Holey Tree!!! Emu Flat, South Australia, Australia
By stephy699 on 23-Feb-13. Waypoint GC46H3H

TFTC. Awesome tree that was. Log signed

Thanks for my first find!

A beautiful Autumn morning caching on some of the tracks in Spring Gully Conservation Park and surrounding area.Many thanks for the hide S and A

I decided to take Friday off work to make it a four day weekend. The plan was to explore around Barossa and Clare valleys. Im not much of a wine drinker but there sure are lots of geocaches in these parts. I brought my bike along so I could tackle some of the many caches along bike tracks. A little cool through out the day but the sun was shining which always makes me happy. Yes I am a John Denver Fan. Found without problems. Thank you stephy699, for placing Holey Tree!!! for the geocaching community.# # #14951 # #

TFTC

Thanks. Nice day cruising and wine tasting

Gratefully we were parked on a hill nearby as our car battery went flat so when we got to this GC we did a quick 'leave the car running retrieval' on this one

Out for a few day caching around Clare Valley & beyond with Team Waldron - our acronym is TWX2
Lotsa fun had, lotsa trees & ladders climbed & lotsa kms walked
Beaut weekend all round
TFTC S and A

Away for a couple of days with TheWhiteDogGang.

We stayed at the free camping in Blyth and cached around Blyth, Brinkworth, Yacka, Spalding, Clare, Stanley Flat and surrounds.

Most caches found were in good order.

Not where you'd expect it to be.

TFTC

Did a trip to Clare to get some caches in between showers most of the time.
Plenty of holes. Manage to find quickly. TFTC

A quick drive-by today. TFTC

Thanks Stepy699. Nice location on the way from the Cascades to Clare on the back roads. Much more pleasant than the highway. TFTC. TNLN. In good condition.

Back in Ardrossan for harvest work. Still very little work with all the wet weather that has been around so we decided to head to Clare for a caching run. Sunday all went to plan until about 3pm when the sky got black then the wind picked up and the hail and rain tried to blow us off a hill. Not to mention during the day a pigeon crapped where we'd rather forget [xx(] and Mr Felix got a very large splinter in his arm which took a bit of retrieval.

Monday we woke to the fact that it had continued to rain all night and was now freezing having gone from 22degrees yesterday to 10 this morning. [8] So we decided to tackle a few previously solved puzzles before heading directly back to Ardrossan.

We managed to find your cache on our sojourn.

TFTC stephy699

Found this spot without looking at gps, just knowing the name of the cache it was spotted on approach to the area and yes, we looked at the hint. DOH!

Another JLWE has come to an end, it all has happened far to quickly. There has been lots of social happenings and caches found. Laughter, so much laughter, Shared meals and nibbiles on the tables. We cannot waith for the next one to happen. SL TFTC

Very cold. Dad did most the finding

All good. TNLNSL TFTC

Dad found it

Found at 3:09 pm during the 20th anniversary June long weekend event in Clare

Staying in Clare for the JLW caching event, picking up as many caches around the surrounding areas as we can. This cache is one that was found today.

Nice easy find under torchlight. All good here.

Find #4162 on 11 Jun 2022.
TFTC S and A!

This wasn’t in the first place I looked but after looking in many holes the cache was found

Today freddo and I headed north to Clare for some JLWE preparation, along the way there and back we stopped to find a few caches including a nice and lengthy walk in spring gully.

Thanks for the cache

Thanks

Lovely weekend had in Clare with friends, so a couple of finds on the way home. TFTC.

Holy tree!!!

Great day "treasure hunting" with my boy

Eagle needed to spend a day at Balaklava during their weekend away so Owl called in two friends to help pass the day. Sushilord and JJ52 joined her for a day of fun and laughter... and caching. This one was a process of elimination, with JJ finding what the Fish missed.

Doctor Owl was going to be in Balaklava today and she asked if sushilord and I would like to come up and meet her to do some caching around the area. It was a lovely day for a drive and we met her for coffee in Balaklava then headed to Auburn, Saddleworth, Mintaro, Sevenhill and Spring Gully before ending up back in Balaklava. [^]

We had a fun day driving on some interesting dirt roads and tracks thankful that it wasn't wet. All but one of the caches we looked for were found and we broke the day up with a great lunch at the Saddleworth Pub. All in all a great day caching.

We found the holey tree and looked in lots of possible places before finding the right hole.

Thanks for the cache Stephy699.

Another caching day out with Dr Owl and JJ52. Lots of holes to check and I missed the one containing the cache but JJ52 didn't.

Thanks for the cache stephy.

Did a loop today from Clare and out to just past Blyth with the main aim of finding the oldie, Tin Can Alley. Picked up about 10 caches along the way.

So many holes here but it was in the last and easiest place.

TFTC stephy699

Good hiding!

Found it TFTC. Pulled up and went yep that's where it'll be .... just checked the hint heeeee

Sorry for generic delayed log - Found on a lovely weekend away at Leasingham, exploring the local surrounds. TFTC

A quick stop between Spring Gully and Clare. TFTC stephy699.

Chilly day warmed by a few good finds Tftc.

Another day in the Clare Valley but today not on the bike. Still suffering from yesterday's ride TFTC

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Day 186 (Mondy 2nd) of our trip. Caching along the way. In Blyth today. A total of 1 for the day and 3682 for the trip. TFTC.

Headed out today with Dunmowin and Hevwalker to do a few caches around Clare and districts. Yes indeed it was quite holey! TFTC

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.

