Flora Park Lock, South Australia, Australia
By warrachie on 25-Jan-14. Waypoint GC4XFYH

can't be bothered

With the JLWE activies now drawn to a close it was time to set off for some local caches with Mattycat before heading home tomorrow this was one of them, one of a few found as we explored the Lock township, enjoyed the stroll through the park by torchlight for a easy find
TFTC warrachie

Wandering around the west with Froghoppin, after monster mashing the JLWE thing as Zenior Zombies [|)]

Found your cache!

The flora is certainly thick and scrubby when wandering here at night!

Many thanks for the cache hide and ongoing care and maintenance warrachie .

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All this week...

(Go west) Life is peaceful there.
(Go west) Lots of open air.
(Go west) To find caches new.
(Go west) This is what we'll do.
(Go west) Sun in winter time.
(Go west) We will do just fine.
(Go west) Where the skies are blue.
(Go west) This and more we'll do.
(Go west) Life is peaceful there.
(Go west) Lots of open air.
(Go west) To find caches too.
(Go west) This is what we'll do.
(Go west) together together we'll cache on our way
(Go west) together together you map me the way
(Go west) you cache places new
(Go west) this is what we'll do
(Go west) life is smiley there


(with thanks and apologies to the Village People and Pet Shop Boys - who must have been cat lovers!)

And ending up soon at Kyancutta




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Country, Coffee, Cats, Champagne, Chocolate, and Caching...
Careful caching as always with Jack helping, wherever we go.
It's a dangerous world filled with rusty old mint tins and objects falling from trees
...... but a cache a day still keeps the boredom away

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Most of our caches are logged using the resources of gsak, garmin, and androids, occasionally AI too! (And a little rubber stamp )

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Make sure that Travel Bugs are the Only bugs you share and pass on (Covid cancels caching!)
Keep a safe distance - clean and cache the countryside


It's awesome of all those placing quality caches out and about around our country areas,
in sensible safe places and containers especially! - it keeps our game fun, and interesting

Of course we do appreciate if you actually did read all this extra addition to the log word count! There's a challenge somewhere out there, or so we've been told! You win a virtual smiley for the effort and getting to the end of the log Maybe if I worked out where it is I could do it and go back to normal logs again ! If you find the challenge let me know and perhaps we can put an end to these long logs !!!

[:o)]


The end. For now...


... until next time!


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GCA1DNA - Great Leap Forward ... be there or be backward!
29.2.24 It's gone MEGA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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And don't forget to put the June Long Weekend in your diary for 2024 too... it'll be out of this world

Wandered in through cobbies and bushes, getting to the centre and this cache.
Alas it needs TLC.. tipped water out, logbook soggy, and plenty of cobwebs and spiders inside the cache.
TNLNSL
Thanks

Needs attention. Container had water in it. New to caching dont have supplies to help in the car yet.

With geodog Tonka on a perfect caching weather day
Out doing my 2 favourite things Driving and caching
Very dry and baron. Not much flora
But great spot for a cache ️
TFTC

Visiting from WA using Geocaching as a guide and taking in the sights of the Eyre Peninsula.

A nice stroll to GZ, thanks for the cache.

Found but log too wet to write on so left a rock with my namesake on it tftc

Thought I’d do a detour into Lock to visit some friends. I missed them by a few hours, they were heading west, maybe next time we’ll catch up.
Two years ago I was here and had a DNF, so off I went looking and this time I found it

TFTC warrachie
Keep smiling

With wife on placement we have runaway and grabbing a few caches in the area. we found this cache all good

A good day was had while grabbing these caches
Thanks for placing them

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

Can't say I liked the feel of this park on a damp morning. Some voracious ants too! Thankfully a quick find and I was on my way! TFTC

Found whilst wandering the Eyre Peninsula
Fun series, good co-ords, cool caches
TFTS warrachie

What an amazing nature reserve to stroll throughout aye. My dog tucka and myself loved this one

We were on the road again with ilook4geo and heading west, doing a bit of caching along the way, of course. It was a calm day to start, but ended up with the usual blustery conditions.
This was an easy cache to find and both names were soon added to the log to mark our travel route. Thanks go to warrachie for placing this cache.

