Ned Guards The Pub Main Lead, Victoria, Australia
By chooknchunk on 07-Sep-14. Waypoint GC5EQZG

TYFTC quick find

Found it

Nice quick find!! TFTC!!

Would of been an interesting place back in the day. Tftc

Another ye olde pub must of been great to hang out there back in the day cheers KB

Not quite sure what Ned had resting on his knees, but we all know it was probably wise not to tangle with Ned back in the day. Good magnets for these little boxes eh !

The burnt tree felling along Main Lead Road is now complete. Road is now open to public traffic although speed restrictions still apply. All good to re-enable the cache again.

Last day of our trip, and with the family catching a few extra zzzzzzzs I snuck out for one last cache. Picked up a few adventure labs an oldie and a few trads that will help with a few challenges im working on.Cache was found quickly log signed and safely returned to its rightful place for the next finder.Off to the next I go before returning to Brisbane.A big thanks to the cache owner for making this cs he available for fellow cachers to find.Cheers.

Important Notice:While the major fire front has been suppressed, there is still fire activity in the area in the form of smouldering stumps and trees. Local agencies are still attending to hot spots, falling trees and road damage, and may be doing so for the next few weeks. Many roads are still closed or are open for local resident access only.PLEASE DO NOT ATTEMPT TO FIND ANY CACHE THAT HAS BEEN DISABLED DUE TO THE BUSHFIRES, regardless of whether you think it is safe or not. Any 'Found It' logs while this cache is disabled for this reason will be subsequently deleted.We will check out each location and arrange re-enabling of caches as access and safety allows.Thank you for your understanding.Jo and Glen (chooknchunk)

This cache is an an area subject to fire fighting operations (22-23 Feb) and may have been impacted by the fire. It has been disabled until it is safe for the CO is able to check the current condition of the cache.

I was heading to Beaufort for the Goodbye 2023 celebration event and arrived with enough time to do some caching first. Nice quick find in the first place I looked. Ned looks good!My thanks to chooknchunk for the cache.

Good one! Cheers

Good hide! Thank you

This cache wasn't where we originally expected to find it but it didn't with the hint it didn't take long to find it. Ned was great. Thanks to chooknchunk for the cache.

*Found on the 15 Oct 2023 @ 2:57pm.**Cache find # 15169.*After a great weekend around the Mount Cole area, it was now time to head for home, but seeing that I was passing right by this one, I had to stop for a look.Once at GZ the cache was found quickly and the log was signed.**Thanks to chooknchunk for keeping the game going by placing this cache.**

Tricky

Found by The Empire + HWe had been yearning for a break from the daily grind, and the prospect of heading into the bush was like a breath of fresh air. The cityscape gradually faded into the rearview mirror as the road stretched endlessly before us. We rolled down the windows, allowing the sweet scent of blooming eucalyptus trees to fill the car. As we approached Ballarat, the landscape began to change. Rolling hills dotted with wildflowers started to emerge, and the colors of spring painted the world in shades of green and gold. A quick find here as we tipped our hats to Ned, thanks for the cache chooknchunk.- M

Well guarded Ned! Tftc

On our way to Ararat with LetThemEatCache and Kristyadventures, had just finished the Music Gully wherigos and couldn't miss this one. Nice to stop here for a few photos too. Signed CLARK for all of us. Thanks!

**The Great Victorian Cache Crawl 2023, Day 1**

Off today caching our way to Ararat in preparation for the cache crawl starting line at midnight. Riding shotgun in the geowagon were KristysAdventures along with ConnieandRick.

On our way to Musical Gully, we spied Ned having a rest. KA tried to snap a shot as I flew past, but that was before we realised there was a cache here!

Attached is a photo of us looking chuffed because we completed the Musical Gully series with no DNFs, AND we found this one too. Yay us!

Thanks chooknchunk for this fun hide. Logged as CLARK for our group. TNLNSL. Cache on

Letthemeatcache was on a mission to start the Musical Gully series and was focussed on the drive when I spotted Mr Ned on the drive by and took a blurry pic.

Luckily Letthemeatcache was clever enough to check later and lo and behold, there's cache here!

Thanks chooknchunk for the cache. it was nice to go closer to admire the craftsmanship of the wood all in once piece!

A glorious day to set off to Beaufort for the TDOC23 - Cachemas Lunch In Beaufort. Up early to do some caching before lunchtime. Sol de lune and I had agreed on some target caches so that is where we headed. After completing Musical Gully series, we targeted some more caches in and South of Beaufort. A nice find, disappointed Ned wasn't up for a chat.
Thanks for placing this cache chooknchunk

Still had some time to fill in before the todays event so set about a few more in the area, and as drove right past this one, of course we stopped. No issue with the find and our names were soon in the log. Couple of photo's snapped and all was good.

Thanks for another one chooknchunk...

Heading to Halls Gap for the Kings Birthday Long weekend we stopped in Beaufort to find recently solved Wherigo caches. After a nice catch up with the local cache owner we headed to Musical Gully. We found this cache on the way. TFTC

Found it out and about with Annabella02,tftc

Day out caching , picked up on our way past. Thanks for the history here. TFTC

Found it thank you!

