G2Q - Pooh sticks competition below! Moolap, Victoria, Australia
By suscoe on 27-Oct-13. Waypoint GC4R3F8

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It's a brand new environment! Do they really need to put all this stick and plastic for plantation? Why not focus the resources on planting more trees and let nature take its course.

Thanks.

First person to sign the new log

Coordinates changed from:S 38 10.650 E 144 26.701Coordinates changed to:S 38 10.648 E 144 26.698Distance from original: 18.9 feet or 5.8 meters.Due to fencing works we have had to moved this cache container to the rail trail side of the new fence.

Making a start on the rail trail with gwd.aussie after attending an event. Needing numbers to achieve a challenge cache. New fencing though would have to leave but looked back to see gwd.aussie already up and over.Thankfully it had cooled down significantly.TFTC

After being to an event mid afternoon during the hottest part of the daywe were happy the weather had cooled down a bit to do this rail trail.Out caching with D@geoThank you for the cache

Found. Last one for today's adventure

Sorry accidentally ripped the bag. Easy find tftc! CHM

10/13 finds today. Nini and I rode from moolap station road to clifton avenue, grabbing caches along the way. Ran over to the only possible spot it could be, and was rewarded in being right. I have a hide like this so I knew exactly where to lookthanks for the cachepika & nini 13/10/23

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Out or new E-bikes before the weather breaks. I have always wanted to do the rail trails. Now that we have bikes it a adds a whole extra layer to enjoying caching. Thank you for placing all of these caches along the trail.

In Geelong with some time to spare so a walk was in order. Nice to tick a few more off this trail! Thanks for the fun and adventure.

Took the bikes down to Geelong for a caching ride along the Bellarine Rail Trail. This was our 14th find of the day.

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Found

Found after a loop.

Thanks for the Traditional Cache suscoe

400th find!! TFTC

Very open area, wind was ripping across here on our bike ride. TFTC

I came for the CITO with no other plans. But ended up clearing Point Henry plus another 23 G2Q caches. There was only one place it could be - just had to run my fingers around to find it.



My thanks to suscoe for the cache.

Out for the second day this week along the rail trail. Was able to get dropped off where I ended the other day and picked up further down the line, makes it much easier. Out of the 27 caches I looked for I had 3 DNFs which will all be placed on a watch list for later on. My son joined me for the walk today and there were a lot of other people on the trail. Super excited when I found a Bushfire pathtag in this cache. Bushfire is a legend cacher in the Geelong area that I got to meet last year to complete on of his night caches.

Well it must be getting close to Christmas as it is time to attend all of the annual Geelong Christmas events today.
That nasty Covid put a hold on these events but we are finally back.
Stayed in Little River for the night so I didn’t have to get up to early to head on down here.
2 events done so now a bit of time to squeeze a few caches in before fronting back up again for the lunch event at Leopold.
I am slowly picking off the caches along the G2Q rail trail series with each visit down this way.
With a bit of walking and relocating the Geowagon I got another 7 ticked off before having to head off to lunch.
There were a few people out and about enjoying the sunshine today.
Well this was the last one along here today for me as it was time to head off to the lunch event.
Another section ticked off that fills a gap nicely.

Thanks suscoe TFTC.

Glad it was one of the first places I looked

Peaceful farmland TFTC

Nice day to be riding the rail trail, cache was interesting and was found quickly. TFTC

Nice easy find

TFTC

Probably should have paid more attention to the cache name.......
We walked right past it first time around, but after we doubled back and activated our cache senses, the cache was soon in hand, signed then replaced as found.
It was a beautiful afternoon to be sitting in the middle of nowhere to sign the log!!
TFTC

TFTC on the scooter in between finding caches.

Tidying up some caches along the rail trail that I hadn’t previously tried - TFTC Suscoe

More like poo stinks or “who farted”
Very quick retrieving and retreating.
TFTC (I think…)

Great hide!

Sneaky hide! So excitable today!

