Animal Facts : Red Belly Black Snake Nairne, South Australia, Australia
By 3LG on 21-Apr-14. Waypoint GC53BDX

Time for this one to go.

This one is being watched and so far no more work has been done, we are waiting for the council to finish their works here before replacing.

This one is currently unavailable due to a clean up/overhaul at GZ.
Thank to brisal5 for the current heads up & update once work is completed

After a long search, I checked with the previous finder. It seems it is missing. Or I need a glasses check. Lol

Good find, TFTC!

On a bit of a roll today. Couldn’t find this one yesterday-today...”palm to forehead” got it. TFTC

We were in Nairne today for look around and a few caches.
This was one of the caches we found. Tftc

Out and about doing some caching with sir_spectre and Rod81w. Grabbing caches along the way to complete some multi's that we had previously started.
TFTC

Out with Getnict and Sir_Spectre for a days caching.

Quick find whilst 1/2 of getnict was taking a toilet break

found it with getnict and rod81w. to cold and wet for snakes today. At least it finally stopped raining by now.

nice place geowife loved the sculptures

Found it TFTC

Love this type of geocache! Tftc

Visiting family in SA- we come here lots-TFTC!

Found on an Easter Extravaganza family tradition race day! TFTC #teamheadbandz

On return from Barossa wine trip. Toilet and drink stop and a stretch on the playground. TFTC.

Easy find

Found with some muggle friends on aan outing. Great hide. Tftc

Nice hide! Was nice and easy to find at night time

Quick and easy find! Tftc!

Spent the day out with the 4WD Club grabbing a few geocaches along the way. TFTC.

Thanks

Visited nearby Strawberry Farm with friends and had delicious strawberry pancake. The little park was easy to access and happy to say found the cache without too much trouble. TFTC

Checked and replaced log sheet today, all good again

Tftc log book need replacing

We were at this park last week with granddaughters and never thought to check for caches. Got it today TFTC

More facts from 3LG - this time about animals. A quick find and sign for me (Ava) before I headed off to the play equipment. Quite a few families enjoying the area late this afternoon. TFTC 3LG P. S. The log sheet is wet!

We have seen a couple of red bellied blacks on our caching adventures this year, but they heard us coming and slithered away long before we got near them. Today we found a carving of one on a rock and not far away this cache. A lovely area for families to enjoy, and there were quite a few here today. We are visiting Mt Barker from Victoria with our grand-daughter, Ava - also a cacher. SL at 4.52pm even though it was wet. #4312 TFTC 3LG

TFTC 3LG.

Found with 2011*turtle. TFTC

Found with vj187. A quick find. TFTC

*Out and about after attending a local event*...

Grabbed this one with Brisal5 as we drove past.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment 3LG...

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped log...

**#8922**

Out in the area with Cows With Guns trying to avoid the drizzle.
TFTC

Out and about in the hills with Debandy picking up the odd cache in between the persistent rain.

Thanks for the cache!

Found this on one of the rare occasions when the area was not busy. Good hide in an interesting park. TFTC

Nice easy find. TFTC. 19/08/2016, 8:51 AM Find #2580

Nice spot

Clever hide.
TNLN TFTC

Great hide, mighty bean dropped

We come from Qld where Red Belly Blacks are quite abundant, we looked at the one that is carved into the stone near by. The cache was found just as easily. SL TFTC

This almost had us all stumped!!!!
Re read everything and soon had cache in hand
Tftc

Cool find

Found it

This cache rocked! Found on the way home from our nieces 1st birthday.

Find # 2777 @ 1745 H

Over in SA for the TDU and once again Mount Barker is our base for the week.
Seeing that it was so hot today it put a change to our plans, but as it cooled down we decided to head over the big road into Nairne and turn some icons into Smileys.

Mr Tyred n Cranky has big issues with snakes and seeing the rock near the waters edge when we pulled up..... well lets just say that even I was a little hesitant to get out until we realised it was not moving.
After a big of a search we soon found the goods.

TFTC 3LG

Find No. 1243. Found with FUF009 at 5.45pm.

Being from Central Victoria we are spending the week in Mount Barker for the Tour Down Under Bicycle Event. As today was a rest day for the riders we went for a drive into Nairne to grab a few caches.

We parked the van and the first thing we saw was a snake on a rock. It looked so real we all had to have a second look before getting out. It didn't move and we realised it was only a statue. Now to locate the cache. This one took a little bit of finding, as we looked all around but it was FUF009 who came up with the goods.

