Xtravagant Perfumery Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
By Harrowang on 30-Jun-13. Waypoint GC4F88E

Quick find with O319 on our way north

Quick late night find with SJG66 TFTC

It's amazing how many impossible things that an be accomplished before breakfast!1. [@LetThemEatCache](https://coord.info/PRWP5X4) can catch a train all the way from Melbourne to Wangaratta and watch the sun rise with kangaroos hopping by2. [@Snips and Co](https://coord.info/PR2TFBV) can enjoy her morning dose of puzzles over coffee and a complex problem of how to wake a sleeping me to pick up Letthemeatcache from the train station in ten minutes time!3. weirdobiker can carry a very large ladder and scale under a bridge to find a cache4. whilst I marvel at the fact there are muggles actually cycling their bikes in TWO degree weather5. I can drive to this rose garden and we can find a teeny cache Now it is time for some hash browns for breakfast... well thanks to Snips and Co, as I am too asleep to have remembered my phone to be able to pay!thanks for sharing this pretty little garden through this cache.

**Xtravagant Perfumery**I headed north via the VLine today and met with my crew who had been in town for the solstice event last night. I mentioned I needed this cache for an alphabet challenge I was working on (it was my only missing letter!), so we came past to see how busy it was. Because there was a group of us (5, including previous finders) we were able to go unnoticed as us non-finders searched. Luckily weirdobiker came up with the goods promptly. I signed as LTEC for brevitys sake.Thanks Harrowang for this placement for our geo-enjoyment. Cache on *Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Explore. Dream. Discover.* **Mark Twain**---Are you ready for Victoria, Australias next big event?Join us for Victorias first ever *Block Party* to celebrate 25 years of geocaching.**When:** March 22 - 23, 2025**Where:** Hume Global Learning Centre, SunburyLog your will attend at [**GCAP417: The Sunbury Event** ](https://coord.info/GCAP417)Visit our [**Block Party website** ](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/the-sunbury-event) for more details.

I was in Wangaratta for the winter solstice event last night and was out with SciFiRulz collecting a few caches this morning. A small group of cachers had make a successful attempt at a nearby cache and came to sign off on this one as well.

TFTC

Found with Bullash on 5 March 2024

Sorry we gave up on this one. It was pretty gross with all the rubbish, broken lighters, and discarded food. We didn't want to touch anything as a result. Maybe next time. Thanks all the same

28/03/2024 7:10:00 PMUnusually for me I managed to jag a find in the very first place I looked Thanks HarrowangFind recorded using GCDroid and logged using GSAK

Wow, that was entirely unexpected.What an odd place these days this rose garden is in.Not having read the description or seen where gz was on the map, I blindly strolled here on the hunt for an odd virtual and of course this cache with an X.Arriving late at night was a good idea as the place was deserted (albeit full of rubbish as evidence of many a muggle present.) Looked in one place for a second, no luck. Sat back and pondered. Reached for it again to immediately put my hand on it! Huzzah!And a fresh new logsheet, wow, that doesn't happen often with a nano. As I was approaching gz before I saw the flora I thought the title was in reference to the many nearby takeaways. and had a chuckle at it being considered a fragrant odour. Thanks harrowang for hiding a cache here and keeping it alive for us to hunt down! This is find number 4899 !

Time to replace the full of sheet after a message from Bullash. All good to go again.

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After a day spent around Yarrawonga and other surrounds, we came to this beautiful gardens late in the afternoon. There are still plenty of roses out in flower and they are beautiful. And yes the perfume is definitely Xravagant!On our first drive past, the area was busy, so we went to do some shopping and then came back, and happily for us no one was there, just lots of rubbish. We think Maccas should organise their own CITOs in the rose gardens. Thanks Harrowang Domsky

Today we are driving from our camp in Albury to Wangaratta for a family meet up. Left early as there are plenty of caches we weren't able to look for when we were here for the Wangaratta event.Need this find for a challenge cache.Good spot to have a CITOTFTC

Grabbing a coffee from nearby and Mrs Harrowang went to check on this one. The cache is still in place at 9.10am and waiting quietly for the next finder. Unfortunately the shelter is strewn with rubbish, but hopefully will be cleaned up soon. The roses are looking gorgeous on this summers day.