We were heading into the Big Green Shed again today, and we decided that today was the day to complete the Bellarine Rail Trail. We have loved the caches along the Bellarine Rail Trail, and Geocaching in the Geelong area would be much poorer if it weren't for all the great COs who have hidden caches along this well-maintained trail. A huge thank you to all the COs who have greatly assisted us with our streak. This cache was in great condition. Thankyou suscoe for this cache.

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A day's outing while staying at Bellbrae with Bogonghazy had us travel into Geelong where we jumped on the bikes to do a few of the rail trail series and finishing the day in Queenscliff.
This was another clever hide, thanks again Suscoe

Found it with Silence49 and Cranky1 and DeafVW

Found it with lance51 crank1 and deafvw

Found it with silence49 lance51 and Crank1

Accompanied with silence49, lance51 and DeafVW. We hire the e bike for G2Q Rail trail for the day. We had a great time finding your cache suscoe, thank you so much for placing it.

Came to Geelong with Jascat and our bikes to ride along the trail seeking caches along the way. TFTC

My mingle husband gave me a pair of gardening gloves for those times I’m caching and a little hesitant to stick my hand in blind places

Eww stinks

TFTC

Found! TFTC

At last we thought the weather was predictable enough to get out on the rail trail and chase some caches there. It was cool and overcast and quite windy, but few or no showers were forecast.
It was a tough day all the same. We always seemed to be going uphill when the wind was strongest, and some of the hides were truly challenging. There was the clever ones that truly had us thinking and then micros in the bush as well as some hidden in the undergrowth. There were of course others that were straightforward.
We began the day with 2 DNFs which did not auger well, one a D4 which simply did us in and the other we are maybe just blind.
All in all though it was quite an enjoyable day on the bikes and productive cache wise.

TFTC

Decide to tackle some of the rail trail today!! What a relaxing ride! Started in Herne Hill to Leopold and back. I love a first feel and find.

Thanks for getting me out and about

Was hesitant on this one. GZ emitting strange sounds even stranger in the darkness... But donned my gloves and went in for a look/feel and found something. After tender and apprehensive pokes and prods determined it must be what I sought and yanked to find what I'd come to expect. Brilliant little cache nice work TFTC...

*WesPro's "Get Out Of The House Before Something Bad Happens" Adventure #9*
I am SO SORRY i misthanked in the other caches today. I'll fix them when i get home.
Thanks heaps Suscoe!

Turning a frown upside down. Was definitely not here last time so don’t know how the people after me last time managed to find it. Spent a frustrating almost 5 minutes trying to retrieve the log as it had been shoved in and I couldn’t grab it!

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thanks suscoe!

Did not find

Too many spiders, was worried about getting bitten !

Smelly new year!

We wanted just a few caches today to fill in a missing section on the G2Q trail. Easy walking along here with ilook4geo and easy finds as well. Had to be a bit cautious with plenty of dogs taking muggle owners for a walk, even more bike riders and one enthusiastic runner.
Found this cache OK but needed to have a good hand wash afterwards to get rid of the smell.
Thanks go to suscoe for placing this cache as part of the G2Q trail.

Our for a short caching run today with goingplaces2, so decided to look for a few along the G2Q trail. Each log was signed before being returned to its proper place. TFTC.

Suscoe called in today to check this cache.
It was missing, perhaps it joined in the pooh sticks competition.
A shining new cache is in place.
All ready to find.

Had a good look then got out muggled

Felt up and under but still couldn’t find it

I started the rail trail series a few years ago now in a couple of different chunks but haven't had the chance to get back to it for a while. Today gave me the chance to tackle another small section of it, slowly creeping towards Geelong. Great fun all round, a well maintained bike trail and even better maintained series of caches. This would have taken quite a bit of effort to set up and maintain over all this time so my thanks go to all of the CO's along here for their efforts in allowing all of us to enjoy.

Frustrating not finding this after walking almost 3k in the heat and smoke. Felt right around with no luck. Oh well...