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Catching up with my logging after a big road trip to Victoria and Jindabyne.
Found with Annabelle,Rozway and Kazzacosmo. All found on the 4.4.23

Poor Ned

Third full day in Ballarat and with the kids still asleep, we continued our holiday traditions. Huntress was off on a 15 kilometre run today, while I went off geocaching. This morning it was targeting the Musical WhereIGo series, and some others in the Pyrenees LGA.

Huntress and myself enjoyed solving all the musical questions and I ensured I had my tunes on full for the hunting. Mostly 80s & 90s Rock, Grunge and some Classic Rock.

Some great letterboxes along this road made the drive interesting.

Thanks for the cache Chook n Chunk
Hunter

29,352. Found as part of the Ballarat Christmas Invasion 2022 group of albida33, Kittykatch, Joolay, Sol de Lune. smittengranny and myself (signing as BCI-22) during our journey south for an epic caching run around the Ballarat and Rutherglen regions between Christmas and New Years Eve 2022.

With a main aim of the Ballarat GeoTour, the Rutherglen Easter Series, Brolga Bill's Bike Trail (BBBT), and Brolga Bill's Puzzles (BBP), a group of us headed down from Canberra/Goulburn. What a great day it was driving around the Ballarat region. A Beautiful City. The next cache on our list. Quick find once at GZ. Signed the log, replaced the cache as found, them continued on to the next cache on our list.

Thanks chooknchunk !!

Ballarat and Rutherglen Christmas 2022 Trip. Day 3. Yesterday was a full day completing the Ballarat Geo Tour caches. Today Fitzy_1965, Smitten Granny, Kitty Katch, Joolay and albida33 jumped in one car and headed a bit further afield to do the Christmas tree puzzle series and a few older caches well to the north of Ballarat. Next on the agenda was getting to the challenge Caches that could be driven to a bit south of town. The final activity of the caching day was some of the LAB caches around town. At then end of the day we met up for a great dinner before retiring for a well earned night.

As we headed from old cache to old cache we stopped for a cache or two and a bite of food for lunch.

Thanks for the cache chooknchunk

39575.38 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & July 2017 Safe Travels A#363

**Albida**

Found on a caching trip to Victoria with a group of Canberra cachers (Joolay, albida33, fitzy_1963, Smittengranny). Signed as Ballarat Christmas Invasion 2022 (BCI22). Cool mail box guard down the road

Thanks for the hide chooknchunk

Quick find

Ballarat time. Been planning to come down this way for ages. Today Kittykatch and I were out and about with Albida, Smittengranny and Fitzy_1965 to explore the area. Signed as BCI-22 short for Ballarat Christmas Invaders 2022

Thanks for getting me out and about chooknchunk

A much cooler day today with scattered showers while travelling with Albida33, Fitzy_1965, Joolay and Kittykatch. First up we attacked the presolved Christmas Series then headed north for some older caches before returning south for the challenge caches and whatever else might pop up.

Thanks for the company to my geobuddies and the caches to all COs. Logs were signed as BCI 22 as it stands for Ballarat Christmas Invasion.

Yftc

Found good shot of Ned TFTC

Found tftc

Found with O319. TFTC

Found with SJG66 as we toured Western Victoria. TFTC

Nice job

Found it quickly today, thanks for the Cache

Found on our Sunday drive TFTC

Shortly after turning from Musical Gully Road heading twds Beaufort Ned Kelly was quickly amongst us ready to serve and protect.
Once we established a friendly contact we were able to alight from our means of transportation to make contact with Ned and investigate his fine craftmanship.
We were given permission to explore and communicate further , although we had to use mind psychology to achieve it.
We soon found the cache thx to co-ords and the hint. We found the road from Elmhurst to Beaufort quite enjoyable and soon were envious of those living along it.
Thx ChooknChunk. From JJHHXX. Nervous nineties now. Find 94

I decided to do a road trip along the Great Ocean Road this week. It’s been a long time since I travelled along this area and it was certainly before I was into caching! As the week nears an end it was time to head back, taking the long way home via a day in Beaufort and some events in Ballarat tomorrow.

This is a piece of art and almost had me fooled for the cache location before realising I was not where the GPS suggested I should be. Well played!l

Thanks chooknchunk for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to find.

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Found it although not where I was expecting it. Good coords got me there. Tftc. Greetings from Adelaide

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

LNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - Chook n Chunk [^]

Quick easy find on our weekend exploring Mt Cole tftc

Quick easy Find! Obligatory photo with ned

Met Ned then found the cache then wen to the pub to celebrate but it was without beers. TFTC.

On way to home Melbourne. Stopped this area and others. I had a great time finding your cache chooknchunk, thank you so much for placing it.

Last one for the day. Ned Kelly looking good.

