Animal Facts : Cactus Moth Port Wakefield, South Australia, Australia
By 3LG on 14-Jun-14. Waypoint GC57373

Checked while passing, no sign of cache.

After a long search we were unable to find

Gave it a look but came up with nothing. Not saying it isn't there but wasn't prepared to dig any deeper into this thing.

Large area at gz cleared of cactus and new fence installed. CO may need to attend.

A DNF for us today.
There was evidence of recent clearing and installation of a new frenceso we didn't spend long looking. Thanks for the search 3LG.

Another prickly find.
TFTC

hello

TFTC. Found while caching with moroldies.

A quick find while spending a couple of days in Port Wakefield.Dropped off a TB,TFTC

Tftc had no pen

Today headed out solo for a big day of caching around Port Wakefield and a bit of the peninsula for some fishing and then home via Balaklava.
Enjoyed the day out but was knackered when I got home. Some great hides and a lot of manky mint tins.
Got a bit sun burnt. Enjoyed a lovely packed lunch on the peninsula.
All up just over 50 caches found for the day as well as the lab caches In Port Wakefield.
Thanks to all the CO for the hides was a good start to the New Year.
This one took a while to locate but quitters luck kicked in. TFTC LiB

Now staying at Price, today we headed out tackle caches that we missed last year when working at Bowmans and that were just out of reach for us from Snowtown.

TFTC

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Tftc

Quick find here, cache and contents are all good

Today I decided to go for a nice drive along the back country roads just cleaning up the caches along the way, todays travels I needed up from two wells to Owen, balaclava and back via port Wakefield, all in all 48 finds for the morning complete.

Thanks for the cache

TFTC 3LG
Out travelling around with geo hubby Animal62 gathering as many smiley faces as possible on our travels.
Glad we could add this one as well, the log was signed and dated then returned to its hiding spot.

TFTC nice find quick drive by out and about with geo wife LynSteNet

Found it TFTC. We don't do cactus but what the hell about to go when geo hubby said I'll just check over there ..... bingo

Found it...

We soon found this cache once at Ground Zero in its very appropriate setting! We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the cache and for the interesting information on the cache page. Greetings from Zimbabwe

The hunt for caches is drawing us toward the Yorke Peninsula with ilook4geo and there were some caches that we picked up along the way, to represent the various towns and districts that we passsed through on our way.
All good with the container and log. Both names were written on the log and we were on our way again.
Thank you 3LG for adding this cache to the geocaching scene.

Heading out on our way to the Yorke Peninsula with goingplaces2. Picking up some caches along the way. It was a good day and successful. This was one of the caches we found. TFTC.

What a hot weather today
Myself enjoyed
Found it
Thanks for the cache.

OUCH.....stabbed by the cactus as I retrieved this cache (Sal had already found this one). Stamped the log "Fabulous Randoms"

Container was fine, log was dry.

A very average day weather wise, but a great day with our secret squirrel friend who jetted in....

The lovely Feathertop joined TheDame and I on a short run out North. Our focus was to collect the caches that we usually 'fly past' but say "we'll grab those next time" - well today was that day, and a handful of great caches were found.

Lots of laughter and fun was had.

Thanks so much for placing this cache 3LG! [^]

A fun girls day out with GoodLook and Feathertop exploring this wonderful state we live in.

I was part of 'fabulous randoms'.

Thankyou for the geocache.

As this is a generic log comments relevant to this cache will be placed at the end. On a caching trip with Dty73 & Tankengine to Yorke Peninsula. Team signed as DTY. Thank you all the cache owners who have put so much effort in placing and maintaining these caches. Heading back home and doing a few caches on the way. Big sisal plants! Even bigger thorns! Quick find. Kutgw

We have a small team travelling to The Yorke Peninsula from Canberra. It was decided by the group before we left that our team name would be DTY, although I act like the boss, I rarely am and so the initials actually stand for - dty73, Tankengine & Youban.

Today was the last day of our caching holiday and so we headed from the Yorke Peninsula this morning back to Mildura for the night, before heading to Canberra the next day.

The cache was quick to find, however there was no TB here? We were very please that unlike many BBB hides we have come across, this one didn’t have us loosing any blood for it. Tftc 3LG!!!

Found with dty73 and youban on the way home from the Yorke Peninsula. Log signed as DTY (dty73 Tankengine youban). Thanks 3lg

i do like a cache that is a BBB blocker. quick find.