Too tricky for us today.

Well that was a bit more tricky than we expected, as we didn't look well enough first time. I was with 3 previous finders, but it was still a challenge! Thanks for bringing us to a lovely garden, I had a nice wander around and did a bit of deadheading too.

Best time of the year to search for this cache - the roses are stunning and the smell intoxicating, bought roses can never replicate this smell. So it was enjoyable to search even though I knew I was searching for the unenjoyable cache!Thanks for another fab cache Harrowang

Needing this cache for a challenge. I stopped to smell the Roses Instinct prevailed with this cache find and I soon had it in hand.

Driving to Beechworth for a short holiday with the family, we had time to do a few caches on the way.
A short search soon had us signing this sneaky hide. Thanks Harrowang.

We only realised the relevance of the title after having completed this one.
A nice setting amidst the hubbub of the road and shopping strip. A quick find here. TFTC Harrowang

I arrived in view of GZ but had to give the search a miss as two muggles were sitting there. Fortunately I had some shopping to do in the shopping centre across the road and this occupied sufficient time for the muggles to move on. I had the cache in hand very quickly and was able to move on to the next find.

Looked for a while but couldn't find it. Reluctant to look for too long as it was filthy, going after a Saturday night was probably not the best idea, rubbish and mint slices everywhere. Will look again another time.

We took the hint and came to find this cache after it was completely dark. Still a few people nearby buying dinner, but we were able to make the find quick enough without attracting attention. Our last cache for today, with us finding about 60 in Wangaratta since 8am this morning. A new record for us! Thanks for capping off a great day

Nice easy find with the GeoKids tonight on a little night caching adventure to end the school holidays! TFTC

Nice quick find for us today!

TNLN,SL
12 April 2023 12:48 pm


TFTC!!!!

HoodedHooligans (H.H.)

Stamped as JAMS - JJ52, alllister w, mogni, sir_spectre. All of these teams are from South Australia and after some major planning we managed to find approx 700 caches while being away for a week. Also qualifiied for a variety of challenges, found LGA's and had lots of laughs. Found while attending the Victorian Mega in Rutherglen.
Thanks

stopped to get the nearby virtual and then moved to this one. No muggles about at 730 am in the morning. Also good to get a letter X for the A-Z challenge cache. Didn't take to long to find. " insert nano rant here ". Nice location.
Found with JAMS (( JJ52, Allister w, Mogni, plus sir_spectre ) Mitchell&hound wasn't with us this trip) crew. All logs stamped as JAMS to save log space. This trip we are off to the Rutherglen Mega and then slowly coming back to S.A. for a total of 8 dys and 7 nights. The targets of this trip are for JJ52 to get 11 more multi to get to 1000 multi's and a few more Victorian LGA's, Allister W was targeting 17 virtuals ( or as many as he could get ) a few more Victorian LGA's Mogni to make the Rutherglen Mega her 20, 000 find and also for her to complete all Victoria LGA's, sir_spectre needs 1 more multi to get to 1000 multi's and get his Victoria LGS's down to 2 LGA's left. We got 20 or more finds in a LGA if we stayed in there over night. We also detoured to stamp any challenge caches that we were " in the general area off " and to complete that challenge before we came back to S.A. This meant that some times dirt road (s) had to be walked down because they were to wet to drive down and/or haven't been repaired since last years flooding. We started off the holiday in the rain and then that cleared up only to start raining and a overnight thunder storm but most of the trip was dry. Over 600 caches found for the trip including over 120 lab stages in that total. Got to complete the GPS Maze at the Rutherglen Mega for a 2nd time. Allister w was the team driver for all of the Victorian part of the trip. I think this was the first trip ever to Victoria that the extension pole didn't get used but the 6.2 meter ladder did get a work out.