Happily travelling along with goingplaces2 and enjoying the countryside as we go. On the lookout for some caches along the way and this was one we found. No problem in finding it. Log was signed, all was replaced. Job done! TFTC.

Tftc Tnln

TFTC. ANOTHER WIN TO SHARON OVER WHERES WOLLY!
Happy caching and safe travels

We went for a walk after dinner and luckily there were a few caches to attract us in certain directions. A quick find in the woods. Just watch those big spiders!!

Thanks to warrachie and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet! [^]

A weekend heading to Port Lincoln picking up caches along the way. TFTC

During our new years break, [@jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T) and I headed to the Eyre Peninsula to travel around the various coastal towns. We started the trip with Jeep trouble, but then continued in our alternative vehicle without 4WD to stick to the main tourist roads where possible. We travelled south-west to Tumby Bay and Port Lincoln via Whyalla, Cowell, Cleve, Arno Bay; west across to Coffin Bay; and then north-west to Streaky Bay and Ceduna via Elliston, and Venus Bay. We then headed back east staying in Kimba via Poochera, Wudinna, Lock, and Darke Peak.

Today, [@jesswrigley](http://coord.info/PRNW59T) and I headed from Streaky Bay to Kimba, primarily driving along the Eyre Highway. Our first stop was a few of the geology stops around Wudinnna, including a hike at Mount Wudinna which was great. After calling through Kyancutta, we decided to take the round about way to Kimba via Lock, Rudall and Darke Peak. A few nice stops, and the Hellbent Hotel at Darke Peak was a highlight. We then spent the late afternoon to evening seeing Kimba's famous sights, and included a few very creative and well constructed geocaches.

We parked outside of this reserve, and made the walk/jog to GZ, following what seemed like one of the main vehicle tracks, and then jogging along the miscellaneous minor tracks towards the desired location. Once at GZ, it was quick to find the replacement container. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. It wasn't the most interesting or enjoyable of flora parks - it seems like just some more scrubland? Thanks warrachie for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.
Note that this geocache was logged with the *Team Warren* Davidwazza/jesswrigley stamp.

A fun week away with Davidwazza, exploring the Eyre peninsula! TFTC!

Found it TFTC. Stinking hot today lol. Cache in good condition

Few ants and flies in park, excellent example of native bush area, tftc

Day 12 of our Eyre Peninsula caravan odyssey with the geo-pup, from Cummins to Darke Peak.

Found tree and rock, replaced container.

TFTC

Although I didn't find this one I enjoyed the walk, smell of the bush and seen some pretty, tiny flowers .

Enjoying a relaxing long weekend going for a cruise, chilling, camping and caches. Life is good.
Keep smiling

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Not today ...........................

Did not find

Zig zagged to gz .
Found a burnt plastic bag and piece of tin under a rock at base of tree .Not sure if this was the cache or not .Now to find our way out of the bush

Found while participating in the 2019 BikeSA Annual Tour. Paths going every which way but none directly to the cache made for an interesting walk.

Thanks for the cache warrachie.

Love these flora reserves. TFTC. VISITING WITH Bike SA

A quick walk in the park on our way through town.

TFTC SL. As they say in the classics... just a walk in the park.

After doing a whole lap of the park looking for a possible alternate entrance I parked back where I stared. A short stroll later I had the cache in hand.

Thanks for the cache warrachie.
Found on 26 Mar 2019 at 4:37 pm.
Find #8552

day 7
leaving Elliston and heading to Whyalla for the night. Slowly heading in the direction of home. Stopping on route to grab some caches if they are bigger than a micro in size. quick find.
My GPS says you could drive to this one, there is a track right to it. There seems in reality to have a fence in the way. walked to this one. good to stretch the legs.

