Here Comes The Sun. Carwarp, Victoria, Australia
By doheng on 01-Jan-13. Waypoint GC43KZB

Perfect stopping by the car driver. Once the dust cleared from the green truck going the other way we were right on target. TFTC.

Hahaha that's a bright idea

Nicely themed cache, sun out today. Tftc doheng

Little too cloudy for sun. Like the light

This one really caught our attention as it differs greatly in its method of harvesting energy from the sun. We have read and heard of installations such as this but have never had the opportunity to see one. All was working well, and there certainly was a bright glow on the collectors.A favourite from us for the location and the themed container.Just a few caches today in the local area as re recover from big days on the Paddle Steamer.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache doheng.**SKI Pair****

Awesome cache. Great idea and so pertinent after the amazing sunrises and sets over the last 2 days as I did the paddle steamer power trail. Still in great condition. Tftc tnln

Quick find. Nicely themed container. fav point.Out with Mogni for a 3 day weekend, leaving friday morning and coming back sunday night. The plan was to go to Cowangie in Victoria and then head in to Murray-Sunset National Park then head on to Mildura and come back via Rufus River road ( in New South Wales ) to South Australia. Night 1 was in the Murray-Sunset National Park at Mopoke Hut camp ground and Night 2 at Mildura then going back to Adelaide. It must have rained recently in Murray-Sunset since the sand wasn't like fine power as expected and other sections of the National park had bypass tracks around the water filled ruts in the main track. Going around one of the bypass tracks i staked a tyre on the friday but didn't notice it to saturday morning. The stake went right beside the tread and the inside wall of the tyre, the stake was the size of my finger tip. Also turns out that i got a screw in my rear tyre thrusday night leaving work. There was alot of reinflating tyres this trip. The flora change in the national park was surprising but i figured that is due to weather or not the ground was sandy or muddy. When we got to Mildura we targeted the 2 multi's mogni wanted to do and of course they were the ones with 7 and 11 stages. After that we targeted the caches with high amount of favourite points and then left the next day via New South Wales so we could get the virtual at Lake Victoria and some of the older 2003 around the border track. A good weekend away 4x4ing.

WOW another interesting place. Thanks

Southern Autumn adventure Day 60. Mildura Trip Day 9. The time had come to start heading home, but I did not want to go directly and was keen to visit Echuca to finish the River Travel Adventure labs. It turned into a long day and it started with some detours as I started south to get my first batch of caches done. Then I set out following the navigation device and let me say, it is not the way I would have gone, there were some very narrow roads, but no dirt. I then passed a county I had not been to before, but missed the Map section I needed, that was annoying. My day ended with a walk around Echuca for a few caches and the LABs along the water front. It was well and truly dark by the time I reached my roadside camp for the night.

This solar farm was a great surprise. I have not been close to a working sun aggregation farm before. Even from the side, the brightness of the collectors was stunning.

Thanks for the cache doheng

43337.3 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2015 Night Hunters A#328

**Albida**

Awesome container!! Very much worth a favourite. Tftc

Full time nomads visiting Mildura to finally tackle the Paddle Steamer with iluvtrekking. Of course we have to stop in town and find some caches here before we go 'bush'. Great weather this morning and a beautiful day for caching. [:X][8)]

TFTC doheng

Another cache find on our 2022 South Australian Adventure, yes I know we have wandered over the border. Never mind, It is a wonderful day and we have joined forces with FelixII so we are off to see what we can find. Interesting location. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on this geo-guided tour.

Bit of a hunt

TFTC

That was a quick one. Thanks For The Cache 7 all nicely themed caches here

26 June 2022
3:28 pm
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Hi doheng, I found Here Comes The Sun. today. It is wonderful to see all this infrastructure going up. Hopefully it eases the pressure for families in our country.

Many thanks doheng for providing and maintaining this game piece for our enjoyment.

