ESG - Western Swamp Tortoise Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia
By Jacala-2010 on 25-Oct-14. Waypoint GC5FCZP

Tftc

Not sure about jumping the fence here, seems at odds with the purpose of protection. Still, previous logs indicated it was required so over we went, found and signed

Not able to climb fence so DNF

I could find it

Enjoying a short a trip to W.A. and surrounding areas with tmann421
Saw lots of sites and enjoyed the finds.
Thanks to the cache owners for the efforts involved in their hides.
Signed log tm/ww /NZ

Very nice find with woolwood9 today.
We enjoyed the drive / walk around the area.
SL *tm/ww NZ*
Thank you for putting this cache out for us to visit!

As she is younger, Schnappy96 jumped the fence while I read the clues, an easy find TFTC

Was unsure about jumping the fence but it was up to me as ol' Geogypsy read through the logs! Tfth

Day 1 of IGD weekend - happy to make an early start. Great the weather has held off to allow us to go hard to collect some numbers today. Thanks to the COs for contributing to a great weekend. Hoping we can help in beating the international record tomorrow for IGD.

On the way to Chittering for the day, getting ready for the IGD weekend with BJA3 n tow.

Quick find at the obvious pile of suspicious rocks , TFTC and bringing us to this area Jacala-2010, another spot we didn't know existed, awesome!

Out with Team Barritts heading for Chittering.

Great hide here, Tftc!

Out and about in Chittering, Bindoon and Toodyay today knocking off a few caches.

Didn’t even know this spot existed. All was well with this cache. Cheers Jacala-2010!

Great hide, had no idea this was even here

Found it

Fantastic location and easy find
Tftc

Great location and we love these easy finds

Jump the fence and was an easy find

Out in the Swan Valley today picking up a few labs and knocking off some Wonders of the World targets to try and garner a couple of souvenirs.

A quick find here after jumping the fence, made better work of it on the 2nd go

Jacala-2010 I found your cache at 10:07am, this was the 1st of 19 finds for me today and brings my total find count to 6186. The cache was in good order and I replaced it as found.

Wasnt sure if I was allowed to jump the fence here..but hey...if no one saw me...did it really happen haha. Nice quick find. TFTC

TFTC nice Hide

Easy find here. Nice spot. Cache and log in top condition. TFTC

Lots of cars whizzing by. Made a quick find once we jumped the gate. Thanks Jacala-2010

Hi there Jacala-2010. While out on the road today I found this cache at 09:16AM after a short search - and the container and log are in good condition. TN, LN, SL. Thanks to Jacala-2010 for this cache - our find 8459 and the 3rd of 57 finds for the day.

FieldNotes:

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Had to take the car out to Bullsbrook today for a service so took the opportunity to pick up a few roadside caches on the way back Good chance to clear up a few stray caches on the map... and this was one that I stopped at today. Pulled off the road at the gate and then hopped over the fence to GZ. Made an immediate find once there Spent a few minutes learning about these little tortoises from the handy info card in the cache. Great idea! Took a while to get the car turned around and back out onto GNH but no problems with the cache itself - a nice easy find TFTC

Interesting reading on the signs

Is there more than one short necked tortoise in WA? Found the remains of one near another cache in Northam, appeared to be as a result of predation by fox. My daughter has a pet eastern long neck tortoise and until you have lived with one you can't appreciate the beauty and intellect of these animals. Native wildlife needs our protection. TFTC

Our daughter did a school assignment on the WST many years ago so they are something we were familiar with.
A pleasant day in Ellenbrook and surrounds hunting down some of the newly released caches.
TFTC Jacala-2010 this is find # 6530 for us.

This was a great find thank you for the info very interesting read for the kids too.

Merry Christmas. I stopped on my way to my sister’s farm. Thanks.

