Willowie Garden Of Memories Wilmington, South Australia, Australia
By fishingmad on 18-May-13. Waypoint GC4CBDX

Wasnt sure if I would find this one however Mr R had it in hand quickly. Thanks for the cache

The ground around the area looks recently cleared. A quick find as the container was found on the ground in the open, a little flatter but okay. As the palm is without anything to hide a cache, it is under a few sticks in the nearby tree low on the chopped bit.Last night we were travelling late, pulled into Lake Hart to stop for the night. It was a busy rest stop, we circled to look at our options then out. Returning back in, a nice pull in well out of the way on the road in. Camp set up, a number of trains went past through the night, had spotted The Ghan, based on timetables, but another passenger train also. Really pleased to wake here, it's a stunning salt lake. Full of water and the edges of salt crystal. Had a great time exploring and even a freight train through as we stood btmy the tracks. Another stunning blue sky and warm weather made for great scenery.Packed up and heading south, it was a return to NASA'S first space centre in Australia, all cleared now but roads, deap eroded roads, but stunning with salt lakes of islands and outback landscape.Got in and out okay, off down the road a bit to see where zone 39 was filmed, apoplectic film and just the right location! A ruined bunker from the movie still there and relics over a crazy fascinating landscape. It took a but to get too. Took the van in a bit too far but found a turn spot without incident. Unhitched and carried on. Needed the 4X4 and low gear but worth it.A top up shop in Port Augusta, then through the bottom of the Flinders.so green and lush given the outback baren of yesterday and set up late in Manning Hill to set up camp and cook dinner. Thanks for your cache to enjoy!

Another long trip around AU over the top end with lots of detours. Now heading back east across the Nullarbor with a stop at Maralinga, Ceduna, Lincoln National Park, Coober Pedy & Oodnadatta.TFTC. Quick find on the ground. Now in sticks in tree.

Away for the June Long Weekend with TheWhiteDogGang.We based ourselves at Orroroo and travelled far and wide over 4 days. We managed 1,500 kms during our travels.We managed to find some really old caches, one from 2001, and even managed to get all 9 terrain ratings. Not bad for 2 old farts with no coordination.The weather was dry if not cold on occasions.A good way to spend 4 days.A quickish find.TFTC

Travelling with iluvtrekking on a SA caching foray. Staying in PA for a couple of days. Ventured out Montrose way and surrounds to grab a few finds. Took the advice of Rileyke and soon was recording our visit. Thanks for the hide.

Found on a sunny but cool day with richlink as part of our annual caravan geocaching trip. We loved exploring this beautiful area. Well done, thanks fishingmad.

Don't poke around through branches, they're pointy! Stand back and look carefully

HINT:Not that low, between knee and shoulder height. No need to go digging in the spikey boys

Hmmm crawl around under that. Gulp. Oh no there it is. Phew! Old cemeteries are fascinating places.
Geocaching holiday around SA to Broken Hill back to SA and the back to WA. Drove from Whyalla today and collected 15 caches and 2 dnf. Tyftc

TFTC. A well kept cemetery. A quick find.

Cheers for the cache

Ouch. Thanks.

My 2nd day of my trip heading to and around the Eyre Peninsular. Today I left from Applia and ended up in Iron Knob for the night. This cache would be find number 15 of 34 for the day and find Number 23 in total for this trip away.

A slight detour but why not for another cache.

TFTC fishingmad

Lan 04-05-23 ️

Pick up Detofinbars this morning with a trip to Port Pirie for Podiatrist appointment and then onto Wilmington to pick up trees from a trees for life grower. We were getting caches along the way and had a fantastic day. TFTC

Great set-up. Spotted this one before exiting the vehicle. Nice cemetery.

GPS off and not a small container…a mint tin… not low…

Tftc not as low as I imagined.

Found with TeamBarritts on our road trip east to Brisbane!! Palm tree - yes, however, down low - no!!!

Nice quick park and grab here today, don't use the hint, not low. TFTC!

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On our travels we stopped to head this cache it took a little lo get than it should but soon had the prize in hand, thanks for placing this cache in a most interesting place

Very different, but wonderful idea for a Memorial Wall. Found easily.

Stayed at horseshoe top end for the long weekend and grabbed a few caches.
Now just grabbing a few on the way home while wandering around a few backtracks.
Great weather all weekend, 22 during day and no wind.
TFTC.

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After doing some maintenance on a few of our caches it was time to find a few, one of six cemeteries visited today, started looking and after stepping back saw it staring right at us, all in good condition
TFTC fishingmad

Find number 11051 at 9:09:02 am on Friday the 2 September 2022
Continuing our trip from Melbourne to Darwin and back, we are now on our way back home and today we are traveling from Port Augusta to Cadell where we will stay overnight on the banks of our mighty Murray River. A bit of a change after spending the last several weeks in the arid conditions of Central Australia. I also took the opportunity to grab several caches along the way.
Round and round and round I went, eventually spotted the little sucker
**Thanks for placing this cache fishingmad**

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Found during a caching trip to SA's mid north staying at Orroroo for two nights and Jamestown for the last night. We did these caches in an afternoon circuit through Pekina to Booleroo Centre and up to Willowie before returning to Orroroo. Thanks for the cache fishingmad!