TFTC

Found it with CherryRose. She spotted it as we were about to give up and go for a coffee. Favourite point for driving us nuts. TFTC TNLNSL

Found out with BearyOrganised after treatment at Nairne, about to give up when I gave it a kick great hide . TFTC TNLNSL

A late afternoon getaway for a few caches with Mattycat, started with this one on our way out to the backblocks, quick find for another animal fact series off the ever growing list TFTC 3LG

Needed a cache for my birthday so chose this onr tftc!

In Adelaide for pedal prix and had a few hours to kill before duty calls so off to catch up with some friends and grab a few caches...
Thanks

Easy find

Easy find

Another great find while in the area
Thanks for setting up this cache.

SL

Very clever hide. Well camouflaged. TFTC

Found by geomum with geokids stunkypanda2006 and gnomeo2007...geodad was awestruck. Tftc.

Out and about on sunny day around Nairne. Sneaky hide and worth a favourite. Another in the animal series to log. Tftc

Found with Tammya85

Found while geocaching with geo hubby and friend tftc

Found It!
Bloody PM only caches! Spawn of Satan! Burn down the PM only caches and exterminate anyone who conceives them!
I think this is the third cache I have found in this parking bay...
TFTC anyway

Thanks for the info on red bellies. Neighbour had one in his yard couple of weeks ago oooowa. TFTC

Found by The Boofs TFTC ☺

Found it. TFTC

In Nairne with JJ52 tonight to do her 2000th cache on the Nairne Murals Multi so it was a good opportunity to do some other caches as well

With mojo running hot JJ made a relatively quick find on this one!

It was a nicely cammo'd hide and well located with the interesting sculpture nearby!

TFTC 3LG!

In Nairne to get my 2000th cache with Ismartis and after dinner we grabbed a few more caches before heading home.

Had been to this park earlier in the night but we were on a mission then, but after dinner we decided to come back to grab this one. [^] Found the cache in this lovely park, another familiar 3LG hide.

Thanks for the cache 3LG.

Found it. TFTC

Never saw a real one but the carving is awesome. It's amazing how this is carved out of a bit of granite.

Our thanks to 3LG and clear skies from TeamAstro..

Tftc found with polkys quest

Found with auzzie convict tftc

I've been here before!
Thankfully never seen a red belly black here though [^]
Cheers

Cute!

Found it on the way home from the toy run, with the CO in tow. Neither of us had a pen, and he laughed as I scratched my initials in the log with a piece of bark. But it worked. TFTC 3LG.

Came here before but the muggle count was off the charts.
At 7.45pm on the 3rd day of summer, a much quieter experience.
TFTC. a great cammo.

An appropriate find when snake sightings are beginning for the season
tftc

I had to go to Callington for Toy Run marshals training today, accompanied by Brodie dog as I was in Harry and not on my motorbike.
So I had arranged to pick up Clare007 and go caching for a while afterwards.
By the time I arrived home at about 2am, I had found 12 caches and also found my 6.500th cache

Had to stop and grab this on our way through town. Can't miss out on playing with snakes now, can we[?]

TNLN. SL. TFTC 3LG

How many kids can you fit on top of a geocache??? Well I thought I was going to find out here! Arrived to find that the GZ is an afterschool pickup point for kids at the nearby school. Estimated about 20 kids within metres of where I guessed (and later confirmed) GZ would be. Sat in the car and made a call by which time everyone had been picked up. The now distinctive style of 3LG hide was found easily ...... good co-ords. Hope this one lasts !!!
Ive encountered many Red Belly Black Snakes in the wild .............. but none would have survived long here today with the herd of kids hovering about!!
Thanks 3LG for the hide!!!

Called past in the fading light with just enough time to take a close look at the very impressive Red Belly Black Snake. The nearby cache search was no problem this time with spot-on coordinates, although the nice paintwork on the container did blend in extremely well with the surroundings. Thanks for replacing the cache 3LG, and for the chance to claim another rewarding find!

Coordinates changed from:
S 35° 02.034 E 138° 54.182

Coordinates changed to:
S 35° 02.034 E 138° 54.170

Distance from original: 59.7 feet or 18.2 meters.
Checked today and it seems this one decided to go for a swim, a different style cache container has been placed here, it is in plain sight so observe the area before retrieving to avoid muggle suspicion.