Took the quick walk into this one. TFTC

After an awesome night camping in the Bascombe Well CP with Delta Ducks, we decided to clean up all the caches in Lock find all but 2. We drove around the block just to see if there was a track in, but we couldn't see one. So we parked on one side and jumped the fence, just the other side of the fence we saw an arrow made of rocks and thought we were on a winner. A short stroll later had us at GZ and a quick find was had. TFTC.

Our second DAY IN Pt Lincoln and it was time to focus on caching in Lincoln itself and potential surrounds. It was a cold and grey day interspersed with rain, which was a bit of a downer when compared to the sunshine of the last few days. Despite this we were able to still able to make a good day of it, finding over 50 caches, though it was also a day of quality as well with some higher terrain caches as well. It was an enjoyable day as we were able to tick off some earmarked caches before we finally finished up at around seven.

TFTC

Found It!
A nice little walk here on a sunny afternoon. Nice park!
TFTC

Found and signed on a walk from the caravan park .
This one will require some attention soon as it is very damp.

I wanted to take the direct route to GZ but Mr Beetle wouldn't let me anywhere near wire after yesterday's 'accident' so he parked at the corner and I took the diagonal route to GZ.
Didn't find anything resembling the clue but did find the cache quickly at GZ. Mmmmand m. That container made me feel a craving for a certain type of chocolate!!!!
Cache in great condition but does need a new outer zip lock bag. The one it's in is getting a bit sad. Thanks.

A nice stroll in the park for another smiley. TFTC

Found with Moneydork as we travelled through town today. TFTC

Love the cache container Mmmm

Day 4 of BarnZy and Cravo’s trip from Perth to Adelaide.

Today we travelled from Elliston on the Eyre Peninsula to Whyalla.

We kicked off relatively early, just before sun up and in some intense fog before starting our journey to Whyalla.

We travelled along the Birdseye Highway for the most part of the day, which was a fitting name as we needed an eagle eye to find some of the caches today.

Caching along the highway was good with a great variety of cache containers found, before heading into Lock, which was a very quaint small town, albeit we had little success finding the caches in town.

We moved along the he Cleve Cleaver series which was a great bunch of relatively quick finds, taking just under 2 minutes per cache as we started to get the rhythm of the caches along these parts. Great small power trail which kept us interested with some nice hiding spots.

Continuing along the highway we caches through Cleve, grabbing a few of the nifty letterbox hybrid hides which were most fun, were trying to collect more letterboxes which makes these caches really valuable.

After leaving Cleve we continued along the highway to Cowell, where we enjoyed a nice hot beef roll from the bakery for lunch before continuing up the Lincoln Highway towards Whyalla.

We arrived in Whyalla a little earlier than planned which was good as we had planned to complete the August series trail by torchlight. Before we completed the August series we eyed off a D5 cache Honeymoon Hilton which was an absolutely brilliant cache at a well staged ground zero and a brilliant hide, thankfully we didn’t have to resort to phoning the CO.

We then turned our attention to the August series and loved the quick finds of well setup containers. I thoroughly enjoyed the series.

We then cached around town and managed to pickup the 5/5 Schoolies Challenge, which we had managed to qualify quite some time ago.

We finished up with a great dinner at the camp kitchen at the caravan park we’re staying at.

Great day out and can’t wait to tackle the other Whyalla power trail tomorow.

Day 4 of the Perth to Adelaide trip where we started in Elliston and ended in Whyalla.

Today was about finding as many caches as possible and starting / warming up to the larger power trails that bought is over here.
We completed the cleve clever series with a find every 2 minutes, and the August series with around 2 finds a minute.

The day started with a slight sleep in as the travell today was considerably less all up after the 4th day 2900km travelled.

During the morning we would of done most of it through thick fog yet again for the rest half hour despite a later start to

Anyway we made more tracks to Cleve, Cowell and many more in between.