Looked right pass this 1 it was the wife that spotted it I’m amazed it didn’t hit me in the head
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quick park and grab TNLN TFTC

Easy find tftc

The Non Wangaratta Event Tour 2021!
Covid has postponed the Mega in Victoria until January but leave had been granted for AnyMules to attend with me and Bushfire. So Anymules and I went on a tour to Eyre Peninsular and mid north South Australia instead whilst Bushfire joined us in spirit only as covid meant he couldn't come here either. Not needing anything for my yearly goals I hoped I didn't add too many to the DNFs [B)]

DAY 4: Grab a few move solved puzzles and head to Terowie.
A quick drive by.

Only one of the three goals from last year achieved. So once again trying and fill my calendar with multi-caches and complete loop 11 again this year. [^] For my third goal I will try and get my DNF numbers from over fifty to single digits. That should keep me busy again this year! [:o)]

***Thanks fishingmad for putting out this cache and maintaining it for our enjoyment. ***
Logs prepared and published through GSAK.

Spotted a decoy before spotting the cache. #NLAMT

Thanks for the cache fishingmad.
Found on 18/11/21 at 14:41.
Find #14740.

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We have been travelling around this great country, calling into see many different places,
now is a quick chance on the computer to catch up with logs and to put some smileys on the map for where we have been.
Thanks to all the COs for some great finds.
TFTC

Ok

An amazing little historical cemetery.
Interesting to read the Headstones, the names, the dates, the ages.
And it’s still being used today.
Thanks for sharing this interesting location.
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Another cache needed for a challenge I am working on. We pulled in to this little oasis on the way to Orroroo and I was very pleased to see the cache waiting for me.

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Found the Wal & Ol replacement without having seen the photo - not what I was expecting! Thanks to all concerned for this cache!

Quick find with SJG66, hint no longer valid TFTC

Found with O319

Trip to the Mid North with the geo-pup. Day 7, Orroroo to Pekina and return.

Found cable tie, cache appears to be missing again. Replaced on same branch a little higher up, spoiler attached.

TFTC

09/04/2021 1:57:00 PM
Drove past and then swung back to check out this well manicured county cemetery, couldn't locate the cache but found a cable tie in a likely location.
Enjoyed our visit here

TFTC this is our 999 geocache Cheers lovely well looked after cemetery

Thanks for replacing, now I got to b-b-bounce

Heading home after a lovely 5 days in Whyalla on our mini holiday...
We selected a few caches for on the way home were we could take a break...
We actually detoured from the most obvious route to avoid the city and to get a couple of target caches in Orroroo & Peterborough...
A quick but prickly find here today...
TFTC fishingmad

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BEAUTIFUL DAY
EASY TO FIND FOR 2 OLDIES

Easy peasy

This place is a long way from anywhere.
Found the replacement at 0m.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Replaced for co as it was missing as per some previous photos.

Today I started off in Peterborough and caches my way around the back roads in the northern area before finishing of the day with a bit of caching with Davidwazza near Wilmington and his event before making the drive home. A total of 89 caches for the day.

Thanks for the cache

Heading from Port Pirie to Wilmington for the geo event, so a chance to do some caching and revisit this area, which is looking pretty green after earlier rains.

Thanks to gridge98 for replacing the container before we got there. Despite previous bad experiences with these palms, a quick find, with no injuries.

So many little cemeteries dotted around the north of SA. This one looks well cared for. Tftc

Summerbub 2/8/20

No luck, maybe didn’t go deep enough. Was not at location of photo in log

Tftc but log wet.

On our way to Petersborough we stoped at Willowies Garden. The cache could be found easily, but the logbook is really wet. Took a photolog as proof.

Regards from Switzerland.

Last one for the day. An easy find. Thank you

Touring from Tasmania and stopped here to grab this cache. Tftc

SL. 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.

Today it was Wilmington, Orrorroo and Jamestown, and whatever in between that took our fancy, or was safe to park the caravan.

I love wandering around old cemeteries. This one was triple great - a cache, and a great location, great stories to be told. Thanks fishingmad for the hide and the excuse to pull off the road.

