American Sailors Muston, South Australia, Australia
By ParisLaura on 09-Oct-13. Waypoint GC4PXYR

On our way from the Cape Wiloughby Lighthouse just another cache.Not much traffic on the "highway" and the crossing, so easy finding.TFTC !!!

Nicely private. Found with Piwaka54 on our way to American River. Thanks for the cache at the end of our trip from NZ to KI!

Found with Nutty Nora. Nice cover from the road

Log was a bit tatty

Log isnt full. A bit tatty but not full.On Kangaroo Island for a few days mainly for parkrun and sightseeing. Of course we are caching in our group of gridge98, CourtneyRose and Sandyofthesea. ParisLaura, I found American Sailors today. Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

A quick find here on our way past cache is all goodCourtneyrose_ and I headed fora weekend away to Kangaroo Island, we came to check out the sights plus to compete in the Marathon. A great weekend away with a few caches found along the way.Thanks for the cache

What a cute little find

The log book is full

Had to find at least one cache on Kangaroo Island and this is the one Thanks for the cache!

Found the cache! First one on kangaroe island. Thanks for the cache

Great day for some caching and exploring new places before taking the ferry home tonight. Loved our time on KI! TFTC!

Tftc

Looks like its been here a while! TFTC

Whrend unseres Aufenthalts in Sdaustralien kamen wir auch hier vorbei. Danke frs Herfhren und Zeigen dieses speziellen Ortes.

Not in the boat!

We are currently on a eight week holiday which is mostly spent in New Zealand and Australia. However, the first three days were spent in Singapore as a nice break from an otherwise long flight. This morning we left our hotel in Victor Harbor early to drive to the ferry to Kangaroo Island. We arrived at the ferry way too early but as it turned out there was just one spot left on an earlier ferry. Great, no waiting and more time on Kangaroo Island. Since our B&B is on the other end of the Island we decided to first visit Cape Willoughby. After visiting this magnificent place we drove into the direction of our B&B stopping whenever there was a geocache because caches often lead you to great places. Thus this cache was also visited and the cache was quickly found without any problem. Thank you very much for this cache.

During our two-month trip through New Zealand and Australia, we arrived in Victor Harbor yesterday and today we travel to Kangaroo Island.This cache was found on the way to our accommodation.**ParisLaura**, thanks for the cache.

Great fun before hopping on the ferry to the mainland! TFTC

We have arrived on Kangaroo Island for a 5 day break. We first had this trip planned several years back but that year KI had an extreme fire situation happen and we were offered a refund on our trip which we took. We have waited this long so that the island could regrow and show herself at her best. We have been using geocaching to guide us around and two days into our break we can certainly attest to her beauty. The caching has been interesting and we have many earth caches to write up and send to COs. All the caches we have found so far are in good condition. We did replace one log sheet. SL TFTC

Over in Kangaroo island for a weeks fishing trip with a few caches along the way. Interesting read about the history and a verry old looking boat. TFTC

Suite de notre priple en Australie : 2eme journe sur Kangaroo island. On logue en team Mado. Merci pour la cache. Bote bien en place.

Notre roap trip se poursuit aujourd'hui Kangaroo Island et notre arrive Victor Harbour, nous jaunirons quelques points sur notre parcours. Log en team Mado.TFTC trouve sans souci.

Tftc

Geoturtle37 and I decided to take a bit of a detour on our way back to Melbourne after the Feb 29th SA Mega. We have wanted to go to KI for so long and after this trip, will most certainly be back. We could only spare one day and we cached as much as we could but didn't have time to have a good look around. One of us made the find here whilst the other was busy taking photos! Thanks for placing this cache for all to enjoy.

I wandered around a bit, then spotted where the cache was hiding.

Thanks for the cache.

Nice easy find.

Day #5 Leaping Forward AdventuresIts the final day on Kangaroo Island so posums and I are slowly making our way back to the afternoon ferry before traveling in to Adelaide.Thanks ParisLaura for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy. ----------------------------------------------------------The Ballarat GeoTour ends on 4 March 2024! Be sure to find all the caches and earn the souvenir before the tour is archived. The [Farewell Ballarat GeoTour Event - GCAFQ8B](https://coord.info/GCAFQ8B) is on 18 February 2024.Looking for caches to find when visiting Victoria? Why not check out the geocaching lists available on the [Geocaching Victoria Website](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists/). There are plenty to choose from including all of the previous nominees and winners of the Victorian Cache of the Year Awards.

