What used to be the Snowy River Orbost, Victoria, Australia
By JedWilko on 04-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4HXKC

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See Photo of Flood WatersHad my morning Zen walk past the fast moving water .GZ had me in the grass. I read a few past logs .. found cache didn't have Geo stuff with me, so I was unable to replace the log .

Log to follow

Cache is in pretty bad shape. Mangled plastic bag and even more mangled shreds of log. TFTC!

TftcGreat vic bike ride evening caching walk.Needs fixing!

Needs maintenance. Essentially an empty container with rubbish in it

Good spot very busy road

TFTC - I was first a bit off bit then spotted it. as log wet I didn’t wanted to rip it any further, so attached photo from log as proof:

Sep 5, 2023 | #2132

Hey we found it but there is nothing in it a bit disappointed

Quick easy find! Could use a new log book soon!

#3630 Found after a reasonable search while travelling from Orbost to Eden. Thankfully I read to previous log and it soon became clear where GZ was. TFTC

Heading home from a weekend up at Vooma watching rock Crawling and thought we would put a few caches under our belt.
This one had us navigating the grass covered rocks before geohusband discovered the yellow triangle and realised we didn't need to go through the grass at all.
Then he soon had it in hand. TFTC

Nice hide

We had looked for the triangel, but we could found the cache before and than we saw the triangel.
Thanks for the Cache. Greetings from Reki

Quick find TFTC

Me and my sister have both been looking this one for agesss and I finally found it

2nd geocache I’ve found

Thanks for a great find

A trip to check out all the awesome places in eastern Victoria. TFTC.
Nice quick find once I made it to GZ through the grassy area with lots of rocks under it. Thanks Laidlaym for the new log sheets. You left the log book that didn't fit on top of the pillar. I will place it somewhere that needs it.

We included a new log and plastic bag. In the area for the Alpine Rally so wanted a smiley face to record our movement.

On holidays in Lakes Entrance and today we headed to Cape Conran and stopped on the way to check out the quaint Historic Snowy Floodplain Rail Bridge and noticed there was a cache not too far away. Our GPS was a little out and had us going around in circles until Mrs Pooky just happened to be looking in the right direction at the right spot and spotted the hide in plain sight. The Snowy River is definitely high and flowing fast. TFTC and bringing us up to this spot to see the river, which we would never have seen without the cache. The log was very very wet, and we were unable to sign but took a photo to confirm the find if the CO wants to see it. Maintenance request to be logged for a new logbook.

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache. The log was very very wet, and needs replacing, and a new plastic bag is also required to keep the new log dry

A short walk to start the day.
The Snowy is a bit murky but flowing nicely.
The log is soaked through. I'm not sure if the plastic bag is keeping the moisture in or out.
Thanks for the cache JedWilco.

Found it! Well the Snowy was certainly flowing today! There was lots of rain in the catchment overnight, so it meant the river was in moderate flood today. We’re holidaying in Lakes Entrance and decided to drive to Orbost for lunch, to avoid another day of rain. We enjoyed the drive and lunch at a cafe, then drove around town and found numerous roads were now blocked due to flood waters breaking the river banks. Fortunately we weren’t blocked in and made it across the bridge and safely found this cache before heading back to our accommodation. TFTC SL

Easy to find, but difficult due to a magpie swooping me!

Log soaked, hopefully summer will dry it out. Stamp worked! Not sure what the clue meant. Bit scary so close to the highway. T4TC

Nice views from the bridge. Log was soaked so couldn't sign - photo for proof. TFTC!

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TFTC found. Don't waste time looking under bridge

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1350 on 11/5/22 tftc

Found with 4maal at 1:50pm after a lunch break on our travels. Seems to be plenty of water in the river at present.
Thanks JedWilko

Couldn't find this time

got to love those minty sweets

Found it, a bit tricky tftc

With the morning off headed off with muggle mother to fill a gap in my calendar. Plenty of water flowing today.

Thanks JedWilko

Out for a few days bike packing with Shumba7 on the EGRT, Bairnsdale to Orbost and back.

Hint had faded but still able to find this one. TFTC

TFTC hint has faded quick dokie ooh our bicycles riding to Bairnsdale from Orbost with Algae.

Day 3 of the Bring In The New Year (BITNY) road-trip. Today we packed up camp at Woods Point and headed back west towards Bairnsdale via Nowa Nowa and Lakes Entrance to name a few. Today I will hopefully travel through my last UBD map and tick off another LGA on my list.

