Its a long way to Walk! Strathfieldsaye, Victoria, Australia
By GoozZ on 27-Jan-13. Waypoint GC45PKD

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Logs

13-Feb-17
Weird.. the massive rocks it was in amongst and how they disappeared with just the one left?? oh well.. time to rest.
 
05-Oct-16
Didn't find it. I think it has gone missing?
 
05-Jun-16
Brought back to life as best we could
 
01-Apr-16
Found it! And saw a huge kangaroo too!
 
02-Jan-16
[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

Big GrinBig GrinBig Grin I like it Big GrinBig GrinBig Grin

WinkWinkWink Another one off the list WinkWinkWink

Cool TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH Rissi [^]
 
30-Sep-15
What a nice spot!
 
13-Sep-15
Found with Team Crackers today. An easy find once we got there. No cute or dangerous wildlife was seen today but they will be around! Thanks GoozZ.
 
12-Sep-15
After having a great time at the 2 months to the Mega event we headed off with Alansee to try our luck at a few local caches.
Alansee had done his home work and he made sure this was not a long way to walk, in fact we got a lot closer than we both expected. Smile
A quick search in the obvious location and we were soon adding our names to the log.
Thanks GoozZ for the cache and showing us this interesting location.
 
18-Aug-15
Wasn't too far for us to walk for this one. Waited for a lady walking with her dog to pass till we headed on a little stroll and found the cache. All in good order TFTC
 
18-Aug-15
After dodging a muggle that was walking a dog in the nearby area we went bush along another track, it was a lovely walk except with the wattle in full bloom it stirred up our hay fever , quick look around to make sure the muggle wasn't in sight and we grabbed the cache, signed the log and replaced it and strolled back down the track. TFTC
 
19-Jul-15
Great find on a sunny winters day out cacheing with my mini cachers. Smile
 
29-Jun-15
Good hiding spot.
 
21-Jun-15
Found
 
13-Jun-15
Thanks for the lovely morning walk, and the cache as well of course!
 
07-Jun-15
Nice one!
 
03-Jun-15
Lovely walk to good hiding spot. Thanks/
 
16-May-15
Good hide.
 
21-Apr-15
Lovely brisk morning for a walk. No muggles and an easy find. Makes 4 finds this morning. Better go do some work Smile Thank you for the cache Smile
 
01-Apr-15
found it.
TFTC
 
29-Mar-15
Lovely walk through the bush. Had to wait for a muggle and his mini-muggles to carry on, then found cache quickly. TFTC
 
21-Mar-15
Found it and logged it during an orienteering event.
 
21-Mar-15
Found within a minute

Warning lots of orienteering muggles warning

While I was loging the logo book I was seen my muggles about 7-8 times

Thanks for the catch goozZ
 
26-Feb-15
[font=Comic Sans MS]Hi there GoozZ. We found your cache "Its a long way to Walk!" at 12:00:00 PM today. This cache makes our find count 10391.
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Walk!!
We actually managed to do this cache as a drive-by park-n-grab. TwistedTwisted
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Coordinate Accuracy: We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking. Wink
Cache Condition: The container and log book are in good shape.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Smiley Badge.
Thanks for the hunt today,
Regards
Ian & Penny.[font=Verdana]
 
21-Nov-14
Found it
 
21-Nov-14
Easy find
 
29-Oct-14
Found on a cool morning walk to a place I didn't know existed. what a beautiful part of the forest. took nothing , signed log and left a "bouncy ball" and "red guitar clapper" replaced in it's hidey hole and enjoyed the walk back to the car.
 
14-Oct-14
Very quick and easy find on a cold and blustery spring day. TNLN.
 
14-Oct-14
Found at night in the freezing cold with tikito earlier someone had been there wish we could have met them!! Smile TFTC
 
14-Oct-14
Found with teigs15! Tftc!
 
22-Sep-14
Found
 
21-Sep-14
Lovely walk. Didnt know this was even here.
 
30-Aug-14
Ghsh
 
03-Aug-14
Great walk! Awesome sunny day!
 
26-Jul-14
What a lovely walk. Great find. The O'Connell Clan
 
05-Apr-14
found it. Early morning walk and this was a great reward. Not buried but well hidden. Great work
 
23-Mar-14
During an intensive mountain bike ride with DoorMatt, decided to stop for a few caches. Cleverly hidden, thanks for showing us the aftermath of the dam overspill.
 
11-Feb-14
Fun
 
11-Feb-14
Smaller than I was expecting but right on the point!
 
11-Feb-14
Smaller than I was expecting but right on the point!
 