Replaced container, it's under old container for extra protection

Water in container so replaced the zip lock bag as it too was damp. Will need new lid very soon. TFTC

Yet another puzzled puzzler's Tuesday caching expedition. Today's crew of brisal5, Mrs. SA Sewer Rats and Doctor Owl set sail north again to where we were caching DNF's recently. Whilst doing that two weeks ago we rectified three DNF'S but added another three to the list. Although we made a lot of finds I managed to add another four to my DNF list! No matter we had a lot of laughs and I added a few unloved caches to my list along the way. [:o)]
No moths, but plenty of cactus. I am glad I found the cache today. In a few more years it will be a BBB. [:o)]

**Thanks 3LG for this cache. **

Find # 6171
Day 5
With the big trail finished we headed north to Moonta so I could grab the Virtual. From there our plans were to hit the Letterbox series and to grab some others around the traps while heading to Tarlee. With only 66 grabs today it felt more like holiday time with some great caches mixed in.

Found with sharkiefan

A Big week was planned to travel around South Australia, staying in Minlaton, Tarlee and Adelaide. We cache along a number of Trails, managed to grab a few off the beaten track, some well known caches and the odd one that
came up on the map as we were travelling around.

It ended up being a massive week of 2960 odd kilometers travelled, with day find counts of 25, 256, 361, 318, 66, 205, 104 and 76 (yep thats 1411 for the 8 days)
1062 micro, 238 small, 60 Regular, 45 large, 3 Virtual and 3 Other.


TFTC 3LG

Found with FUF009.
Today we left the Peninsula and headed to Tarlee.
We visited many small towns along the way and the change of scenery was refreshing.
Initially the plan today was to finish off the Gone Fishn' series but we did that yesterday, so the plans opened up to branch out to Moonta so FUF009 could nab the virtual (I had already done it).
The only real goal was the Mail Run Letterbox series and the A seat for Janet virtual.
All the other caches were lovely to be able to find in our leisure.
Today was my favorite day so far. 65 caches found and nice to be able to take the side roads and dirt tracks.
South Australia is pretty neat!
Tftc

Oh no, I thought, not agave plants again! But all was good with easily visible container. Tftc and the information.

A nice easy find while enjoying some time off work. TFTC

Day 2 of our girl's adventure and Gral4 and I did a spin around town collecting caches before heading into the wild and retackling yesterdays DNF, some 4WD caches and exploring the backroads for some planetary pursuit caching.

Another interesting day, we encountered mangroves and slippery mud, saw kangaroos, a rabbit, a dead cat [)], a UFO lauchpad [?], an old homestead, a grandprix track, a few trains and big cactus plants amongst other things.

Gral4 did some great 4WDing which meant we could get to some places my Toyota Corolla can only dream about I dropped lots of TB's on the way but we also picked up another 4.

Weary and hungry we ended up at Cookies at Two Wells for dinner and enjoyed a very tasty sweet and sour chicken dish to complete the fun weekend.

Gral4 made a quick find here and got pricked
I left a TB.

TFTC 3LG

Found 2 April 2018

Day 2 of our adventures. This was much more adventurous than day 1. We did a lot of 4x4 driving, up tracks that hadn't seen a vehicle for ages, NEARLY conquered mangrove mud without ending up in it, saw two kangaroos and two sleepy lizards, three trains went past just after we went across the crossings, and we had lots of fun. It was good to get the 4x4 out and use it for what it is designed for, although muggle hubby might not be happy with the layer of missing duco. I have never been confident to use the 4x4 like this, there will be no stopping me now.

Found it then got stabbed twice trying to retrieve it.

Out on a planet run today.
Looking for points and dirt roads.
Had a great day tracking down caches.

Veni. Vidi. Vici. Scripsi.
Oh 3LG why do you hide BBB caches under the thinly veiled disguise of a name that we all know. Previous experience with BBB caches have left me with torn clothes and bloodied body. Thankfully today the cache was quickly found and no blood drawn nor clothes torn. Phew. Extracted the log, signed and replaced.
Gratias pro cache 3LG

After a short stop in Port Wakefield we headed off towards the Clare Valley and found ourselves heading towards this cache. Over the years we've found a number of the Animal Facts caches and have enjoyed the many interesting hides.

Having read the cache information provided and being familiar with the cactus? - dont know whether Agave are technically classified as cactii - that grow in the area we we in two minds about looking for this one. However stop we did and Mrs Y'stassie surprised herself by walking straight to it. A combination of accurate coordinates and avoiding the spines.

Container and contents were in good condition.