The JAMS (JJ52, allister w, mogni and sir_spectre) go mega... We came, we cached, we laughed, we hugged and we had a great time. All caches were replaced better than found.
Thanks to Harrowang from mogni

The JAMS team (JJ52 allister w, mogni and sir_spectre) were on a road trip heading to the Rutherglen Mega event (staying in Corowa) for 3 days then winding our way home via Albury, Wangaratta, Bendigo and various other places in between. It was a great week with many more caches found than we expected. There were targeted caches, challenge caches, Ad Labs, events and various others to fulfill various statistics for the four of us. We were lucky with the weather, it rained a bit on our way over on Friday, then half a day after we left Wangaratta but on the whole it was great caching weather. We did drive a few slippery muddy roads, but nothing too bad. We also caught up with lots of people either at events or out in the field and enjoyed many great chats. All in all a fun time with lots of Victoria explored and then very tired when I arrived home. [^]

We are now in Wangaratta for a couple of days with the main aim of finding A-Z caches to complete that challenge as well as looking around the area.

We had the place to ourselves so it didn't take too long to find the cache.

Thanks for the cache Harrowang.

After spending three days of Easter up in Albury visiting relatives, including day trips to Rutherglen and Eldorado for caching, it was time to head back home. The rose garden here is beautiful! Cache found after a couple of minutes searching, with Chunk finding it where Chook was sure she had looked. TFTC Harrowang.

Good coordinates here made this a quick find today.
Then we did a CITO in the park.
The roses are beautiful.

Thank you.

Aquilus1 & I drove down from Canberra for the mega weekend, with wonderful weather and events that just kept coming. Another GPS Maze done, our 6th!

We stayed at the same place as we did for the Wangarrata mega, with the key points being our own bedrooms and a power point in the garage for the car to charge overnight.

Lots of wherigo's on back roads which we did in three tranches, over three days, with some fellow Canberra cachers arriving to join us for the last 20 or so.

We drove around collecting virtuals and were lucky enough to get a couple of FTF's as well.

The ultimate test of a road trip is the pizza, and the Rutherglen pizza shop met the standard! The pub also had some great meals.

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Found on the way back from the virtual

Found okay.

With the Rutherglen Mega Event and its associated GPS Maze, GreyHams and myself set out for the Easter long weekend to attend. The long range forecast not playing nice, it was pleasing that it changed it mind and for the most part was quite dry when it counted! Some overnight heavy rain didn't dampen our spirits, made for a bit of mud but we carried on with the trails and caches on our list.

Attended the events as we could, mostly just a stop in to say hello, sign the logs and carry on. Shout out to the Pizza shop for their yummy pizzas and the hotel across the road for their good snitty! Always great to bump into people out caching as we passed paths and see so many of our Canberra caching friends each day.

The Mega, AL's and this being our 6th Maze were to be our priorities. We chipped away at the geoart each day and happy to get a Victorian FTF in the FTF explosion, indeed it was but also a lot of fun. Of course, Virtuals were on our list and always a good way to explore the area along with many other caches that caught our attention. Many thanks to all the CO's and the event organisers for hosting and adding to our caching fun!

Soooo many muggles! good find though… tried to be inconspicuous!

This cache was so evil and hidden so well, I loved it. Lovely location and definitely my hardest yet.

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Checking out the rose garden and the cache ant 8.30am. All good, in place, and plenty of room on the log sheet for visitors on this long weekend. The roses are blooming lovely as well!

Scent home without it

Log signed as Ellie.

Thanks for the cache!

Nice and challenging one on New Years Day 2023 TFTC

Enjoying a Warm drink on the hunt for this one (as a micky D’s was nearby) we rested and contemplated where this one might be. In the end we wandered for a few minutes before finding this one.
Very nice hide.

Muggle65 and l were enjoying a warm beverage as we were freezing cold. Well, l was. Weak Queenslander l suppose. I was in a puffer jacket while the locals were in t-shirts. Suggested where M65 should start and the find was made. Returned exactly as found. Thank you for the fun

Finally got it. I was here a few days ago sitting around for a good 15mins and people wouldn’t leave the rose garden so I could do my business… not that business lol.

Sounds like I just missed out on the clear log too. Bugger.

