What Am I? Colac West, Victoria, Australia
By krankitkiwi on 31-Mar-13. Waypoint GC48QH3

Its time to put this one to bed

Joint find with Niklibsteph on our way back to Colac. Very very wet log. Tftc

Found while out doing some cache maintenance with South-West.
Lovely chimney- even better view of Lake Colac and local livestock.
Quick find, although log is soaked and bag is torn. Managed to scratch our names on the log an replaced as found. Tried to fold the bag to avoid water getting in through the holes. TFTC

There was water in cache, like enough that I could pour it out. The water was in the bag and the log was drenched. There's a big slit in the bag about the length of the log book.

I did manage to get our name in, albeit faintly.

Returning to Camperdown after picking up a few around Colac.
The opportunity of just one more.
TFTC

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Eventually found after a bit of scratching around. Thanks H_3

Greynomads - Bill and Diana TFTC TNLN SL

Nice drive by busy road

Grass was very long

Found in the dark which made it interesting with the long grass!!

**Find #7676...**

*Found after visiting family in Warrnambool*...

A beautiful morning to be out and about grabbing a few smilies on the way home to Werribee...

A short stroll, a short search, found the cache, stamped the log and returned...

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for my enjoyment H_3...
- P

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped Log...

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On the way home from Warrnambool, so will make some time to grab a cache. A quick park and grab on our way through.
Thanks H_3 for placing & maintaining the cache for us to find.
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A day off work today meant a road trip from Ballarat with master 4 to collect some caches in and around Colac. A quick find he by the geokid and we were soon on our way again. Many thanks

With the afternoon free I set out to grab a few Earth Caches and trads around Colac. I thought this would be a quick find but had to look like I was taking photos because of the steady stream of cars making their way along the, what I thought was a quiet road. Once the opportunity arose I made a quick find. Signed and replaced as found.

Thanks for the Cache H_3

24/10/2015, Found @ 5:56 PM, Find # 4851.

I was now well on my home from Warrnambool but I had to make a slight detour to collect a couple more in Colac to end the day of caching.
Is indeed we do know now what you are, not a bad looking structure either.
At GZ there wasnt many places it could be but the grass was very long, so once I was there I was able to make a quick find.

Thanks to Krankitkiwi for placing this cache and to H_3 for keeping this one going.

A quick stop while exploring Colac. Thank you.

Got it, easy find.

Yes a wonderful piece of Colac history. The chimney beautiful.

Needing some photos of Lake Corangamite for my blog, I decided to head up the highway today to snap some pics in between showers and to grab some caches along the way. This was my first stop for the day. I love these relics of the 19th century and have spent quite a bit of time researching some of them (although not this one).
Managed to make a quick find with a few vehicles coming and going opposite.
Thanks H_3 for keeping this one going !

On a roll today!!! Tftc!!

An easy find though the muggle across the road seemed very interested in what we were doing

What better way to spend the day with geoDog out caching in the 4WD. Perfect weather to have a good go at caking not just the 4WD in mud but the dog too.

Fantastic cache spots by the way, Ive enjoyed collecting smileys for a change. And what better way to anoy the caching owner than to put the same description on every cache... Thanks to H_3

Dropped in and replaced the log and container Happy Caching

What Am I? was transferred from krankitkiwi to user H_3

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found it
Thanks

Very wet maintenance needs to be done on this one. No lid on the container.

5th find for today on the 3rd day of our road trip from Melbourne to Adelaide via the great ocean road. We will of spent 9 days travelling between Melbourne and Adelaide with many of those days being in the vicinity of the great ocean road using earth caches to guide us through this geological wonderland.

Today we are doing the harvest trail and heading up to Colac to see the salt pans. One of which murdered my ankle as I tempted to climb down the basalt rocks onto the dry pan. Owwww... was limping for 2 days but fought through the pain to obtain more caches and my first FTF.