Thanks for this cache and the information about the cactus moth and its introduction to northern Australia 3LG. What a pity the cactus moth lavae dont appear to be in this part of Australia and if they are then they dont appear to eat Agave.

Geopup and I are happy now. We found it! no trackable in it. SLTNLN TYFTC. Appreciate the adventure and the information!

A quick trip up to see friends in Halbury for the New year so on the way back with muggle wife in the car it was a quick stop and easy find so as not to keep her who must be obeyed happy. As we did not have any plans to seek caches we did not have our stamp with us. In any case we had to use the old type scribe to make our mark. The last entry was coincidentally our partner, the rats. TFTC 3LG.

On our way home from the yorkes.
We stopped by to pick up this animal facts.
There was plenty of cactus but no moths.
There was a cache guardian nearby, A shingleback lizard.Tftc

I was on the road to Port Wakefield before heading back to Clare later.
Lots of roadside and station side stops.
Another easy grab
Thanks 3LG

TFTC. SL Thanks for the facts.

Found it.

High winds, snakes and hay fever. Perfect day for caching. TFTC

Dropped off TB

found it with troyyugal

Today we travelled to Port Wakefield using Geocaching as a guide and picking up a few caches on the way with Roostaman and this was one of them. An easy find at GZ.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this series for our enjoyment.

**# 17950** Found on the SA outback leg of our 2017 escape trip.
A fine Spring day for a drive to Port Wakefield with Tassie Trekkers.
Not many muggles around today, and mostly good quick finds.
Thanks for the cache 3LG,
***Roostaman***

Easy as fuk

Day 2 of our lovely adventure with Oohyeh, over 300 today, luckily the weather gods stayed good to us. Now time for a rest, and some food, maybe a bundy or 2 . tftc sl tnln.

Day 2 of attacking the power trails with Mr Jackylegs. We managed the OTD april series, the letterbox series, the PSA series and made a good start on the gone fishing caches. Most caches were found quickly with the exception of the gone fishing caches where it appears rodents have been eating them or they just weren't there.We replaced and repaired caches as we went along but a lot of the hints are in correct. Thanks to all the CO,S for placing the caches.

Was on my way to Moonta for the weekend and I decided to stop off and get a couple of caches on my way. [^] Had some lunch at Port Wakefield then made the short detour as there was a puzzle cache that I wanted to find as well as a couple of others along this road.
Saw the horrible prickle bushes and was very pleased the cache was next to and not in them.
The lid of the cache has started splitting in a few places but the contents were all OK.
Thanks for the cache 3LG.

Quick and easy find by geojuniors!
First find for the school holidays.
Tftc!

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Believe there's a trackable here

Found on our way home from Kadina camping over the Easter long weekend SL TNLN TFTC

Last one before heading back to meet the others for dinner tonight. I was on the wrong side at first but once I changed tack, I spotted the stash at 17:35 and was on my way.

TNLNSL. Thanks 3LG.

A feeling of dread as we pulled up but it wasn't as bad as we thought. TNLNSL TFTC

Oops meant to stop at this one but forgot to load it into the GeoMobile GPS and only realised when I had already passed it and with no time to turn around will leave it for another time.

Tftc on a cold arvo...

A bit of interesting history - but either the moths have died out or they don't eat Agave Cactus .
TNLNSL.
Thanks for one more 3LG.

We decided to head up Port Wakefield way this weekend, so stopped in for caches along the way. Great relaxing weekend with a very poor geocaching success rate. Luckily this is one we did get, thankyou

Spent the day out with honeysucker and locus cache enjoying the sunshine, grabbing some caches and doing maintenance on the APM and PSA series out north. TFTC.

An impromptu dash to South Australia was needed so I could say my goodbyes to my poppy, and I stayed a couple nights with my best friend KBKL. After poppy's service was sorted, we decided a few caches were in order.

Out for a drive to Port Wakefield and decided to grab a couple caches along the route. No issues finding this one, signed and replaced.

Thanks for the cache 3LG [^]

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Another great day's caching with fellow Geelong cachers Suscoe, during our time in SA. We explored the area to the north east of Pt Wakefield. The weather was kind, the scenery amazing and a variety of caches dotted the landscape; including trads, puzzles and multis. Along the way we had the chance to learn quirky facts about animals, interesting detail and stories from the past as we found the caches.

Our thanks to 3LG for placing this cache.
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I took the long way to get this cache on the way home after staying at Wallaroo for the weekend. Found it nice and easy. Phew... I hate cactuses.

