Mini Monkey's Mildura, Victoria, Australia
By TheVersteegs on 20-Aug-13. Waypoint GC4KEH6

Enjoying the sunshine. Easy find. TFTC

Quick find on a leisurely bike ride along the river. TNLN TFTC

A week of caching and golf with bogonghazy and Littleboss 2 in and around Mildura and of course any smileys we can pick up on the way.Thought this one would be up higher due to the monkey reference. BH called the magic words

Up to Mildura for a week with Littleboss2, Sorceysal and Geo the puppy. We'd solved a few puzzles between us, (Ss about 97% of them) and this was the week to grab as many as we could, as well as the multiple labs, multis and trads, and really enjoy this stunning area. After a wild night, we really felt the heat and humidity that happens post rain, but it's all a part of what Australia's diverse zones bring on board. Plenty of sharp bindis added to the fun. Is that what gaiters are for? Our thanks for placing this one, cute little dudes here

Caching in Mildura for the week with Bogonghazy, sorceysal and Geo dog. Nice quick find. Thanks for placing the geocache

We found your cache today 7 May 2024 12:47pm , while enjoying another day in our beautiful countryside. TFTC TheVersteegs

Found with O319 on our day caching around the area

Quick find with SJG66 as we toured Mildura and surrounds. TFTC

Tftc

Tftc. Almost missed it haha

Our journey to North Queensland will take us through many different towns. 

Here's one to find today. Thank you for placing the cache   TheVersteegs.

They certainly were mini. Thanks TheVersteegs for this cache

Barrel of monkeys. So cute

With so many places to look, I gained clues from previous logs. TFTC

Monday Adventures in Mildura. Found with Joolay, Nibletricecakes, Kittykatch and Albida33. TFTC.

Mildura
I joined a group of Canberra cachers to tackle the caches around Mildura. We found the hook and had a search for the container. Replaced container and fresh log sheet. No possum today.

Thanks for the hide TheVersteegs

Found the hook, but sadly the cache was gone so performed a little community maintenance on this one.

Having finished the Paddlesteamer (and many other great caches) it was time for some of our crew to start the trek back home. Caching today with a smaller crew - Joolay, KittyKatch, Albida33 and GLISS! Continue to by impressed by the vast open scenery and beautiful waterways. Thanks for all the hard work from COs make and maintain these caches. Thanks for a great weekend everyone. Thanks for the cache.

Searched for the container and found where it was attached but no container. Replaced and moved on.

Day 5 of our Mildura Madness run and the gang is all here ??. Really looking forward to looking around.

Thanks for getting me out and about TheVersteegs

Chooo ooo [DNF] possum scared me - if he had it he can keep it!

Tankengine, Youban and I came to Mildura for the weekend for a bit of caching with a bunch of other Canberrans (signed caches we did together as - MMA. Which I think stood for Mildura May Adventurers. It’s so hard coming up with group names).

We had an awesome time and ate at some great places, met a whole bunch of lovely people and found some great caches. Thanks to all the COs for their placements and my caching friends for their help and great company.

This cache: Nope. We think we knew where it might be, but there was a creature with big eyes who made us walk away. Thanks anyway.

Quite overgrown. Looking at watermarks on trees wasn't sure whether cache was washed away from GZ?

It was a little bit of an effort to get to GZ and the GPSr device was a little all over the place. But finally I managed to spot the container. Nice hide. Thanks to TheVersteegs for the cache.

Found it

Found It!
Spotted the cache after a bit of searching around. Nice little place.
TFTC

After a full day of celebrating international geocaching day, attending 4 events with the inbetweens finding a cache or two with Mattycat and Perfect DI, collecting info on some multis along the way, into the evening after dropping off our partners it was time for some evening torchlight finds, after working through the new lab cache in town we decided to check out a few of the local ones, much easier at this time of night all muggle free, quick find for us tonight
TFTC TheVersteegs

Wandered off with Purrfect Di [:X] , and met up with the Froghoppin duo [^] [^] and a whole bunch of other crazy cachers around the place too. Saw some sights, cached three states, and ate a whole lot of pub and cafe meals! Found far fewer mint tins than usual - gold star to Vic and NSW for that one!!!

Happy Geocaching Day weekend!

And we felt like monkeys pushing through the jungle late at night.