As we were half way through bush bashing I read the log that said there was no need. Our gps was a little off today however we spotted the cache from our bush bashing location once some vegetation had been cleared and had the log in hand once we returned to the path.

Thanks JedWilko for placing this gamepiece in the wild for us to find.

The work year has finished, so it’s time to head off on another road trip - to explore ‘The Pointy End’.
DAY THREE: Lakes Entrance, Bairnsdale
My GPSr was pointing down there in the long grass. Once I navigated my way through the unstable rocks, I spotted it … back up there!!
Thanks for bringing us here today by placing this cache, JedWilko

Looked a couple of years back and couldn't find it but came back and was an easy find. TFTC

No need to bush bash, yet we did. Miss 8 found this one before me.

Found it

Nice easy drive by with a spectacular view of the Snowy in flood the cache was high and dry

no find in grubby area.

Gronk found the cache as I went lower. Definitely couldn't see any yellow triangle. The river was surprisingly clear. TFTC

No trolling for caches here! Tftc

We found this cache today on our Bairnsdale - Bruthen - Nowa Nowa - Orbost - Marlo - Lakes Entrance - Bairnsdale Road Trip. One last cache before heading into Orbost. Thanks from D & HA B-A.

Read all the feedback. Knew where not to be. After too long, desperately returned to gz via the path, looked up, and yep, a slap the forehead moment. Tftc

Nice Day for a ride

Taking a road trip to Lakes Entrance with GrimRaider. Quick find here today.

Thanks for hiding this cache JedWilko

A long day of driving with the initial target being my final page on the Victorian Country Road Atlas challenge. Once that was ticked off I started heading for home with enough time to stop for selected caches along the way. This was one I was passing right by as I came back into Orbost and I turned off the main road to park nearby. I tried a few spots here before figuring out where it was most likely to be. It certainly felt like I had over complicated it when I finally got my hands on it. My second in a total of 20 finds for the day. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the cache JedWilko.

Clever hide! The triangle was quite faded and the flies were all over me though!

After 3 days in Marlo it is time to head back to the Yarra Valley. The crowds were out in force here to wish me goodbye (flies that is ). Thanks

Found with GeoHubby TB142 and GeoFriend RogerZ1956 and Nature Girl.TFTC

Tftc. Found with tb142 kezza1211 and naturegirl.

Found with geowife kezza1211 naturegirl and rogerz1956.
What a long bridge 350 concrete blocks across must be about 350 m long. Found what staying at the caravan park on our was to NSW. Tftc

Find number 8555 at 10:37:06 am
At Lakes Entrance for a weeks R&R now that we have been released from prison. You know, it's amazing how good your toe feals when you stop hitting it with a hammer.
Travelling up the road a little chasing some caches for the Victorian Road Atlas Challenge and this one gives me Map 33
A nice quick find today.
Cache logged with sanitised hands.
**Thanks for placing this cache JedWilko**

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Nice cache tho very very cold but will be visiting this again

Very clever

Found it coming back up like a few others. Thanks!

Grew up in Orbost and was visiting home so thought we'd squeeze in some caching. No yellow triangle to be seen, found the cache though Also not sure if my phone was just being super dodgy but found the cache about 10m from where it said it was supposed to be

Thank

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This one took a while but eventually the’ we should have made it look easier’ hide was found. TFTC

#savethesnowyrailbridge

Not much left of the bridge or yellow triangle.

Found on another epic caching loop with H423L which included the St Arnaud mega and many other magnificent Australian locations.

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

Heading to Lakes Entrance from Merimbula, picking a few caches along the way to break the journey. It took a while to find it, although I don't know why. I checked underneath and then came up. In the end it was easily spotted when in the right spot. Still didn't find the yellow triangle.



Thanks to JedWilko for the cache.

We took longer here than we should have. I guess that comes from having done a few bridge caches and overthinking it. In the end the triangle was covered by the grass and once we had located it we soon had the cache in hand. TFTC

Found the triangle, and the cache

Nice walk from camp except for road spray from the occasionaltruck on the bridge, it being a wet day and all ! And yes there is such a thing as cache blindness, or just trying too hard !
TFTC JedWilko

I hate when you spend ages walking around in snakey knee high grass looking in every hard hide you can think of and then have that face palm moment when you realise It’s in the easy obvious spot!!!