TFTC

**Logging late as I only just upgraded to premium** (about time)

An excellent getaway in Wangaratta after being in Tassie across the new year/

FEGC in the logbook.
Thanks very much for the cache

Attempted that sneaky little one back in 2020 twice and couldn’t find it. Apparently, I had to come back from Germany two years later to finally sign it! And even in a completely empty log book
TFTC!!!
#9314

Was with Biglailo from Germany and we broke the seal on the new log sheet! TFTC

We were having breakfast nearby and checked the log sheet of this one. Time to replace it with a new one with lots of spaces free. The roses are looking good in their new growth and we even found. Flower on one!

Could not find; will try again

A quick maintenance check whilst in the area early this morning. Container still in its place and all good.

Did not find, coordinates were in accurate as they led us to multiple different places

Staying at the Wangaratta Motor Inn for 4 nights, we thought we would have plenty of opportunities to look for this cache, but every time we checked, someone was enjoying these gardens, and who could blame them.

It came down to the wire on the morning we were leaving. I was packing, so Steve ducked out and miraculously found the area muggle free. Log signed and we now say goodbye to Wangaratta until next time. It’s been great.

Thank you Harrowang.

Came up to the Eldorado Off Grid Festival and we are staying at the Wangaratta Motor Inn, so I ducked across the road and grabbed this cache.
I didn’t partake in KFC, Maccas, Hungry Jacks, Subway, Kebabs or Curry’s and Thai.
We are going to the Pub instead.
Signed log as BT
Thanks for the cache.

We decided to head south with albida33, Joolay, Kitty Katch, Fitzy_1965 and MinnieK to tackle the Wangaratta area. With half of our team out collecting the WCT Challenge trail, the injured one went in search of some easy grabs to pass the time.
After doing a few solo it was time to go pick up Fitzy_1965 and MinnieK from their camping spot. Then we set out to pick up more caches along our journey to then meet up again with the rest of the crew after they had finished the challenge walk.

This one was a little gross and could do with a clean with the condoms on the ground. Looks like it might be a gathering spot for the locals. Luckily cache was quickly found. Signed and moved on.

Thanks to the troupe for letting us tag along on this weekend adventure, we had a great time.

Thanks for the hide Harrowang

Day 1

With a long weekend in Canberra this weekend, Fitzy_1965 and I headed back to Wangaratta with several other cachers to clean up some areas we didn’t get to whilst at the recent Mega.

Fitzy_1965 and I left home early and got to Wangaratta late morning. We met up with FurfacesLL and did some caching before we were to meet up with albida33, Joolay & kittykatch.

We had a great afternoon caching then all headed into Wangaratta for a great dinner at a pizza bar. Lots of great discussion about caching and our next adventures.

All caches were found quickly and easily unless otherwise mentioned. Thanks to the CO for placement and maintenance.

27,175. Found with minniek and FurfacesLL at the start of our Post-MEGA Wangaratta visit.

After the wonderful Mega we had in Wangaratta in January this year, there were still many caches left to find. A bunch of us Canberra Region Cachers decided that they certainly deserved another visit to try and knock them off. minniek and I - arriving late morning today - were last to arrive with the others journeying down yesterday to do the Challenge Series walk early this morning. We claimed our camping spot at Oxley Reserve, then headed out to start our caching spree. This was the next of many. minniek and I needed an 'X' cache for a nearby challenge, and this was a very convenient one fitting the bill. Quick find at GZ on the first sweep. Signed / Stamped log as appropriate, replaced the cache as found, then headed off to the next one on our list.

Thanks Harrowang !! That's the North East Challenge ticked off for me !

Lovely spot to eat our breakfast (not from the Golden Arches). Fairly quick find. Would be beautiful here when the roses are at their best

Staying in Wangaratta for the night, we were in the motor in across the road. For breakfast we visited Coles and whilst eating our morning yoghurt in the car saw that we'd been right across the road. How could we pass up the challenge. Whilst it took us 15 minutes to have the cache in hand, it's hidey hole was in the first place that I'd checked, just not very well.
Well played Harrowang.

What a great way to start the day. TFTC.

The roses are wilting a bit in this continued heat, but the cache is in place and has 15 spaces left on the log sheet. You can sign on either side. Just doing a maintenance run after the Wangaratta Mega.