Much thanks to TheVersteegs for locating and maintaining this cache on our VIC geo-map


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Wandering the countryside - searching, spotting strange items and signing cache logs using some or all of the resources of GSAK (Geocaching Swiss Army Knife), Whereyougo, Garmin Montana 750i, Montana 680t, Etrex 35, Samsung S21u, Samsung S9, with Geocaching App, c:Geo, or Geooh Go, and Android Auto and other maps... or often with just a guyess or plain old dumb luck
Heaps of that luck stuff actually !!!

*All the online logs are composed and published with GSAK of course.*


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Caution! Caching is a very hazardous activity!
Look out for sand, mud, snakes, surprise cliffs, roos, wombats, things falling from trees, bulldust, and floods, and try not to get tetanus from rusty mint tins and don't fall off your ladder...
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- and do watch out for germs and bugs !!! . [xx(]

Make Travel Bugs the Only bugs you share and pass on
Keep a safe distance - cache the countryside


Truly fantastic of all those placing quality caches out and about around the country areas,
in sensible safe places especially! - it keeps our game fun, and interesting

Appreciate you reading all this extra addition to the log word count! There's a challenge somewhere out there, apparently! You win a virtual smiley for the effort and getting to the end of the log Maybe if I worked out where I could do it and go back to normal logs again ! If you find the challenge let me know and we can put an end to these long logs !!!





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A quick find on way to today's breaky event...
TNLNSL
Thanks

Found while out and about in the greater Mildura area during the Tri-State Community Celebration Events and International Geocaching Day weekend. Thanks for the cache TheVersteegs!

Great old gnarled tree trunk - TFTC

Beautiful old trees tftc

Great location!

Found after footy, took a bit to find but got there in the end

Nicely tucked away geocache. Took a little too find but was worth the effort.

Tftc

That was a bit of a search but eventually spotted it

Weirdobiker found as I got bit my those giant ants

Great little find

Found it

After parking up we made our way down to this one, after looking in the wrong trees we found it nicely tucked away

A trip to Victoria with Freddo for 3 days to complete the paddle steamer and find a few caches in Mildura and along the way to and from, all the caches were signed respective of the day FG23, FG24, FG25 or our own caching names.
Total of 468 finds for the trip

Thanks for a great series

The cache was found in the last place we looked, which as usual was not the first place we looked. Thanks for placing a fun cache guys. We do love your work. We signed the logbook. Of course we did that is way we play this game. Cache in pretty good condition for the cache age.

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.

Spending a few days in Mildura, joined by the rest of the Goldy clan for a family getaway.

We've been coming here since our first visit in 2008, it's a Goldy family favourite so I'm excited for the opportunity to find a few geocaches here and in some of the surrounding towns.

I'm also looking forward to experiencing some different hides in another state, as all my finds so far have been in South Australia.

I won't be able to get to all the caches due to having other plans with family, family always comes first.

So a high majority of caches on the "to be found" list are ones where I can learn local history and ones that are relatively quick and easy.

I've been primarily eyeing off the turtle series geoart and adventure labs.

Spent a few minutes searching around before I found where the cache was hidden.

Put my signature in the log book and returned the cache to its hiding spot.

Signed as "P.Goldy"

Thanks to TheVersteegs for this cache.

Find No.871
23/04/2022

Found. Sun17/4/22. Nice hideaway for a cache in good condition.
Beware of spiked bushes, but the pathway is manageable.
Come down from Ranfurley Way. Careful of parking. My little bro was driving - so he stayed up top. Thanks Versteegs. From JJHHXX. Find 72

Tftf

On holiday in Mildura. This was our 1st cache of the day. Thanks for the series.

Day 25 of our southern trip. Our final day based at Red Cliffs. Finishing off some Turtles and GOT and more. We areTeam 4 4 QLD - RoddyC, hatzofff, Snickersallan and Grannysmith1947.

Nice walk.

Log signed and cache replaced as found on February 3, 2022. TFTC, TheVersteegs

TFTC smile 12032 out and about with miss millie geo dog Hatzofff RoddyC and Snickersallan great caches, great day ,good weather, enjoying a trip to Mildura to cache the Paddle Steamer ( now finished) working on the Turtles today
signing as Team 44 Qld
Thank you, TheVersteegs, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Third day out on the local trails with hatzofff, grannysmith1947 & RoddyC. (Logs signed as Team 44 QLD)
Finishing off the remainder of The Turtles geo art, some multis & trads along the way.
Really enjoyed the walk and another good hide here.


TFTC TheVersteegs

Day 25 of our southern trip.



Travelling & Caching with RoddyC snickersallan and grannysmith1947. Signing/stamping as 4 for QLD.