Had to make this one quick, tftc

The cache was found in the last place we looked, which as usual was not the first place we looked. Thanks for placing a fun cache guys. We do love your work. We signed the logbook. Of course we did that is way we play this game. Cache in pretty good condition for the cache age.

I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of padding the word count.

This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and a Samsung S8. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs...

Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun.

Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke für den Cache. Gracias por el caché. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos kätköstä. Zikomo posungira. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Köszönöm a cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas.

A quick stop here today cache was found and is all good

A trip to Victoria with Freddo for 3 days to complete the paddle steamer and find a few caches in Mildura and along the way to and from, all the caches were signed respective of the day FG23, FG24, FG25 or our own caching names.

Thanks for the cache

A quick find on our way home from Port Pirie.
Thanks doheng

Little Squirell

A quick find while geocaching south of my base in Mildura. TFTC.

TFTC smile 11649 out and about with miss millie geo dog Hatzofff RoddyC and Snickersallan great caches, great day ,good weather, enjoying a trip to Mildura to cache the Paddle Steamer and picking up any other caches in the area
signing as Team 44 Qld
Thank you, doheng, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Day 22 of our southern trip. Exploring around Red Cliffs and Mildura today. With a round trip into NSW. We areTeam 4 4 QLD - RoddyC, hatzofff, Snickersallan and Grannysmith1947.

Nice 'n' easy.

Log signed and cache replaced as found on January 31, 2022. TFTC, doheng

Spending a quiet day on the road today due to the high temperatures with RoddyC, hatzofff & grannysmith1947 (To save space on log sheets, we have signed as Team 44 QLD.
Nice quick one

TFTC doheng

Day 22 of our southern trip. Heading into blues area to pick up an LGA. Very hot here today. Don't need to run around in the sun. Caching around Mildura and Red Cliffs in readiness for doing the Paddle Steamer geoart.

Caching and travelling with RoddyC snickersallan and grannysmith1947. Signed as Team 44Qld.

I wonder if itnlights up at night.

TFTCache doheng

Caching on my way from Mildura to Adelaide today. A quick find here, cool cache container near the giant solar farm. Now back in the car heading south. TFTC!

Tftc

Nice quick find, great to see my first ever trackable. Left behind for someone else to move on.

Stopped overnight in Ouyen and this was my first cache for the day. The sky was overcast but the solar panel on my campervan was still charging. Amazing technology. A great container and well themed. A favourite point for this one TFTC doheng

Accurate coordinates led to a quick find of a very well designed and constructed cache. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks doheng for this cache - it earns a favourite from us.

Found on a fine Autumn day for a country drive.
On the way to Mildura today for an adventure.
Not many muggles around here and a good quick find.
Also an excellent cache and a favourite point from me.
Thanks for the cache doheng,
***Roostaman ***

Good to see innovation in solar.
Another great container, would be even better at night.
TFTC

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And I say, it’s alright. A very good container. TFTC

Excellent cache. Well made. Wish we had come at night
FP from me even thou I don’t have many
TFTC

A little amuse bouche before hitting the Paddle steamer series. A cute little hide!

Found quiclly

Found very quickly

Thank you for the information in the cache notes. We wonder how many people drive down the highway and not realise that this facility is here. SL TFTC

TFTC. With regional victorians able to travel we decided to take the opportunity to head to Mildura to attempt the PS series. First we had to drive from Maryborough, so of course we stopped where we could find a cache. Thanks to all the cache owners. We will make special comments where applicable.
Quick detour off the highway for a quick find.

I was on my way north with 6hinemoa2. Tomorrow we will be on the paddlesteamer series. Today gathering up caches along the highway. Nice to get this older cache. Thanks doheng.

Out with feathertop today heading to Mildura. Didn't know what top expect here and was thoroughly surprised at what I saw.
Well worth a FP here. Thanks

Cute one!

Really creative idea really liked this cache!!!

TFTC !!

Sitting at my computer during these Covid lockdowns, I am trying to catch up on a few logs that I haven't sent in yet.