Today we found Xtravagant Perfumery on our travels. We are having a couple of caching days around Wang now our Mega duties are done and dusted and we actually have time to cache. Found while drinking our breakfast coffee bought from across the way.

Thanks Harrowang for being part of our geocaching fun.

Picking up a friend from the Motor Inn, we came to grab this one. It's a busy place: when we came yesterday, we could not search because someone was sitting in the rotunda, having s snooze. This morning, the council litter pickers are doing the round, so we had a quick chat about the stressed state of the roses. Meanwhile, a group of people in the know were heading to the entrance of the chain next door, giving advice without being asked.
Log book is full, we could only add our initials somewhere.

Down in Victoria for the long awaited (and necessarily postponed) Wangaratta MEGA, and a little holiday chasing the usual (oldies, counties and windmills). Just for something different we are adding to the hit list and the graves of the regionally buried dead premiers. Lol the things we will do for a cache! Spent most of today with albida, Smittengranny and GLISS! Always great when we can cache together. Thanks for the cache.

Well, maybe I’m tired and dehydrated from riding around Wang in the hot country sun. It took me reading A LOT of the logs before I found a clue that did it for me! Ah the fragrant roses were a joy when I was not down wind from Maccas!

It was getting hot and we were getting hungry. Not managing to find a bakery we stopped at Maccas for some lunch.
We approached at the same time as skylizard and searched together before finding the well camouflaged cache.
We shared some stories, then ate at GZ while other caching groups came through and had a chat.
Thanks for the cache Harrowang.

Quick find.

Dreaded micro... attempted this last time we were in Wangaratta but there were muggles at the GZ. All good to go today! Lots of places to look but a quick find after reading a past log. TFTC! ??

Out with Albida33, Nibletricecakes and Gliss
A good little walk and quick find. A sneaky little hide. TFTC Harrowang SL

Parked nearby and observed a couple of cachers making their way to GZ .. there clearly was only one place it could be .. the cache was proving difficult to find but veevers12 soon had the cache in hand. Thanks Harrowang for placing the cache

Found on mega weekend. One of a bunch of caches found and logged.

e.Gregory1 and Freddo decided to travel to Wangaratta for Geocaching Victoria’s first 2022 Mega event. The attraction of GeoMaze icon was just too tempting. We packed the Land Cruiser for a bubble environment. There would be some public exposure but we would be keeping it minimal. Fortunately we did not bother with any warm clothes. Fortunately we packed some Bushmans with +20% DEET. There were caches to find and we found caches. We saw a lot of interesting places and met the occasional geocacher or two in the field.

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.

It was terrific to attend the Wangaratta Mega. The weather was fabulous. The caches were top quality. The area was very interesting an it was lovely to meet up with other cachers. This cache contributed to my mega experience. Thanks to the CO for placing and maintaining this cache.

Wangaratta Mega trip Day 4. It has taken quite some time to get this trip going so it is a great feeling to be on the road for a great weekend away with great caching with friends and new friends. Today was the second day of the Mega itself. I spent most of the day with Gliss, Nibbletricecakes and Smitten Granny. We spent the day visiting as many of the caches around town as we could, doing multis and the puzzles that we had already solved amongst the large number of traditional caches. Another hot day that was very satisfying. The day ended with the farewell to the Mega event and at dusk the second CSI Night cache.

Thanks for the cache Harrowang

34923.21 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2018 April Arbor Day A#380

**Albida**

Lol, it is indeed an extravagant Perfumery, but not at lunch time, Lunch time smells like Maccas . Looked and looked till sweat was running down my back. We sat down and Genrow1966 started reading the logs. One struck a note and bingo the cache was in her tiny gloved hand. Thanks Harrowang

Find #107 on our Mega trip. This was an easy find as some other cachers had it in their hands as we arrived. They showed us where to hide it and we returned it safely after signing.
Thanks for the fun.