Log book wet due to lid not having seal. I have turned cache container upside down to stop rain from finding its way in and pooling at bottomofcontainer

Today was a road trip day to the west of Victoria and back to grab some caches for an LGA Challenge cache I am slowly working on. Headed out from home at 5:30 am so it was pretty chilly early on but after that it was great. I was also grabbing a few puzzles for a puzzle challenge I am also working on.
This was a nice easy find on a deserted good friday but the log is so wet and being kept so by the plastic back that my pen only made a dent in the mush instead of writing.
Thanks krankitkiwi for the cache, the hunt and the fun.

How do you fill in a long weekend[?]
Head to Geelong with Mogni and Brisal5 for an event and a few days caching!
All up, I found 141 caches , attended 1 event and had 6 DNFs
We did a few series and enjoyed them, we met Bushfire and enjoyed learning about his considerable knowledge of Geelong's caches and we met Team Autumn and several other interstate teams while having a blast during the Geelong-Opoly 2015 event! [^]
All in all, a fantastic weekend.

It was dark, it was wet and I saw a pole holding up power wires, then I turned on my torch and saw something very large
Oh and a smaller cache!

TNLN. SL. TFTC krankitkiwi

Heading to Geelong with Locus Cache and Mogni for an event on Saturday. Just had to stop and do some caches along the way. At this time of night by torchlight and surrounded by long wet grass and in a slight drizzle...knowing what you are, was secondary to just how wet my pants were getting and how far from Geelong we still were! My answer off course is a cache, with my name in it. Now get me to Geelong so I can get out of my wet pants! Thanks krakitkiwi...me thinks I would have enjoyed this more during the day!

A quick stop on our way past.... Sent Brisal5 out to make the grab.... and get his pants wet....
Thanks

Found log still wet

Found but log was soaking wet

Thanks for this one, nice quick find with Geodad this afternoon. Big chimney. Thanks krankitkiwi.

Find # 2017

As I was only 75 smilies from 2000, and 2 days left of the Year, I decided to hit the "This way to the Otways" trail, the Tiger Line trail and a few others that looked like quick grabs to get the big numbers before the new year.

A 14hour solo round trip with only me, ute, GPSr and a selection of music to keep my sanity.
I left home just before 7.30am and got back home almost at 9.30pm and had travelled 628ks

Now I was heading home I realised it was in the zone of a possible 100 finds for the day (only being 10 off that was)
So a quick check of the GPSr and I had selected a number of caches for my trip home.

TFTC krankitkiwi

I spent the day traveling the western part of the state finding caches to help complete a challenge and this was one of them. I haven't been through Colac for a long time and really enjoyed cruising about finding some caches here. A quick park and sign. Thanks krankitkiwi.

Found the cache as well as the pen we dropped here (the latter took longer).
This is indeed a beautiful chimney. Thank for the info!
TFTC

Easy drive by. Thanks for the info on the chimney. The log was wet & difficult to write on. On placed it with lid to the bottom to reduce it getting wetter, but needs attention from the CO. TFTC krankitkiwi.

This entry was edited by Yoshi Warriors on Thursday, 27 November 2014 at 20:00:38 UTC.

I know about the log been wet/ damaged will replace again soon

Reading previous comments referring to local business, went in search of this cache this evening. Easy find but cache and log book very wet. Could not turn pages of log, signed and replaced.

Cache very wet. Found easily.

Found on a big day out caching with BJ. TNLN. TFTC krankitkiwi

Surely that landscaping mob must be getting suss by now! TNLN, SL, TFTC!

A nice drive by but I felt a bit self conscious in the long grass opposite the business. Thanks to krankitkiwi for the chase.

We also wondered what the chimney was for and it was only when logging the cache and reading the description that we found out. Wouldn't want to own the eyesore next to it. Imagine what it would cost to tear that down with all the cement sheet and possible asbestos in it.
Couldn't quite cover our search from the muggle across the road standing at the door of his business, due to the dip in the road verge but I guess he has got used to people pulling up in this strange location.
Thanks, a quick find.