Over the years, geocaching has taken me on many adventures, including interesting destinations all over my home continent of Australia and many overseas as well. It has also introduced me to a diverse group of like-minded caching tragics, many of whom I now call close friends.

Today, I was lucky enough to be out and about searching for caches, something I do on almost a daily basis. This was one cache that was targeted and found.

Sorry for the late log, something I am notorious for. Thank you for adding to the adventure that is geocaching.

Thanks doheng for the cache.

Having just spent a fabulous couple of days with The Tritonz and micaparamedic doing the new PS geoart series, we stopped by this one on the way out. What a huge solar farm this is! And a nicely made cache too. A fave point from us. TFTC doheng.

No work today quick find with a friend

Tftc

Tftc nice drive from dunolly found with 2beez

TFTC out for the day with PeteBev. Enjoying a week away camping - love the cache container

Found from the girls great find for the kids. Found with 3portergirls. TFTC!

Found with Mandhi12

Travelling wilberries teamed up with smurphy Murphy

Unfortunately the solar panels have all been taken down, but I did get to fly my drone around them before they were removed. Video on my YouTube channel Drewslife.

Very nicely done.
Really like the container and the well themed cache.
A fav point from us.

Having looked at the site after collecting the lovely cache, which had been here since 2013,
the site looks defunct and minus the dishes.
Or guess is that it didn’t perform as expected.

TFTC

Good little find.

Great cache

Found wit katedavies13 on our way to Melbourne

Thanks doheng for the terrific find. Admiring the solar panels being taken down and thinking we should of come here early to see them up. Tftc

Found with Miah06 and big_j21. Mia made the quick find here. Coords out just a tad but made no difference to us. Nice size cache. SL and replaced. TFTC

Quick easy find, TFTC

Quick and easy find. The coords are out about 5 meters but good hide. TFTC

Suscoe was heading to Mildura this morning from Ouyen and we had a number of caches to visit as we travelled northwards.
It was a delightful day, blues skies, a breeze from time to time and a top temperature in the high 20's.
We enjoyed this section of caches hides and saw some interesting country as we headed along the highway and the byways.

Thanks to doheng for this hide, all good today.

I would have liked to have done this one at night.

Completing some caches around Mildura today with CPwanderer before heading home to Adelaide on Monday. A nice maze of saltbush here & was pleased to find the light at the end (which wasn't on during the day) Thanks for the hide doheng

Last for the day while out wandering with clare007!!! Thanks for the hide!!

Road trip back to home (Melbourne) found it doheng, thank you so much for placing it.

Braved the flies here. Tftc

Interesting sun Panels. As you drive along the road you spot them straight away TFTC

Found!

Once again braved the flies. Found on our trip to Linton to meet up with Lumpyjrb. Collecting caches as we go. Tftc. This one gets a favourite from us.

Found on our trip home from Mildura with Mum/becca85. A looooong drive but lots of caches to break it up for us. TFTC

Great spot and cache. We hadn't seen a cluster of these like this before.
My 87 year old Nana is unwell so neisha07 and I are off on the 4.5 hour trip to Mildura to see her. (6+ hour trip for us with stops for caching!)
We detoured via Wycheproof on the way there then back home a couple of days later via 2 of the Silo's that hadn't been done when last we traveled in this direction.
A nice little getaway. TFTC

Nice find while driving to work. Well hidden

Love the effort of this cache and the view across the road. TFTC

Dropped in carwarp 3496

Solar farms are an impressive site to behold on their own, add in a sunset and it's even more impressive. TFTC.

A short detour out of Carwarp and I found this oddity hiding out in the scrub
First impressions on viewing the mothballed facility is that Stage 1 was a flop !!
Five years after this cache was hidden,
the solar collectors are looking a bit weather beaten.
Even the protective mirror coatings are starting to peel off

Across the road,
the cache was found.
A much sturdier solar powered option
Maybe I should have found this one at night ??
It might have been easier to see [:o)]

TFTC and odd bit of technological failure

Found by Mary & David at 1145. Sorry to leave the sunshine and avocados. Apparently Melbourne is grey and 18°. A FP for your details and ingenuity. Surprised to see that the solar installation was not working on such a lovely day. Dropped off "Roll'a Tape!" TB. Our thanks to doheng.