Easy find as others already had the cache in hand. Thanks for the fun

#1238

This was the thirty-fourth find of 35 finds for the day. After returning from “Festival of Jazz”, Mizmaz wanted to find this cache purely because of the letter it starts with. Given it was also just across the road from our accommodation made it a no-brainer – let’s add it to the tally for the day. Just as we started looking and realised we could be here for a while, another couple of cachers turned up and they found it straight away. SL. TFTC.

TFTC smile 10978 ?? out and about with miss millie geo dog ?? Hatzofff ?? RoddyC ??and Snickersallan ?great caches, great day ,good weather, nice storm last night ? ?? Day 6 signing as Team 44 Qld
Thank you, Harrowang, for placing this cache for our enjoyment. ????

Day 6 of our southern trip in Wangaratta . Great day caching, targeting caches for challenges and the events and lab caches.

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

Just picked up our afternoon refreshments and saw this one. Needed an X.

TFTCache Harrowang

Day three caching in and around Wangaratta with RoddyC, hatzofff and grannysmith1947.
(All our logs were signed as Team 44 QLD)
Wow, what a beautiful place to visit where we quickly found the very sneaky hiding spot. Well done, thanks CO.

TFTC Harrowang

After the opening ceremoney and maze venture, we decided that it would be easier to ride the bike around, rather than take the car. So we had a long hot day, but grabbed a few caches to make it worth while.

TFTC Harrowang
Total Cache Finds 12164,

#16541 @1110
A road trip with Fox in Jox, AngelG27, and ZQX (Team FATZ) to attend the Wangaratta Mega. Today was picking off some particular D/T caches, attending events and aiming for 12 or 13 cache types in a day. A quick find here. TFTC.

After walking a cpl of kms of the OMCT trail, I returned to my car via some other cache. This was one of them...
All were found in good condition, and found often this weekend it seems...
Found in 1st spot looked at... ??
TNLNSL
Thanks

A perfect spot to sit and ponder with my man by my side. A beautiful setting that you would have seen everywhere in days of old, but such a welcome surprise in an area riddled with modern world structures. A nice break from a very busy Mega Saturday of caching. Thank you Harrowang, our thoughts were of you the entire day.

After sending the family home back to Punka just before lunch, I stayed alone in the caravan for the rest of the Mega. I had my caching buddy Jetsons23 with me taking her around the area picking up a few caches before she had to head back home at 4pm.

Well the roses were in bloom here. I love roses. A lovely spot to visit and sit down at. It was after lunch, otherwise we could have come here to eat.

The cache was found easily. The logbook was full. Luckily I carry spares and was able to put in a new one.

Thank you for the cache here Harrowang ??

Nano rant

A nice quick find here today cache and contents are all good

After heading to tassie for almost 3 weeks, we detoured to Wangaratta for the Victorian Mega to catch up with some friends that we hadn’t seen for months if not years. We caught up with Freddo and e.gregory1 for the duration of the weekend, travelling around the local areas finding many of the caches that were on offer. To save room in the log books we signed as FEG or FEGC.
A wonderful area and nice to have a look around in somewhere I had only visited for 20mins before.

Thanks for the cache

Suddenly the TOOLMAN is hooked on Frappés so while he risked the golden arches Budgie and I popped over here for a look. I spotted the cache as we approached so it was a quick find. Logging took a bit longer with fumble fingers!
Thanks Harrowang

I had been set to attend another Victorian Mega but the damn pandemic began and for obvious reasons one was cancelled and one was postponed. I was pleased the postponed Wangaratta event went ahead but have to admit I was still apprehensive about the COVID situation. Although attending all events, (except 1 of the CITOs) keeping distance was still a priority. I had a great time touring with 1TOOLMAN and Budgietas although there was an empty void where SSR should have been.

As well as Wangaratta, we visited The Paps, Mt Buller, Benalla, Glenrowan, Winton and even popped in to Lex country, having dinner at Brady’s Railway Hotel. Our find numbers were low but our laugh count was high so I call that a win!

Found while attending the 2022 Mega event at Wangaratta.

I drove across from Adelaide with Freddo. We took a week to get there and back as we meandered our way around northern Victoria, camping mostly along the river and generally avoiding contact with other people as far as possible to minimise covid risks.