In the Barossa, staying in Nuri with our good friends Snappy Tom Cats. HevWalker joined us for the weekend, so we devised an area around Clare that we had not cached, and they had quite a few they had not yet found. Set off with lunch packed and gps's loaded

No need for a hint here!!! Thanks stephy699

Haha - I checked the clue. More out of habit that anything else I guess. There was probably only a handful of places this one could be hidden anyway, so phone went away after the embarrassment of the clue, and geo senses kicked in. Wasn’t long before this (very easy) find was made. Back to looking before looking at any clues for me I think. Thanks for the reset, and tftc

Staying at Clare overnight enjoying the great hospitality of Mr & Mrs forghoppin...
We went for another day out and for a few more caches (for me at least)...
The day has become chillier but we continued with our treasure hunt...
TFTC S and A

This was our first find today on our way to Spring Gully. The geohound absolutely loved this tree he went the whole way through the tree tunnel. TFTC!

A cool spot for your first cache, a quick find after work with threatening skies
TFTC S and A

Have checked on the cache and its still there and ready to be found

Sorry about the Generic Log, Many found and many to log from a few weeks ago.

The usual troupe of a Rat, Adder and Starfish on their Wednesday day out, today up North. Thanks for all the caches although I can not remember them all. The logs of the others pretty much describes the hide, find and adventure. TFTC

Some members of the Puzzled Puzzlers group of puzzle solvers were heading out on another Wednesday wander in search of Puzzles and anything else that comes within range. Today there was myself, Anymules, Blackadders and S.A. Sewer Rats on board and our ultimate destination was Clare or thereabouts. [8)] As usual there would be giggles, blood, probably a fall and some ripped clothing plus a lot of caches found. [:o)]

As we all searched in the wrong holes, Anymules chose the correct one and soon had the cache in hand.

**Thanks S and A for this cache. **

A quick and easy park and grab.

Thanks for the cache S and A.
Found on 28 Nov 2018 at 6:30 pm.
Find #7792

Tftc

Simples

found after the Welcome Frogs to Clare event. quick find.

Got it.

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A quick easy find on way back through Clare. Tftc

Got it out with a stick!

TFTC. SL. Needed my special tool today. Not quite as deep now. Thanks for bringing us here

Handy stick for getting the cache!! Beautiful location. Thanks for the cache.

An easy find after local footy with the help of the log of the latest finder, thanks for the smilie

A Sunday out with Sebastbat, Purrfect Di, Jack, and geokid Alex brought us this way.
Not sure what the council cacher was saying - don't think they could move that stump!!!
Cache was located inside the hollow log on the ground, pokey stick helped retrieve.
TFTC S and A

No luck here today

TFTC

Hi Steph my name is Stephen I work for the Clare council I am also a cachet your cache the holy tree has been moved as the tree stump was to close to the road the cache has been replaced but it's about a metre away from original site it is near fence in section laying on ground just letting you know so you can check it to see if ok. Thank you

After dropping our geo-men in Riverton to cycle the 44 klm back to Clare along the wine trail, Mrs iluvtrekking and I set off on our own adventure. Enjoyed driving the back country roads and appreciating the scenery. Thanks S and A

While the boys were busy riding the bike trail back to Clare Mrs richlink and I had other caches to find. Thanks S and A.

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Quickly located on a fun wander around the area! Thanks for the hide!!

A nice spot for a cache. Certainly prefer this style of cache to the Soda Series. TFTC.

Great spot

4509 Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1205. With the side cut as wet as it was the Mrs made the find from her side. SL Tnx S and A

Not really safe for parking but nice scenery found

Found it

Found late in the afternoon with Gordon Patrick Samuel and locus cache before heading off to dinner. Thanks for the cache S and A!

At the Big Clare Bike Bash. Thanks to all who organised this get together, transported bikes and vehicles etc. We were able to add a few caches not on the bike trail. Thanks S and A for placing this cache for us to find when in the area

Today we travelled from Kadina to Auburn.
After setting up camp, we headed to Spring Gulley then onto Clare. This was a delightful drive in the country side.
Thanks for placing this cache S and A

Found

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An enjoyable drive along some lovely dirt roads with scenic views.

Thanks S and A for the cache

Still plenty more room for logs

Great place for a hide. We topped up the swaps a bit, thanks!

Cache was found in the last place we looked, which as usual was not the first place we looked. Thanks for a fun cache guys. Love your work. We signed the logbook.

found it.
TFTC

We almost did this one yesterday but turned off before we reached it. Today we were driving right past this one so made the quick stop and find.

TFTC

Was not expecting a cache out here

Pretty obvious, hard to miss!

We found it easy to find. U just have to use the hint wisely. TFTC

another easy find for the day whilst touring around the Clare area. TFTC

found it once I crossed the road. TFTC

Amazing looking tree, great hide!! TFTC

Ismartis, Locus Cache and I were on our way to the Clare Lake district via Hamley Bridge and Tarlee.
A quite find in a very pretty area.
Thanks for the cache S and A.

Harry made a quick stop here and Clare007 and I got to make a quick find.

Nice cache, thanks stephy699!

Found as a part of TheKellyGang, writing this as a genaric log as I was a part of TheKellyGang and am now out on my own.
If you do not agree with this you are more than welcome to delete the log.

Found It!
Indeed, that tree is very holey! But that makes it a good spot for a cache!
TFTC

With two day weekends back again I finally have some spare time for caching [^]
This weekend it was a lightning visit to Clare with caching along the way.
Found in the obvious spot [^]
Cheers

After completing our 2nd trip around Australia, we are now going up through the center.
Currently camped at Auburn, to cache around the area.
Cache was found quickly, and in good condition.
Many thanks for the hunt today, S and A.

Great tree-couldn't engage the brain...derr...

tb visits

going around town with 3LG

another quick find in the clare area

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With work bringing me back to Clare i met up with Chrispy and cached the Clare area for while before returning back to the big smoke,another quick find in this great looking old tree. TFTC