The day also included B12 getting his 11000th cache on cache “August 11” and a total find tally of 112 caches.

warrachie I found your cache Flora Park thanks for placing this hide for myself and others to find.

Dunsborough is where it’s all at this year check it out at GC7GXQA October 13th + 14th. Hope to see you all there at WA Goes Big 2018.

Quick find after a walk in on a cool summer's day
TFTC

Unreal cheers for that !!

Found with Freddo on a trip to the West Coast. Thanks warrachie

A short stroll in a dry piece of bush. Cache found and logged.

A quick find, interesting area, nice to see area's like this preserved, lots of native birds spotted. TFTHSL

Some very beautiful shrubs through here. TFTC

TFTC nice walk in here, tracks going everywhere.

#1154 Thirty second of thirty five finds on Day 9 of my South Australian geocaching road trip. Nice easy find after a short search. TFTC

TFTC warrachie

TFTC a good walk amid nature

Visiting family in the local area we claimed a few caches with our Nephew (Kellykid), who knows the area very well. Had a great time Together with Family after Christmas family Get together. Found quick and easy. TFTC

A nice find. TFTC

Lots of childhood memories riding bikes through here!

Found on the way home from a weekend away at Streaky with Tweety2.

4707 Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1330. Now on our way to the north for a little warmth out of the wind. Had lunch sitting at the bar of the local after buying something to eat down the street. Went for a drive to near the school just as they were heading back indoors. A very pleasant walk to SL Tnx warrachie

On a Westerly Wandering road trip from Victoria with a focus on earthcaches. I'm also picking up a few other caches on my journey. Found this cache quickly and now I am on my way again. Thanks for placing this cache.

Found China at 10 20 this morning . Mum of Rav81. Came with other muggle son on a work trip to add some smilies in this part of the world. Added some smilies to the cache too. Signed log - all good at GZ

Good easy find

Nice day for a short walk.

Nice walk with younger partner crime

Nice walk with partner in crime for this cache

Took a few circuits around the park to find its entrance. Nice patch of native veg. TFTC warrachie!

Quick find at the end of a long day

Found without co-ordinates while running through the Park. Interesting find and fun

I took a stroll around the town today to find me a few caches
My GPS locked onto this target, the Flora Park
A delightful area tucked away from the hustle and bustle of the main street

And after a pleasant stroll through the mallee, I found me a cache [^]

Work bought us to Elliston and Lock this day and after we finished at Elliston we arrive here and with the session under way i discover there is a cache within a very short distance to me, a quick find was made and later met with the CO and had a good chat with him and other cachers from around this area : ) TFTC

Whoo hooo SILVER nice hide out with geo-nephew TFTC

We are now into Day 11 of our Oz Mega 2014 Event trip. We have been clocking up lots of kilometres and lots of caches (not able to log them until I get home, and can see it is going to be a mammoth job when I do get around to it - oh well, the price of having so much fun now!!)

We cached all day yesterday and into the night. Now here we are in Lock, and we have both hit a brick wall. We grabbed a few zzzz's here in the wee small hours before hitting the road again, still in the dark though. Will definitely return another time though to see what the place looks like in daylight.

Managed to find this cache without too much trouble. Thanks warrachie

Day 11 of my trip to the Oz Mega in Murray Bridge with Mistraluna.

Heading west, sort of, again caching along the way.

Found cache without problems.

Thanks warrachie for the cache.
(578 of 629 for the trip.)

Another FTF for us. A quick visit to this bit of nature in the middle of town. I have never seen a sugar glider anywhere on EP! TFTC TFTH TNLNSL

Coordinates changed from:
S 33° 34.199 E 135° 45.172

Coordinates changed to:
S 33° 34.193 E 135° 45.190

Distance from original: 98.2 feet or 29.9 meters.
Sorry, my dodgy gps wasn't real accurate first time. Checked it with something a little more decent, and came up with the proper coordinates. Hope they're spot on this time!

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