While at the Mega we teamed up with gridge98 & Co. Most logs were signed FEGC (ie Freddo, e.gregory1 and gridge98 & Co).

We targeted some specific caches of interest, but also took the opportunity to find other random caches opportunistically as we were passing. Most of the puzzle caches were solved prior to leaving Adelaide in preparation for the trip.

Although we managed to find a lot of caches over the weekend, we really only barely scratched the surface, leaving plenty of excuses to return to the area another time. I'm sure I'll be back.

Thanks Harrowang for the cache.

After a big day ticking off “14 types in one day”, which included a four hour return trip of just driving to Mt Buller, I only wanted to head off to dreamland, however as this one was directly across the road from our room, I found the energy to tick off one more (a cache starting with the letter X for another challenge) at the suggested muggle-free time after dark. Trying to remain stealthy, we noticed two people heading towards us who luckily were not muggles and between the four of us taking a starting point each, we quickly had the CIH. Thanks to Laidlaym for calling the find and allowing us to head back to bed quicker than expected.

A huge day of caching that allowed us to find 15 different types in the one day.

Grabbed this cache as we stopped by to grab the waymark and a cold drink from the nearby establishment

TFTC

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The Mega in Victoria I had always planned to attend, but due to covid changes I was concerned, I wouldn’t be able to due to work commitments. As these commitments cleared up, I planned to go over and catch up with GoosenEgg, Stainless Steel Rat, and 1Toolman while in Wangaratta for a day caching to attempt to find 100 in one day. As things turned out Stainless Steel Rat was unable to go, so I was invited to join GoosenEgg and 1Toolman for the entire period. 1Toolman collected us from the airport and we immediately drove to Victoria’s 1st Geocache. From there during the 4 days, we visited Wangaratta, Mt Buller, Albury, Wodonga, Benella, Glenrowan, and Beechworth (although we didn’t make the bakery much to 1Toolmans disgust)

The trip was less about numbers and more about visiting places that I had only driven through before. We did manage to complete the Ned Kelly Helmet series and find a great Earthcache at Murmungee Lookout and another cache at “The Paps” which gave tremendous views of the area. The GPS maze, which I must say was one of the greatest attractions was also attended as with another cacher I was first through on the Saturday Morning at 8.15. It was great to get this icon on my profile.

Of the trip, it was certainly hot and humid, but we really didn’t get rained on in any serious way, with the major storm passing through at night time, otherwise it was just hot or very hot depending on the time of the day.

TFTC

A quick find on this lovely morning, TFTC

First find for the day, thanks

A quick little find on our way to our accommodation. Definitely no climbing required. TFTC

Although we are staying in the motel over the road for this MEGA weekend, I waited until I we were getting breakfast at the Golden Arches to go and find this one. It was an easy find, probably because I started looking at the right place . It was well worth the visit. The roses smelt absolutely beautiful!

Wangaratta mega is now upon us, so naturally I'm out caching with AlexiKatty, trying to add as many smileys as I can while im hear. TFTC ??

In Wangaratta this weekend for the mega with ThaKraken!

Thank you so much for this cache! Such a great weekend!

Out and about with CJDenno again. Very sneaky little thing! We got some maccas for breakfast then we looked for it. Jeez that is very tiny.

I visited 3 TB

TFTC

Out and about today with PrezDough grabbing a few caches at the Wangaratta Mega.
We stopped by the Golden Arches here for a quick bite and decided to consume our meal here.
Quick grab and off we went.
The cache, container and log are in excellent condition.
I visited 5 TB.
TFTC.

TFtF! The hunt was on, but found. Log book is getting full with only a couple spaces left. Met some new geocachers!

Found it during the Mega! It's so fun bumping into so many geocachers around town. Thanks for the fun find, the roses smelled lovely!

Day 6 of our southern trip. Wangaratta day 3 of 4 here.

Today is MEGA 1 day, so quite a busy time. Signed as Team44QLD.

Some one said this would be a good one for some alphabet challenge or something.

Log signed and cache replaced as found at 2:55 PM on January 15, 2022. TFTC, Harrowang.