Had a good search around by torchlight before finally resorting to a call to the CO. Mr 3LG confirmed I was looking in the right location, but another search failed to yield results. Back home now, and after reading some of the earlier logs I suspect the cache may be below the current water line (although I did have a feel around in the cold muddy depths while there). Will have to return soon to have another look.... Thanks for the adventure 3LG!

Day out caching with friend nice find cheers

New log placed in cache and if the lids are secured properly this cache would be watertight.

Needs to be made waterproof and the attributes changed or moved.

Found after a day at monarto zoo. Met hillier crew while we were there...TFTC the log is sodden & needs replacing asap

Mr Tardis was in the area today and stopped by to admire the snake. I found the cache a couple of metres away. The log was quite wet, and many of the names were different from what's been logged online. Is it possible there is more than one container here? The one I found is a plastic preform tube (the one with the larger lid, not the small one) with a smaller plastic cache inside. Also the log was quite wet.

Signed the log. Thanks for the cache 3LG.

This was the second visit for me to find this cache as the coordinates are out. Previously, I had rung a recent finder who described a cache that was missing but would have been pretty good coords wise if it was there. Suspect it was a duplicate cache by someone who didn't know where original cache was...
I knew an early finder of the cache who had described its placement in regards to being below the storm waterline so I knew that there had to be 2 caches at some point. Today, came with the earlier finder, confirmed coords were out and that as expected the cache log was wet despite an attempt with 2 containers to keep it dry. Having lived in Nairne and knowing this area well, I believe a rethink might be needed on placement as maintenance will always be excessive during wet wintery months. TFTC.

Found on the first day of our Geelong weekend. The cache was 10 metres out from coords and placed well underneath the storm water line, so the cache was soggy and almost unsignable. Last time Owl was here it was a DNF because it was underwater. Needs to be moved or maintained after every heavy rain.

This makes it #143, TFTC 3LG!

Found yesterday -was out in the open near the water. Placed back where the co-ords seemed to indicate. TFTC ☺

Hooray, finally after 3 aborted attemps due to muggles sitting in their cars right in front of GZ today was the day. Late in the day and raining I thought I'd have a fairly good chance of nabbing it today. Spot on coords had the cache in hand in the first place I looked. TFTC 3LG

Had a DNF here last year after searching in the completely wrong area, now with a few more finds under my belt and a better GPS we made the find rather quickly. TFTC! A nice little park.

Tried to locate this cache a few days ago
Was unable to get close to ground zero due to water after heavy rain
Today we pulled up next to a lovely snake resting on a boulder sun baking ,yes the sun was out
A nice quick find while out caching in the Adelaide hills heading to the Barossa Valley
Took our TB's along for the ride
tftc

We've come across a few of these snakes in our time but thankfully haven't had any really close encounters. Mind you, GeoTM loves snakes and wouldn't care one way or another. We'd definitely treat them with respect, however, because getting bitten isn't on our agenda. TFTC

Very tricky and a little challenging at 8:30pm after kids footy. But very satisfying upon retrieving. TFTC

Needed a day in my calendar and time was running out so I thought I may as well get the closest to home. I had been saving this for just such a day. Looked in the obvious spot. Nope. Looked in all the garden. Nope. Looked in a place I know will be underwater is there is sudden and large rains. Yep. . I hope it doesn't float away in a big rain. Happy it was double sealed though. Thanks 3LG.

Apparently the only good snake is a dead snake. And if you are hiding in the bush then Mike will through rocks at you.
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This cache was found using a Garmin Montana 650t. Waypoints and paperless geocaching downloaded via GSAK 8.

After sorting out a technical issue, it didn't take long to find this one, even though we had tried finding if first BFE style [:o)].
Nice rock - we talked about how it would have been done and the work involved would have required a lot of perseverance and patience .
TNLNSL.
Thanks 3LG.

Took a bit of seeking and dodging muggles but found it when I was just about to go (iPhone ended up being pretty close). A bit of de ja vu with this being the third cache in the location over the last few years. Thanks 3LG.

About the only snake that scares me up close! SL TFTC

Logging as found as beta tested when placed.

Stopped by again today after ascertaining from 3LG that we were to look for a micro.
Found it in the first place we looked this time, a spot discounted previously.
Nice sculpture and park now. First time I came here there was no water and that cache probably drowned when the wetland filled.
This is the 3rd cache I have found in this park, and the last one was about 20m away.
TNLNSL
Thanks