Nice easy find. In perfect condition. Love all the old history around here

found

Very neat and its a wonder its still here, fav from me. TFTC

Very clever wood like as Ned Kelly but top steel. Thank you for show me

Found it

We are staying in Avoca to clear out our shop so that we can sell it and buy and fit out a van to travel around Australia as Digital Grey Nomads. As it was raining, we couldn't pack a trailer, so we decided to head around the area and grab some caches. We headed towards Ballarat thinking the Geotour meetup was today. We made the most of it, though, when we had arrived at the Rotunda and realised it was tomorrow. We were on our way to Music Gully and couldn't resist a cache that includes the name of Australia's most famous cop killer. Thank you for this cache chooknchunk.

TFTC. Found with Shumba7. Magnetic, what can I say, I do like a magnetic hide.

TFTC chooknchunk, we drove past this one and had to turn around to get it. I said it must be in the railing.. so off we take a wander after parking the car off the road. Then this weird lady drives past and slows down, we thought she was going to moan at us for parking on the side of the road... but she was lost or lost her marbles!! She asked for directions to Bendigo because her phone had died and he gps etc.. but before Algae could finish giving her directions and mentioning she should head towards Ballarat she drove off. a thank you would have been nice. I wonder if she made it to Bendigo or ended up in Gippsland

Nicely disguised. Easy to find when following gps.

Found it

Hard to find

Found

New logbook and cache maintenance performed today.

Yes!!! Found it before the kids!!! Again

great area, but logbook and bag are full and damaged. tftc

Nice quick find, I had to be quick as the road was very busy

Fingers have been itching to do more caching, so this one found in a trip to the supermarket. Log still in good nick, but the zip lock bag protecting it could probably do with replacement.

Very cool artwork, Nedwork and pubwork in this area. We could not quite find out what the 8,000 Pound reward was for as the sign is fading away. It never got updated to Dollars.

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Quick find by the geokids
TFTC:)

Found with AuntieKatie (BertieBeetles) and The Pandas. Tftc

Oh we have had a fun day out caching today. We had the smallest of The Friendly Fords with us and newcomers The Pandas learning the ropes. Cold, misty, rainy, muddy. What more could 5 kids 5-13yrs ask for?The first of 17 finds for the day and we found Ned guarding a groovy pair of yellow sunnies.... Cache soon in hand after a short walk and it was one of the newbie Pandas who made their first discovery.!! Thanks ChooknChunk for another great day!! And for the cache.

Hunting caches around Beaufort today, specifically the music wherein series and I was passing this one so pulled up for the hunt. Saw good old Ned keeping a watchful eye over the area - and had the cache in hand quickly. Thanks to chooknchunk for this one

Always love driving past Ned. great to find a cache here

TFTC

Re-enabling now the Victorian Covid19 restrictions say we can "participate in some recreational activities, adhering to the rules". Please use common sense, maintain social distancing, attend to hand hygiene and stay safe.

Temporarily disabling this cache due to the Corona Virus.
Geocaching is not "essential travel".
It puts others at risk when you travel unnecessarily, no matter how isolated a cache may be.
Please stay at home.

Making the journey home after a shortened AGP F1, grabbing caches as I go. TFTC

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

I saw Ned first
Hard to miss !!
But no hold ups,
and I was soon at GZ,
for a quick cache find

And a quick getaway too !! [^]

TFTC

Time to head home and find more caches along the way. Trigger_Fish has a plan in his head, I'm along for the comic relief.

An easy find, thanks chooknchunk.

Nice to see Ned

TFTH
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Found

This was a nice little spot that we wouldn't have seen if not for this cache. Saw some old pub signs from the heyday. Back on the road and ready for another trail today. TFTC

TFTC

10:38 am #8921
First one for the day. A quick easy find as Ned watched on.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache, chooknchunk

Hi ned, where is the pub ?

Thanks chooknchunk for Ned Guards The Pub

#4212

My first day of a three day road trip through Western Victoria to grab a few caches. After a long drive out to Carlisle River to tick off a target for the challenge to find a cache in each page of the Victorian Country Road Atlas I headed towards Ballarat to try some challenge caches followed by the Xmas Down Under puzzle series. After that it was on towards Beaufort and I had time enough to the nearby Camp Hill series before coincidentally meeting the CO team for dinner at the local pub. Last few here as I was running out of time but fortunately a quick find. Took nothing. left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the cache chooknchunk.

Our last find for the day.
Clever name for this one.
TFTC Chooknchunk

A quick find.

Found on another epic caching loop with H423L which included the St Arnaud mega and many other magnificent Australian locations.

Thanks chooknchunk and clear skies from TeamAstro. ️ Cache the planet!

Ned was standing proudly protecting the old pub. I always love seeing Ned. TFTC

Out after the mega event. Day 87 of our trip. Caching along the way. A total of 20 for the day and 2527 for the trip. TFTC

Found while touring through the area. Tftc tnln. Love the plant diversity here.

Heading out to Beaufort for work and having not been through here before what better thing to do than pick from some of the many caches available.

My family is from an old mining town so it's interesting to see what survives in a town once the rush is over. Thanks for the cache chooknchunk.

another stop another find..thks for the fun

Found on our way to hopefully finding kangaroos
Thanks for the cache
Buttons.

D.B.U.

Cheers guys quick stop signed log