Found by Annie and cat

Replaced log, please open wee bag carefully so it doesn't break so it keeps the water out. Happy hunting

Log is soggy but thanks for the cache

This road was a lot busier than I anticipated this morning. Once I got a break in the traffic, I crossed the road to make the find. I was watched by a few cows, but I know they won't tell any tales. TFTC krankitkiwi.

It was well hidden from view but a bit of poking around and there it was. Log book was damp. Thanks for bringing us here.

Great cache!! TFTC

Log is a little damp tftc good hide

Thanks

Another great Geocache on our tour with Ash & Will. Log is a little damp.
TFTC

Tftc

Tricky one

Quick drive by.
New bag thanks to Cantillons.

A quick park next to GZ and quick retrieval and a quick pic with the locals in the paddock. Log a little damp but still useable.

Thanks Krankitkiwi for the cache
Log signed & replaced. TFTC & smileyface
Find #703

I love a cache that gives you some local history, and this was a good one. Thanks for the cache.

Found by H with The Empire
Nice quick find.
TFTC krankitkiwi

Found by The Empire + H
I don't know. But I wonder if the people at the sand shop know about it. Thanks for the cache kranitkiwi.
- M

Thanks Krankitkiwi. Another landmark I've never really noticed till you pointed it out. Nice quick grab. SL.

Cheers.

Found this cache today on a major caching adventure to find 50 caches in 1 day that were all at least 1km apart from each other to meet the requirements for a NZ challenge cache that I am doing presently. This was one of the caches that I found and that helped me successfully reach that goal. Thanks a lot to dbelco, krankitkiwi and na'wal and all other cache owners for hiding the caches that helped me reach this goal. This one was the first cache of the day and it was a great one to start off with once I found the road I needed to be on. Signed log today but didn't swap anything.

Thanks for the cache krankitkiwi.

Thanks krankitkiwi for bring me here and a bit of information about the past.
TFTC

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With the promise of another wonderful day weather wise we headed westward for a day of caching with Ian & Penny. A few memories were shared and the place names were all familiar, as in a former life HP lived in the area. Little icons like this preserve the history of an area.

TNLN .. . . . SL . . Thanks to krankitkiwi for the hunt.
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[font=Comic Sans MS]This was our 1st cache find in a caching run of 16 Finds & 0 DNFs today.
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The sun was shining today, and it was definitely too good to waste doing some tasks around the caravan, so we spent a very pleasurable day 'caching with Phetlern.
The guy working over the road was interested in us for a moment - then his phone rang.
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Coordinate Accuracy: Excellent. (We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.)
Cache Condition: Container and log book are in good shape, but covered in bird poo.
Took: Nothing.
Left: Nothing.
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Lucky for us...the driver had already told us what we were looking at...so we simply grabbed another smile.
Thanks krankitkiwi for your caches.

Previously found but entered as maintenance required.

Took a bit longer then i thought, had to wait for the muggles across the road to finish loading a truck. SL, TFTC

Quick find and on my way to 100

Found with the krusty krabs
Tftc

Cache still there but log book a little damp. Number 2 for me and junior
Getting the hang of this now and will log it as found (as we did find it and sign log) Won't clutter the log with another entry on what is a fairly easy find.
Will be a little more cautious with maintenance reports in future.

This entry was edited by jackstbernard on Sunday, 04 May 2014 at 00:51:33 UTC.

I flew into Melbourne, rented a vehicle and am driving to Oz Mega in Murray Bridge. Of course I am trying to find some caches along the way.

This is my fourth find in Australia. Thanks for the cache. This cache is my find number four (4) for the day, and find number nineteen thousand three hundred eighty five (19385) overall.

May all your days bring you more smiles than frowns . May your year 2014 be better than your year 2013 was.

Cache on!

tftc

Found by Mary & David at 1555. Not many butter factories left around these days. A lot of history here within those walls. A quick find. Our thanks to krankitkiwi.