TFTCache TheVersteegs

Tftc

Nice placement. Kids enjoyed this one. Thanks

First place I looked, but I did not not look well enough. Lat one today as the heat is getting to me an it is only 11 am. TFTC

Went for an evening out caching in Mildura today. The last find of the day as it was getting dark. Like this little cache. TFTC!

It was great fun

Thanks guys. Dex and Peyton

Tricky!

Emzheartu

Evilracing found it tonight

Nice little find. Lots of houseboats and cars around but geomum used stealth mode to find it. TFTC!

River looks very beautiful!

Man, it was cold last night but eased a bit this morning Decided as I needed some supplies to log these caches along the river. Spotted a family of ducks and ducklings out for a swim

Round and round in circles but eventually spotted it tucked away

TFTC TV

A few floating palaces in this area.

Found inside a tree burl

TFTC

Found - Ayres Family

GPS took a while to settle but soon clever bat type cache was found, T4TC

Thank goodness for a quick find and lots of places to hide here from muggles on houseboats. This one gets a favourite from me because it's a beautiful spot and I didn't have to climb any trees for the find. TFTC.

Found it we are not fit enough hahaha

Found it

Found it

Look up

Took us a bit needed the hint
Up up and awaaaay

If it’s up then it’s up then it’s up then it’s up

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Couldn't find at night the first time, but during the daylight was pretty good. Good hide!

In Mildura for a day, hit the Mildura Brewery last night, parkrun this morning, followed by breaky, then out for a hike to find some cache. Blitz some of the puzzles in the week, wasn’t sure how many we would have time to find, especially with all the trads in the area too. Ended up jogging and hiking 28km today in total. TFTC.

A few hours of caching in the area to try and clean it up. Mixed results but found some. After a couple of DNFs, finished with a success. TFTC

Great spot to hide it. Easy to find The views are beautiful form here.

Gz had me near, so I started looking, but then I saw this one, so a quick find was had. Tftc.

Enjoyed the walk along the river. Found this one with Geoian, easy find. TFTC

Found by Rebel Acts

In Mildura for a few days with Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet, Happy Pants and The Empire.
After finishing off the GOT series it was time for Me to do the turtle series, it was a little challenging getting to some locations but I managed to get them all done.

The highlight for the day were the fantastic gadget caches in the area.

Thanks TheVersteegs for the cache.

Found by The Empire
Here in Mildura for a few days with Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet and Happy Pants.
It's my first time in Mildura, being here with cachers who have been here a few times meant some caches were much easier than others too! Whilst we were finding the caches in the nearby geoart, we got a little distracted. Thanks for the cache TheVersteegs.
- M

**Out and about with Happy Pants, Happy Feet, The Empire, Omegaman1971 & Rebel Acts**
Staying in Mildura for a few days cleaning up some local Geo Art and a few scatted caches in between

Thanks for the cache TheVersteegs. Appreciate your efforts.
- P

*Took*: Nothing
*Left*: Nothing

**Warning**, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to learning new things and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise.

Cache on!

This was a great opportunity to get away with some caching friends in Mildura. The plan was to hit some of the local trails and geo art. There was many other hides discovered, with some really great containers and hides in the area.

There were some nice houseboat along the river today. Found after a short search.

Thanks TheVersteegs for placing the cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy the find.

Omegaman1971
The Omega Empire
@ 7848 finds
In town for a few day with the crew to hit the nearby powertrails and put some smiles on the map.
Has been many years since I was here last , the town has certainly changed.
Cheers for the enjoyable cache.

TFTC

Great hide, took a little while with so many excellent options nearby. Thank you!

This took a little longer but once we adjusted our search strategy the cache was quick at hand.

A bit of a long walk from the previous one.

Found today with hevwalker and Trigger_Fish after our adventures finding all the turtle series today. A great weekend away with 507 caches for the 4 day trip TFTC

Took a while to find in the dark.

Thanks for the cache TheVersteegs.
Found on 7/3/21 at 22:22.
Find #13004.

A very well hidden hanging little monkey. Loved the tree. Tftc

Lockdown 3.0. Geocache, sanitise, repeat. Stay within 5kms and no more than 2hrs out and about. This little walk suited our needs/covid rules for today. A beautiful specimen. TFTC. Sanitised and moved on.

TFTC

TFTC

Found but didn’t sign tftc

Thanks for the hint from a previous geocacher got it

Found. Thanks

Jar inside the tree on a hook, TFTC!

TFTC!

Walked right past this one with my phone gps being super dodgy. Rohkad spotted this one, nicely hidden! Need to use my geo instincts more. Tftc