On the way home and took a detour off the main highway to check out the solar array.
I have not seen an array like this before very impressive.
A quick search and I soon came across a mini solar setup.
A very clever setup for this cache.
Thanks doheng TFTC.

What an awesome spot, I've never seen a solar array before! Well made cache, good location, easy find. Thank you doheng!

What an interesting spot and well made cache container. I was really surprised by what I found.

Thanks from mogni

Out today with Benetooks3 for a few caches. TFTC

Very clever cache well done

A quick find on our trek from Mildura to St Arnaud on roads less traveled. Came on this particular track to pick up a couple of trigs. The solar farm is quite spectacular, thanks for bringing us out this way. TFTC

I love alternate energy. One day it wont be alternate.

Found last year. Catching up. Thanks

Just loved this cache so a rare Astro Fav for the cache and location. Most interesting spot I would never have known about but for this cache. Will this be the next Porter Guster idea?

Found on the Easter 3 state jaunt via SA, Vic then NSW. The weather was clear, the tracks were dusty and the skies were clear and starry. Catching up with friends along the way at the various events was also a bonus.

Thanks to doheng and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet!

Grabbing a few caches on the way to Alice. If we stop for them all, we'll never make it. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

Battled my way through the jungle of growth and past the spider to find this fitting example of repurposing! Cache #2585. Who would have thought to find this solar farm out here!

Heading home after a mammoth weekend in Mildura , caching and eventing, we picked up as many trads as time would allow us along the highway helping to break the journey up. We thank all the CO's for their efforts in placing these caches for us to enjoy. We made the short detour down the track as we wanted to see the solar dishes and of coarse it wouldn't hurt if there was the bonus of a cache as well
Thanks doheng for bringing us down the track.

Well our time in Mildura is up. It is time to head home to Geelong, but driving can be very boring. I know, let's grab a few caches !! So we cached a few hides on the way home. Thanks to the CO's who took the time to place these hides, well done. TFTC doheng

A quick drive by.
Thank you. For showing us these panels as we have never seen this type before.
TFTC. LS

Travelling from Melbourne to Mildura to attend the "4 months to the Surf Coast Event - Mildura" event this Saturday. It shouldn't really take 12 hours to get there but we are travelling the geocachers route. Chasing some older caches as well as a mix of high favorite counts we had a long drive but visited some great caches.
Put some sunshine in your day, great themed cache.
**Thanks for placing this cache doheng**

Not sure if you can make the event tomorrow but you would be most welcome.

It looks like I found a Ingress portal, no wait it is just a geocache...managed a quick find this afternoon, thanks doheng for the hide and for bringing us to this spot.

Have visited both Birdsville and Hermannsberg on this trip and both have similar set ups. Unfortunately neither of them were working and this one doesn't appear to be either as all the dishes are pointing away from the sun! What a waste on such a beautiful day.
Another beautifully constructed and apt cache was found nearby, just when we thought we would be back to sistemas under trees and in bushes. Thanks, and yet another favourite point to this hider from us.

Wow what a sight, took a couple of photos before searching for the cache. It didn't take long to spot the well constructed cache. Well worth a favourite.

Wow, what an amazing sight. I would've loved to see them from the other side. Thanks for bringing us here and for the cache.

Wow, looks like aliens have landed. TFTC

what a lot of solar power if they go through with the full plan tftc

We are from Geelong heading to Birdsville for a few weeks. Saw the solar panels off the highway and couldn't figure out what they were so we went off on a detour to find out. When we were driving in the direction of them, I thought hey there's probably a cache there too! And sure enough, there was. What a great spot for a solar station! Thanks for this one!