You are right....a nice quick drive by.

This entry was edited by Glanville Girls on Sunday, 16 March 2014 at 08:46:19 UTC.

TFTC smiley face

Quick found,

TFTC

Georode

On my way home just called off to check this one out. Nice quick one

These tall old chimneys are amazingly elegant and decorate the landscape when they survive TFTC krankitkiwi

Found by The_Tritonz on the 28/01/14 TFTC

Thanks for the information, we wondered what the building was when we drove o GZ. TFTC

After doing the Otways trail, Sully1 and I just had to do a few more caches.
This was a nice easy drive-by, thanks again krankitkiwi

Found at 5.43pm enroute to home after diverting to here from Forrest where we had finished the "Road to Otways" series. We came back this way when all these new caches were popping up. Bogonghay was quick to call the magic words on this one. Thanks for another of your hides today.

Found the cache today with Geo beanie. A quick drive by and a easy find.

Signed the log. Thanks krankitkiwi for the cache.

A interesting spot and a quick park and grab thanks krankitkiwi.

Now on the homewards leg of my southern road trip, and as I was travelling solo, caching along the way. A short diversion from the main drag had me at GZ for a quick find. Thanks krankitkiwi for the cache

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found by the-geobots, 9/1/14 - TFTC.

Suscoe was requiring a find today for our 366 grid project and so a trip to Colac was the order of the day.
An early breakie, a spot of chrissie shopping and then on the road out here.
All quiet as the local business owner opened up the gate and so a short wait before pouncing on this cache.
Log signed and returned.
This was number one of nine finds for the morning.

We are seeing more and more closed and run down businesses as we travel around the state. It is sort of sad really to think there was lots more employment back in the day.

Thanks to krankitkiwi for showing us this spot.

Nice easy find and nice quiet this time of night low traffic . Good to finally know what this place is . Thanks .

Great story and I concur with earlier logs. Thanks for the hide krankitkiwi. A fleeting visit to Colac tonight and a cache to fill my calendar.

This will be the last hunt today and I have achieved a couple of milestones this week by completing my 366 day caching challenge and passing 3000 finds today. It has taken me nine years to finally get to this figure and now look forward to the next 1000 but time may prevent this happening but I will try. I truly love caching, hiding and helping others where I can.
I have just read the logs on this cache and wish I had read them before as I carry a number of tools that may have retrieved this guy, so next time that I am in the area I will give it a try.
A big thanks to krankitkiwi for placing six of my finds today and you now are in my top twenty hiders with 24 hides, well done.

Third time lucky! A quick find now thank you. The log was a bit damp so I replaced the container with the lid facing down to see if that makes a difference. TFTC
PS I think that this factory was used as a flax mill during WW2 amongst its many incarnations. They tried to make it into an artists studio in the early 1980's (after being empty for a while) but that didn't last long. The Murnanes then set it up as a timber mill until the logging licenses in the Otways were closed down a few years ago.

Interesting building

Travelling up from the Great Ocean Road through Colac to home, picking off a few on the way.
A windy and showery day's travelling with Bettyboo3747.
Second time here! I saw it had been replaced so I thought we should nip out here and grab it.
It is a great chimney.
Thanks, Robmc.

# 4050. Robmc and I had left Port Campbell this morning and had stopped to do a walk at the beautiful Triplet Falls. We are now in Colac to have lunch, replace a torn tyre on the GeoRanger and grab a few caches before heading home.

Only noticed the beautiful chimney once we had made the U-turn. Very majestic. An easy find for us this time. TFTC

Ok. My hat trick for the morning. Off to work. Easy find, beauty chimney but a shame about the buildings. TFTC

This entry was edited by sisso on Monday, 09 September 2013 at 11:16:40 UTC.

Nice chimney. Tried to retrieve the old cache but my little fingys just couldnt reach. TFTH and TFTC.

Good find with antiquebread we tried to recover old cache but road was too busy. Tftc!