Suscoe enjoyed a ride along our section of the G2Q rail trail this morning.
It was that time for a maintenance run and it was such a lovely morning to be out on the trail.
A gentle breeze and lots of sunshine.

G2Q - Pooh Sticks competition below is well and ready to be found.

Day two of riding the bike trails in the area and we headed off the pick up some more of the caches along the path.

We had a feel for the CO's and their hides now so we picked them up a bit quicker today.

Thankfully we didn't come across and poo sticks here, and didn't get a waft of them either, quick find and moving on before the gas delivery at the neighbours house was onto us.

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Away with Tramyard for the weekend - it was a great time.

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Found it during brief visit in Victoria Australia for Mega Event. TFTC

Since the day we had booked the air tickets for our current geocaching holiday to Australia we had been looking forward to hiking and geocaching the Bellarine Rail Trail. We had arrived in the area two nights ago and so yesterday morning we had parked up in Drysdale and hiked to Queenscliffe then taken a taxi back to Drysdale at the end of the day. Today we once again left our hired cache-mobile in Drysdale and then took a taxi to Geelong - we then hiked back to Drysdale to complete the trail. Once again we throughly enjoyed the hike in some truly lovely Australian weather and of course we also found many geocaches, and so many thanks to the COs for having provided us with the opportunity to have enjoyed yet another great day out geocaching! This one was a nice quick find once at Ground Zero. We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the nicely camouflaged cache (loved the very appropriate cache title!) and greetings from Zimbabwe

Ugh....... that's a lot of grass to walk through! Lol TFTH SL

Nice hide. Nice camo.

Found with the family. TFTC

This log is to tidy up a mess I made with GSAK . I forgot to apply the template so my finds were published with a nonsensical log.

Rather than try and edit all the logs I post this not with what the log should have been.

My apologies for the confusion caused.




A few days away with Freddo, e.gregory1 and The White Dog Gang.

Fun was had by all. Not too many dnfs

Most logs signed as FETT.

Thanks for all the caches.

Claiming a find as a beta tester.

Too much glitter for my liking.

Found whilst cycling the beautiful Geelong to Queenscliff bike trail with Freddo, Team Waldron and e.gregory1 - we've signed as F.E.T.T.
A hot day but great scenery and good co-ords made for an enjoyable ride
TFTC suscoe

Cache was found in the last place we looked, which as usual was not the first place we looked.

Found on a short, post-Christmas sojourn to Victoria with Freddo, Team Waldron and thewhitedoggang that involved plenty of driving, cycling, walking and even some boating and wading.

The weather was on our side (albeit a little warm at times), which made for some great caching. There were plenty of varied finds, with some excellent and often tricky hides and and just a few DNFs. We signed most logbooks ‘F.E.T.T.’

Thanks suscoe for the cache.

We are spending a few days on the Bellarine peninsular before the Christmas crowd arrives and today are riding the trail from Drysdale to Geelong and back so I have the opportunity to grab a few caches on the way and back. Thanks suscoe for a string of caches along a lovely trail.

Headed off early with sassieold55 to grab some more rail trail caches before the heat and then head into town for Xmas shopping. This is our last cache for the day, now the walk back to the car.Tftc suscoe

Found it with annabella02. Sometimes I like to read the previous logs - mention of an 8 legged guardian had me a tad spooked , tftc

Grabbed a heap of this great series this afternoon before retiring to the in laws’ beach house for the night (thanks guys!).

Apologies for the somewhat generic log - need to keep my word count up but want to show appreciation for the COs’ efforts.

Makes a great seat for signing the log. But the eight-legged guardian was a little perturbed when I fumbled around and extracted the container.

Beautiful winter sunny day for a bike riding along rail trail.
TFTC

LeeLee had the day to herself so she decided to grab the bike and make a start on G2Q trail.
This one took a bit longer than it should due to sticky behaviour
TFTC

Very clever cache, Found this afternoon while out for a walk along the trail. Many thanks for the cache, a bit cooler now so that is it for today.