After trying to locate this cache with Mrs one-eyed, we were not prepared to seek under the prickly palm, so better luck next time.
There were signs of heavy rains over the past couple of days, may have disturbed the cache.
Cheers.
one-eyed

Having been in Quorn for the long weekend and giving ourselves a bonus day to keep exploring we were making our towards home. I got so many of those out of the way caches that I really enjoy and saw some places that only geocaching brings you to.
Thanks to fishingmad from mogni

first cemetery for the day. quick find.
slowly heading in the general direction of home after the June Long Weekend Event - Quorn 2019 with mogni. Any containers found damaged where replaced, and any log books found full or almost full replaced as well.

On the way home from the June Long Weekend QQQ event with Sebastbat and Jack the Monkey.
We loved Quorn so much we stayed an extra night then wandered home Tuesday!
Was good to find your cache as we traveled.
Virtually a drive by with the cache sitting right there waiting for us.
tftc fishingmad

easy find right where it should be

Who would have expected a little cemetery like this in the middle of what is now nowhere? Thanks for giving me an excuse to make a little stop on my blast across Australia.

Found by The Marathon Man and pnutbeagle on our 3-month Australia holiday after travelling from snowy and cold Northern Ontario Canada.

With the replacement motor home being delivered to the caravan park in Peterborough, SA in the evening before, we were able to leave in the morning.

The cache was found as we travelled from Peterborough, SA to Minnipa, SA . one of 14 finds today - All were quickly found except for the last which took two visits to find it (before and after supper in the motor home)

Found by The Marathon Man and pnutbeagle on our 3-month Australia holiday after travelling from snowy and cold Northern Ontario Canada.

Finally found some time to get caught up in my logs

Please see The Marathon Man's Log for our experience finding the cache

Always looks like a neat one for the dead.

Thanks fishingmad and clear skies from TeamAstro. ️ Cache the planet!

Great spot love the history ... flys were bad today ...

We have been travelling since January when we left Geelong and travelled up the centre to Darwin
We crossed the border into WA in May and completed the gibb river road and cape leveque. The Kimberley’s was simply stunning
From Broome we have zig zagged from coast to inland and seen and done some amazing things, to many to mention
We have seen all of WA and after crossroads the Nullarbor we decided to head back to Alice Springs to see our daughter again who works there
Now we are heading home but firstly to Bendigo to see another daughter
What a year we have had and it’s thanks to caching that we have seen so much, more than your travelling muggle

Did a few laps of the offending hide before finally locating. TFTC

Found by Mary & David at 1630. A FP here even before we start exploring. M loves cemeteries for their graveyard architecture, carved symbolism, and social history. She could have stayed here all day. So much to see - a Chinese name, babies and small children, carved flowers, oak leaves and acorns. Beautifully maintained, and a pleasure to visit. Our thanks to fishingmad.

TFTC thanks for bringing us here

Thanks.
TNLNSL

A quick find heading north, very peaceful location.
TNLNSL, thanks for the cache fishingmad.
best wishes,
Wal

Fround with sweet justice
Cach 1056

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Very prickly find but wuick. TFTC

I wasn’t too keen about negotiating all those spikes, but fortunately the cache was soon spotted and retrieved (and replaced) with an improvised tool. Thanks fishingmad for the cache.

A quicker find than I expected when I saw the palm fronds. Well kept place so far out. TFTC fishingmad.

A quick pickup. Loved the old construction at the back. TFTC

This was pretty easy considering the hint

I found this fun cache as VikingNav and I drove from Broken Hill towards Adelaide today. Thanks for placing it to help break up our long road trip!

On our way toward Adelaide, with a side trip to find some virtual caches. We stopped for a few caches along the way to break up the drive. TFTC

Seerr day tripping

Found with Seerr on a sunny Geocahing afternoon.

Found on 13/01/2018 by The Tuxfords. Our first ever find! Interesting graveyard

Found after a short search after Geo lady signed the log
went to give to give it back to Geo an and slipped out of

TFTC. Found with my Westie Besties Maggie and Mollie and help from our Carer Lis Brown on our trip from Shepparton to Mildura.

Geobet&tor TFTC

Hi there fishingmad.

We found your cache **"Willowie Garden Of Memories"** at 11:41:00 AM today. (This makes our find count 17267).

Today was a travel day, so we only found geocaches as opportunities presented themselves.

We found 5 caches today & DNF'd 0. Without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found the cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** A Smiley Badge.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

Last day of 16 months work at the Hornsdale windfarm. TNLNSLTFTC.

Our second try for this one . Glad we found it this time
TFTC

A 300km round trip for 15 finds and no DNF’s, a beautiful day for caching. Pt Pirie-Wirrabara-Booleroo Centre-Willowie-Wilmington then thru Horrocks Pass and
home again down National H/way

Second cemetery find today. Thanks for the cache fishing mad.

Found while on a road trip from the Red Centre Experience event at Alice Springs to Sydney with Wazza9 and Nana Nel. Greetings from Arizona, USA. SLO TFTC

TFTC,
Heading home after the Red Centre Experience and showing skibum1 a bit of our vast country.
Visited a group of trackables.