26-Jan-14
Cool
 
22-Nov-13
Taking notice of the cache name, I rode me mountain bike instead Razz

Dam nice spot, or at least it used to be when there was water here Smile
I guess with all that suburbia downstream, failure of this structure might have put a damper on somebody's family life Big Grin

I soon found the cache, safe and sound.
I left the "Walkabout Tag" trackable and took "Betty" TB with me Big Grin

TFTC
 
29-Oct-13
Seems all the caches I've been doing lately won't fit the tb... so I've dropped it here.. chow
 
28-Aug-13
Co ords took me past obvious structure. Went back to check anyway and found in a couple of seconds. Tftc
 
25-Aug-13
After spending 5 days in bed with a cold, decided it was time to get some fresh air and exercise. This one, being close to home, has been on the to do list for a long time. This area was much more interesting than I had imagined, thanks for bringing us here. TFTC
 
03-Aug-13
Nice spot parked on the road and took the walk through the bush on purpose. Kids loved it.
 
12-Jul-13
It turns out I was able to drive most of the way to GZ. TFTC
 
15-Jun-13
Found this Cache with our good friend GeoNathy.
 
02-Jun-13
Nice walk. TFTC
 
19-May-13
Good spot for a cache
 
20-Apr-13
Found on a bike ride in the nearby bush. I've visited this damn once or twice before and remember seeing it after it burst in 2003. Thanks for the cache.
 
16-Apr-13
Tftc.... And the exercise.
 
16-Apr-13
nice night for a stroll, tfth
 
25-Mar-13
17:38
Given the name of the cache we chose to ride! People who live nearby are very lucky to have such easy access to the bush.

TNLN . . SL . . Thanks for the hunt GoozZ.
5398
 
10-Mar-13
...but not to far to ride.
Dusted off the treadly for a bit of excercise.
TFTC TNLN SL (F667)
 
01-Mar-13
Found with Stooy
 
01-Mar-13
As I was being chauffeured around by TheQuantumQuark today, this meant I was without my trusty 4x4-go-anywhere-geomobile, so we decide to embrace the true spirit of this hide. Leaving the 2wd on the side of the asphalt we hiked in navigating across a steep gully which was much more fun than driving!
Thanks GoozZ
 
24-Feb-13
No long walks for us on this very hot day and it was too hot to enjoy the patch of bush. TFTC
 
24-Feb-13
A hot day's caching in Bendigo with Bettyboo3747 and Lady Morris.
Not so far a walk, as soon as we found the track in, it was quite a short drive to GZ
Tide is out a bit on the dam though.
Thanks, Robmc.
 
24-Feb-13
# 2925. Caching around Bendigo this afternoon with Robmc. We had done a few and now picked up Lady Morris to continue the search for some solved, but uncollected puzzle caches and a few more along the way. I was glad that this was not a long way to walk as we had done quite a lot of that already this weekend. Rob's geo-chariot got us oh so close before the track suddenly stopped! A very short walk around the dam and we soon had the cache in hand. Mmmm, now to turn the chariot around and weave our way back out again. Thanks GoozZ.
 
17-Feb-13
I think I had the same track issue as maccamob, parked up and still had 60 metres to go. After the short walk the cache was found and my name now appears in the log. Thanks GoozZ for the cache.
 
16-Feb-13
Found by Mary & David at 1225. With the start time for the Flash Mob Event looming, we decided to drive as close as we could. Picked the wrong track, so it wasn't quite a drive-by, as we still had about 60m to walk when the track narrowed to trail bike dimensions. An enjoyable cache all the same, in a typical Bendigo bush setting. Our thanks to GoozZ.
 
14-Feb-13
Found on a Mother & Son day (thanks to the teachers' strike today).

Gooz, your observations at GZ are accurate. Remember when Bendigo was hit by a tornado a few years back? It was the same time this dam wall did actually break and houses were flooded! Thanks to the council for allowing further development (and "bigger" pipes for storm water) at least now there would be about 100 other houses that will get flooded first! (Sorry to Chitty - an old friend of Goozz and Mrs Whit - as his new place is now one of the first in the firing line).

From my childhood (not all that long ago), we used to come up here as kids and Dad would take us yabbying....Kids wade out, drop in the nets, Dad has a beer, time for kids to check the nets... We'd go home with a feast! (Not because Dad would drink a slab - just because there were lots of yabbies!).

TFTC - SL T- mighty bean L- teddy bear - TFTC Smile
 
at 7.05pm. It may have been a long walk for the kidlets, but after driving along Guys Hill Road and taking a left up a dirt track, it was only 60 metres walk for me.

This is an interesting area, obviously has a bit of a past.

I saved this cache for today, for geocaching calender reasons, I've never found a cache on the 14th Feb before.

TFTC GoozZ
 
10-Feb-13
Published
 
10-Feb-13
Found by Roma and Max.
We must admit we did not observe the true spirit of this caches name as Max parked our vehicle at GZ and your good numbers made for a quick find.
We look forward to more of your hides in this area as we also have a couple hidden not all that far from here!
Thanks GoozZ and cheers,
from Romax.
 
10-Feb-13
Found this quite soon after it was published although not soon enough for FTF. The girlfriend and myself met Romax as he was leaving the scene of the crime.

Nice little hide, thanks.

Took little toy and replaced it with a playing card; As well as taking the 'Fraggle Rock' Trackable.
 
09-Feb-13
Some rocks for the fraggle Rock tb.