*24 Apr 2019, Found @4:09 pm, Find # 2816.*

On my way home from the mega in Queanbeyan and stopped here to break up my journey. Once I narrowed down where I needed to be it was a quick find.

**Thanks to JedWilko for placing this cache.**

Heading homeward after the Clear Waters Mega we had to mark our geo route with smilies where there is room for car & caravan to stop safely.
Plenty of room to park for this one.
It took a while, the cache showed us where the triangle is rather than the triangle popping up first.

Satellites today had our GZ 8 metres NW of where we found the cache.

Thanks to 'JedWilko' for placing this cache.
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Day 27 of my trip and I’m needing to hurry along a bit if I want to get to Queanbeyan early next week while still doing the things I want to do along the way!

Today I was keen to ensure I had finds in all the various LGAs, and the map pages for the Victorian Country Road Atlas challenge, as it is unlikely I’ll be back over this way for a while. This meant having to make some lengthy detours and leave quite a few mystery caches I had solved and traditionals and multis that I was keen to do that I passed close to. But I still got distracted a few times!

This was a quick find as I arrived at Orbost.

Thanks JedWilko for the cache.

What yellow triangle??? found it without the hint
TFTC

Find 2 of 11 for today. Map 32 of the UBD Victorian challenge ticked off. Found this cache - but couldn't find the yellow triangle. TFTC JedWilko

Grub62 and I found this cache while we were on our way to back to Melbourne. We were completing some pages for the UBD challenge. We could not find the yellow triangle in the hint but did find this cache. TFTC.

Found on a trip down south to a family event at the Nyerimalang open air concert. What a fantastic event.

Found with Crazy! Nat Girl, we made this harder than it should of been, the coordinates being out did not help, I wasted some time under the bridge before following the path to the cache. Thanks for the cache.

Heading to Mallacoota and camped near here for the night. After a bit of searching I found this cache. Thanks for placing this cache.

Spending the day in Marlo we picked this one up on the way.

TFTC #204

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19/12/2018 8:56:00 AM
We just spent 2 days wandering around the other end of the river so it was interesting to see how it had grown from where I could straddle it with my legs, to this wide majestic river.
Thanks

Not quite sure how the hint is meant to help, but luckily we spotted this one rather quickly. TFTC!

After reading the hint item was hidden under long grass, I searched there and found it. From there the cache was easy.

TFTC.

Trying to get to Marlo but somehow took a wrong turn. Ah well, may as well stop here and create another smiley seeing as we are going past now

Lots of slithery things in the grass and a cute little birds nest under the bridge, and then after reading a few logs I realised I was looking in the wrong place

I found where the hint was hiding and then I found the cache. Woo hoo! I left some scribble and then replaced the container back where it had come from.

Thanks for the cache JedWilko

TFTC found it after looking around for sometime

Got it. TFTC

A lizard nearby gave me a start - TFTC

Yes this one does blend in well. Didn't make sense of the hint but it was an easy enough hide when I looked up and spotted it.
Cheers

Well we tried again and followed the gps. Nothing. Getting frustrated. Stood at GZ and looked about and spied the cache. Coordinates are 6 to 7 m out. TFTC.

No love today. TFTC.

Hint was very belpful tftc

Yet another DNF in this town. Spotted a likely clue item about 100ft away from where the GPS wanted me, but no sign of a cache there. Extended the search to around where the GPS was and again, no clue item, no cache. After a good 15 minutes of looking, I had to settle for yet another DNF.

I had finished my time in Melbourne and was now heading back north via the Monaro region. I spotted this hide near the road as I was travelling past. Read the hint, which was quite specific. A great view of the famous Snowy River from near here. Then it was onto the next cache. TFTH

I almost missed this one. The gps had me about 6 meters away. I searched around and looked up and spied the cache. Very effective camo, cant believe I did not see it sooner

GPS was all over the place, but eventually I saw this one. Don’t know how I missed it! Great spot to view the river, but left the geokiddies in the car - too many vehicles driving past for the Littlies tftc.

Took a bit of searching, clue didn't help at all. Tftc

Stopped to collect a cache in Orbost and used the hint. That didn't help at all but did find the sneaky cache after a little search here.
Parked where it was recommended and was glad to be off the busy road.
TFTC JedWilko