Well after a whirl wind tour of Tasmania to help with 3 challenges that Im working on, I got back in late Tuesday night then packed the Geowagon and headed off to SA early Wednesday morning to attend the Leap Year Mega and to also tick off some LGAs along the way as well.Well after crossing the border the other day and staying in Millicent, Wellington, Cape Jervis and the Kingscote last night its now time to slowly head back towards Penneshaw to catch the ferry back to the mainland.Kangaroo Island has been on my bucket list for years and Roaming Howie had to squeeze back into the Geowagon put up with my driving and poor navigation for another day.Continuing along with our Geocaching expedition and visiting the Flinders Chase NP in the South West corner of the islandyesterday was one of the highlights of the Island.We will see what we can find on the slow trip back today and I didnt realise that the island so so big and I also didnt realise that Kangaroo Island was the first permanent settlement of South Australia even if it lasted only 4 years.A great read in the cache notes as I was wondering about the term river.This one took longer that it should of as we searched everywhere well we thought we did)The cache was eventually located and we added our names to the log and on to the next one.Thanks ParisLaura TFTC.

Last day and cache before we leave KI. TFTC

The cheeky little bee has made another appearance!

21171During our great trip around the world we arrived in Australia after visiting Canada, US, and some places in the Caribean Sea and Central America as well as Fiji. Besides lots of sightseeing, we can't do without caching, of course. That's why we also passed by this place, searched for the cache, found it and successfully signed the logbook.Thank you for hiding and maintaining the cache. Only thanks to dedicated owners is this beautiful game possible.Wir danken alle Cache-Ownern fr ihren Einsatz, denn ohne die Gemeinschaft ist dieses tolle weltweite Hobby nicht zu realisieren.

Quick stop as we changed camp sites. All in good order

Like the boat and story behind it!Thanks ParisLaura for bringing me here and contributing to this great game for others to enjoy. Happy trails, Deanside

An interesting stop off location on out tour around the islandLogbook is pretty well shoot up and destroyed and replacement is definitely needed

Thanks for the cache. this Was a a great place for a quick find. Love the ship.

Easy find as it was in the open. Log signed and cover replaced. Tftc

Found on a fun day out and about - TFTC

Bit of a bush bash, but still.

TNLNSL TFTC Jeffjulie

Found on my first day caching on KI

TFTC - May need some maintenance though as water damaged

found on 3/9/23.. looking for Kangaroos
TFTC!

Found

Quick find on our last day on KI. Thanks to all the CO’s for showing us around. Signed the log. Thanks

This boat has seen better days.

The American flag has seen better days. Looks like something tattered from a civil war film.

TFTC

Quick stop, quick find. TFTC

Thanks for the find.

Quick easy find and a bit of history. SL TFTC

Found

Day 23 of our Australia Tour 2023, which we spent on Kangaroo Island.

Thanks!

Neat hide.
Thanks heaps

Late morning in the American River town exploring kangaroo for a few short days!

Found when on tour with focused expeditions, highly recommend their photographic tours!
TFTC

Found with ConcreteGnome on the way off the island TFTC

Found with GeoStrom. On the way home after a wonderful holiday.
Cache needs a new log.
Tftc.

Found on a trip to KI with pineapplegoldy, TFTC

Goldy and Jimmy are off to Kangaroo Island to see some sights and pick up some caches along the way.

I enjoyed a variety of different caches, seeing cool spots and catching up with GooseyC for dinner on Thusday night.

All caches stamped with joint "Jimmy and Goldy" stamp.

My highlight was the Vivonne Bay Rock Pool, Jimmy's was seeing the seals at Admiral's Arch.

After dinner at the Parndana pub we stopped for a few caches before heading back to our accommodation at American River.

I loved the detail in the flag, having the same amount of stars as US states at the time the ship was built.

Great attention to detail. My favourite cache I did on the island, have a favourite point!

More detailed logs will follow and pictures uploaded once I'm home.

Thanks ParisLaura for this cache, which brings Goldy's total find count to 2481 on the 10th of February 2023.


**South Australia is hosting a Mega! February 29th, 2024 in Adelaide. Hope to see you at The Great Leap Forward**

Owl is on Kangaroo Island with Ostrich, Magpie and Bowerbird to celebrate the 80 year friendship of Magpie and Bowerbird. The one advantage for Owl is that Bowerbird is the Magnificent Muggle and absolutely insists on Owl caching. Of course, Owl is happy to oblige. This was a quick stop on the way to their accommodation and Maggpie took photos while Owl did the search. Both could honestly tell the friendly muggle that they had, indeed, been looking at the ship!