Thanks 3LG for the cache

Well a pleasant Sunday drive for Suscoe took place today in the very good company of Phetlern.
We headed off bright and early with a mild start, temperature wise.
It was a cloudy day again and there was some distant rain on the horizon but that kept its distance from us and so the day was generally fine. There were times where the breeze and clouds conspired to make things cool.
Our point of departure was Port Wakefield and that was also our final destination. In between we headed to the areas around Bowmans, Balaklava, Watchman, Halbury, Erith and Avon. We took in a variety of traditionals, multi’s and puzzles and we found many of the caches that we stopped at. There were a few that seemed elusive and perhaps need some owner TLC.
We discovered a good bit of history of this region and we also admired the countryside which was looking stunning with early growth of the grain crops looking beautifully green and the occasional sheep and cattle looked happy in the grassy paddocks.
Unfortunately Mrs. S ended up with a small piece of tree embedded in her head which required a detour to the nearby hospital to have it removed. Fortunately this didn’t slow the finds down for too long.
Our thanks to 3LG for placing this cache here.

Not another one I said to stavros08 driving up to our second Agar plantation 3LG was kind to us at the last one and couldn't be as cruel as BBB, and once again I was right. Found with stavros08 on a geo-trip to Balaklava to do a couple of Power Trails. Thanks for the cache 3LG.

Arrived at GZ again with trepidation but located the cache quickly with Ferret52. Thanks for the interesting facts and the cache.

""Sneaky Squeaky" Woz ere" A quick but enjoyable find. From Me To You From SQ72 T.F.T.C




sorry for the late log

Had been meaning to locate this cache for sometime. Today was out with CO and Sneaky Squeaky so no excuse as driving by. A quick find TFTC

Found. TNLN. cheers
Mark

What an incredible thing that such a small creature solved a huge problem. Thanks for the cache.

Heading to the Mid North with CPwanderer & Clare007 for a full day caching...
This was a nice quick find. Dropped a TB. Thanks 3LG

Caching around the areas of Blyth, Clare and Port Wakefield with CPWanderer & hevwalker12.
A quick find near some quite impressive bitey plant, thanks for the cache 3LG

Found by The Boofs TFTC ☺

Nice easy drive by with van in tow
Was happy to find cache in a safe hide
Tftc

Day 3 of our journey already, today we are heading from Clare to the Yorke peninsula. Again lots of caches on the way and this was one of them. Thanks for putting them all out there cachers of South Australia!
TFTC Wilbert67

Thank goodness we didn't have to dive in. TFTC

Found at 09:31. First find for the year, with Shonky, SXC, TWDG and Waldron
Thanks 3LG

Found on a mid-north caching run with Uni & Medusa, Southern Cross Caching, Team Walrdron and TWDG. Thanks for the cache, first find for 2016...

Found on a New Year's trip up North with The White Dog Gang, Team Waldron, Uni & Medusa and shonkylogic. We had a fantastic time finding a lot of great caches along the way. While the weather was hot the company was great and we had fun times. All in all 150 finds and six DNFs for me over the two days.

TFTC and sorry about the generic log,
Cheers and Happy Hunting
Southern Cross Caching

A small evening diversion in the port Wakefield area after getting accommodation and dinner sorted. Some interesting facts about the Cactus Moth.

Thanks for the cache 3LG.

We have returned from Canada to discover a few more Australian caches! What a great way to explore the Land Down Under" ...


Thanks for the fun 3LG!

5058 Found by baby&Mrs gopher at 1220. An early start from Coobowie on our way to Murray Bridge. Very glad it wasn't a BBB. SL Tnx 3LG

TFTC

Found whilst exploring the area
Cool spot, great cache
TFTC 3LG

Looked for moths and found the cache. TFTC

No problems with finding this one.

Good hide, thanks

Easy find on way past

Thanks for cache -

I was wondering just where on earth the cache was until I got over my bout of blindness.

Our 2ns day at the Balaclava Caravan Park. We headed over Port Wakefield & returned home by a Nova. This was a great tiki tour of the country side.
This will stop another BBB from being here
Thanks for placing this cache 3LG

After a day inspecting potential entertainment venues on the YP,
couldn't drive home without finding a few caches....
so took the "scenic" route (mostly in the dark!)
Imagining a giant moth with prickles all over, glad the cache wasn't camoed like that!
tftc 3LG

Last cache of the night, a quick find thankfully because I was cactus! SL TFTC