafe with a quick chat with Mr. Ed

LTF horse was manhood

19.01.2013 15:23
TFTC. SL. Found during my attendance at the BIG Little Event at Nelson Vic. Sorry for brevity. Sent from my Garmin GPS phone.
ruralslicker 214

Found as part of the Big Little Event. Found with debs22 and moorooducrobbos. Very curious horse came down to see what all the commotion was about. TNLN

Travelled to the local area for the big little event and hence logging as many caches as possible in the next few days.
Day 2 and cache 34.
TFTC

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

Had a lovley chat to an intrigued farmer and me some fellow cachers

While searching some fellow cachers turned up and a farmer.

Found with Snap Happy on our way to the BLE at Nelson.TFTC

#3503 We continued out of town only to find a couple of people loitering on the side of the road in a place that was suspiciously close to GZ. Nice to meet taz-bud/inkle at this location with the container already in hand - one of our quickest finds on the weekend thus far . Had a bit of a chat before parting again, taz-bud/inkle were endeavouring to reach 50 finds for the day with 5 to go. The horse was a no show though. Our thanks to jgc3 for the cache and another reason to stop [^]

Found this cache on our way to the Big Little Event. GeoMum hopped out to grab this one . Nice drive along this road. TFTC jgc3