Out on the deadly for a day riding the Trail , finding as many caches as we could, most were easy finds but some took a fair search til they were found
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Grabbed this one on a walk and finished this little section of the G2Q
Similar to one further up the line
TFTC

Out for a walk on Christmas Day, combined with some cache finds - Merry Christmas to me!

After an exciting morning discovering what Santa had left, followed by a filling lunch, it was time to take everyone outside for some fresh air and sunshine. We took our puppy along as well, to initiate her into the ways of a GeoDog. The GeoKids were super helpful today too, making most of the finds.

It was a bit stinky here today. I made it all the way around the GZ before I spotted the cache. If I'd gone the other way it would have taken just a second!

Log signed and all replaced as found.

TFTC!

A bright sunny day has evolved, after threatening early morning showers. Off to get a new towbar for the car (interesting hey) and with 3 or 4 hours to spare decided to uncover some of the Rail Trail caches on our "deadly treadleys"

All good with this one.
TFTC suscoe
TNLN

Out for a Monday morning stroll. Nice easy cache. TFTC

Suscoe headed out this morning to check this cache.
A delightful day for a walk.
The cache is still there and in good condition.
All good today.

Gee, didn't read hint properly..
will come back next time
thanks

Pretty much exactly where you expect. Probably not recommend on a hot summer day. Also, some additional challenge due to nearby muggle lodgings.

TFTC

Sneaky little hide, this one. Much hilarity at the clue. Found by the shortest member of the team!

Nice easy one. TFTC.

I attempted to complete the G2Q series along the BRT in one day shortly after publication, back in January 2014. Starting in Queenscliff I only made it as far as Leopold. Obviously it's taken much longer than that one day - it's several years later and with another attempt today from Geelong to Leopold I still didn't finish it !
With my car in for a service I thought I'd use the time productively and started cycling east from South Geelong. After 15 kilometres (and five hours later) I had to return to the service garage to pick up my car, with my geocaching mission still unaccomplished. 27 caches were found but it was a record day of sorts - a whole 9 DNFs including a streak of 4 DNFs in a row. The day's outcome was as follows:
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Despite some lengthy searches (and the bogans who have vandalized so many of the signs, baseline(s) and benches with unsightly graffiti) it was a great day out in the sunshine. I hadn't been on this trail for a while and had forgotten how enjoyable it is along here.

This T1,5 up above was quite easy. A T5 down in there would have been a different story!
Thanks, suscoe.

Clever name TFTC

Pooh sticks competition? Ummmm....... anyway, I circled once but obviously didn't put my hand far enough in. Found on second go. Great container BTW. TFTC

Woo! Bit of a stench here. Nice to see a different container.
Tftc

I cycled the Bellarine Rail Trail from Geelong to Leopold this morning. The weather was nice, and I enjoyed the ride. Found a fair few of the caches on offer along the way as well. The odd one or two escaped me but I suppose that's only to be expected. Cheers and TFTC

Got it nice easy find. Tftc

Nice easy find, TFTC. Found with esha.17

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Poo. Smelly here

Well its the middle of school holidays so why not pick up the bike and get some Tupperware containers! left Highton at about 10am and hit the G2Q trail and made my way out to leopold where i almost finished suscoe's part of the trail and started on cloudgliders. I also found a few other nearby caches. all up a pretty good day with 20 finds and 2 DNF's. Afterwards I rode out to pt Henry and found a few more caches. All up 40km and 5 hours on a cold windy wet day.

a very strong smell here, was worried about the nearby house but they must know about the cache.

TFTC TNLN SL

An all to familiar smell as I work at a treatment plant. Find this great cache. SL

Wanting some exercise and setting a goal of 25 caches by Shanks Pony saw me back down in Geelong on this trail. I think this trail will be a bit of a go too when I think of having a decent walk outside of Melbourne for a while to come given the number of caches it contains.

I was slightly worried about the proximity of the neighbouring property and lack of obscuring vegetation on my side of the fence but luckily they had done a good job of providing appropriate screening vegetation on their side of the fence when at GZ. Thanks guys!