Great cache, but needs new log book

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Pretty cool replica. Tftc

Near an interesting ship. TFTC

Bloody YANKS

Def needs new log book

Easy find had to add paper to sign log.
The ants going into it attacked us.
TFTC AnsMisty

First cache find on Kangaroo Island! Brilliant first day over from the mainland - and a great location for a GZ. Cache itself all good, but the log and contents need some maintenance. Was a stretch to find a place to sign, most of the log has disintegrated. However, loved the hide and left an alien to keep everything company. Replaced as found. Thanks for the cache!!

Great hiding spot and loved the find, but cache contents are in need of maintenance and replacement. Log book disintegrated and almost impossible to find a spot to sign. Cheers!

Found it, easy find on our way to America River

Quite a rock cairn forming here! Quick find on my way back to the ferry. TFTC

Nice little hide for the kids. Tftf.

Little bush walk but good find

good lil quick find

Found it

Good fun on our holiday, thank you.

Found on our family holiday to KI. Nice quick find by the kids here today. Thanks for showing us this place ParisLaura.

Plenty of bees loving the flowers in there. Nice hide.

A bit of wandering in circles.
On a road trip from Perth to Canberra with a few side trips for LGAs. TFTC

Thanks

On our way to American River. Thanks

My partner and I have come to KI for a 5 day break. It is my first time on the island, and I managed to get some caching in while here. On our return journey we stopped by and made the quick find. I usually wear long pants to walk into bushes like this, but survived in just my shorts. Found and signed and returned.

Thanks for the cache ParisLaura, cache in good condition, returned as found. Find #6330

TFTC. Quick grab. Left lid

Nice little hiding spot. TFTC

Quick find. Signing book is all torn up on find.

Nice spot, TFTC

We stayed in American river while on holidays.
It was warm but we found time to visit some of the caches in the area.
TFTC

Thanks for the cache, nice hiding place, good day to everyone

Not too hard to see..away from the boat

Nice quick find after eating some yummy oysters

First to find for 2022. Happy new year!!!

Found on our way back from pizza and a tasting paddle at the brewery. Tftc

In all our travels we would not have even thought to travel to this location.
(HaHa). In your dreams, these cachers do.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

Devilish

Brilliant and Clever

I like it

Another one off the list

TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - Paris Laura [^]

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird, Liz & Bruce. Another great day for caching. TFTC ParisLaura
Find #5669 at 12:47.

Found while caching with Wollaston and Liz&Bruce.

Thanks to the many hands and minds taking time to set out and maintaining hides and showing us your special part of the world

Log signed with group stamp

TFTC ParisLaura

Find # 3313

Thanks for arranging and hiding.  We've just arrived in KI. Good to be having a look around the area.  Caching with Wollaston and SeasonedBird.

Day 2 of our KI getaway and now we’ll into our second week of holibobs. What a contrast to Flinders!
We drove from Penneshaw to American River via the western cape, enjoying lunch at False Cape winery, beach walks, stair climbing and glorious weather.
Husband wondered if they could have made the sign any lower? Interesting history TFTC

Unnecessarily well hidden watch out or bull ants you need to climb through bushes to find it

Quick find getting us a milestone today, thanks

Nice easy find to wrap up my work trip. TFTC

Day 6 of our 6 night break on the Island. Our targets for the last full day were the Western area. We had passed this structure on the way in and though there should be a cache here. It wasn't until we started up the c:geo app that we realised there was. Cache is safe and sound. Thank you for the placement of the American Sailors cache ParisLaura find number 8484 on 14 September 2021 at 10:53 am

Great descriptions about the history of the area, the little kids would have fun climbing all over the wooden boat too.
Gee they dont build houses like they used to, that first one lasted much longer than the expectations of todays builds. Oh we see we have to thank Frank Potts for that lovely Bleasdale wine, glad he popped over to Langhorne Creek to get stuck into winemaking.
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
What will we do with a drunken sailor?
Early in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Early in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!
Put him in a long boat till his sober
Put him in a long boat till his sober
Put him in a long boat till his sober
Early in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!
Stick him in a scupper with a hosepipe bottom
Stick him in a scupper with a hosepipe bottom
Stick him in a scupper with a hosepipe bottom
Early in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!
Put him in the bed with the captains daughter
Put him in the bed with the captains daughter
Put him in the bed with the captains daughter
Early in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!
That's what we do with a drunken sailor
That's what we do with a drunken sailor
That's what we do with a drunken sailor
Early in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Way hay and up she rises
Early in the morning!

Thanks ParisLaura for the cache, found it, signed it and replaced as found. TNLN