Wouldn’t say it’s a terrain of 1 if you have to jump the fence!
TFTC

Found on our home with bound trip to Geraldton drop travel bug

Thanks to great organisation by PP2 & a Swift round of golf by PP1 we set off on our journey to Geraldton a lot earlier than I expected....yeah!
We were fascinated with the information about the Swamp Tortoise so thanks for that as well as the cache Jacala-2010

2nd for the day thank you bittgirls

Quick find TFTH

Quick find this avo TFTC

quick round trip up north
tftc sl tnln

Found without too much trouble TFTC

Not sure that you should have to jump the fence to find a cache....plus I not that nimble!
So recording this DNF

Had to jump the fence

Same could not write it down had to go across the high way same with kaydebarry05

Fantastic!! Thank you for the info on these gorgeous little turtles. A great spot x

Quick find once I realised I had to jump the fence.

Found with 2Clueless as we head north for a day of caching. Tfth.

Quick find on our road trip with ICNothing. Left behind tb. TFTH

Decided to head out early and pick up a few caches. I haven't been up this way for a while so I had a few annoying green boxes that I needed to turn into smiley faces. Most caches were found quite quickly with a few that took a bit of searching. TFTC Jacala-2010

Pick up this one on our way to Watheroo. Nice quick pick up on oh way past. TFTC Jacala-2010.

Cache #2 on our way to Watheroo! Over the fence and log signed. Unfortunately no sign of the Western swamp tortie. Tyftc

Quick find today whilst driving past. Tftc.

Nice cache here, easy to get to. also learnt a lot about the Western Swamp Tortoise Thank you for this cache Jacala-2010 Picked up a Scout coin and will move it on

Quick find after we jumped the fence tftc

Have been trying to stop for this cache fir ages, so I'm the co pilot today so I was able to navigate and stop st the right spot tftc

Quick park and grab while passing

Tftc

Geocaching and education in one. I like it!

Heading up north for my final week of work. Great cache to start off 2017.

Spending the day in the Swan Valley finding some newly published caches, we decided to see what else we could find whilst in the area... It was decided that we were headed to Bullsbrook & this cache we stopped at on the way Sent Master 5 to find this one & he was very happy to find it in the first spot he looked... TFTC Jacala-2010!

FlyingPigSquadron has landed! with iluvtrekking at this important conservation spot. TFBUH Jacala-2010

My daughter and her family were involved in freeing some young Western Swamp Tortoise into this area a few years ago. Thanks for bringing us here Jacala-2010

Good luck little tortoises. After many millions of years we hope you make a healthy recovery. www.thesoloavocado.com

Nice cache with a great story,well done and thank you!

This was a nice easy find on a nice afternoon. Lots of traffic on the road. I like these cache containers. Signed log and replaced as found. Thanks for the cache.

Last time we were in Australia and spend our holiday in the western part of the country – that was fantastic!
We landed in Perth and from this great town we went to the east and the north – we were on the Wave Rock, in Kalgoorlie, in Nambung Nationalpark, on the Hutt Lagoon, in Kalbarri NP and on the Shark Bay.
All the time we visited there the main attractions – but we wanted to do our hobby (geocaching), too.
So we looked for the boxes next to the highways and on all the wonderful places during our tour.
Here we could found the box very well, we say thanks to the owner and thanks for the cache.

Nice quick find good sunny day for caching TFTF

Found at 1600
Tnln sl
Tftc jacala-2010
Cache found in good condition and contents dry.

Great easy find

A very high muggle area, I'm sure they though hubby and I were up to no good

Found with easy on this rainy day.... Awesome little cache!..

We drive past on our way home hundreds of times and never knew the story! TFTH SL

Great work by the turtle conservation group to see this fella have a hope at survival..Enjoyed the cache also..TFTH SL cheers mate

Stopped by here to see if I could find a GCA movable that was left here a while ago. Didn't find that, but did find this cache. Had nptocied the hiding spot, but didn't take any notice of it at first because it didn't match the hint for the GCA cache that I was looking for. Then I checked my GPSr while on the way back to the geoCamry and realised that this one is here as well, and I already knew exactly here I would find it.

SL. Thanks for the hide Jacala 2010

Tftc

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[Green]All the best wishes for 2016[/Green]

With dranyer for the day - Tourist Dr 359 and Julimar Wander and Toodyay area We enjoyed search and found then signed the log. [^]

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Come on down to WA GOES BIG IN 2016.
Pinjarra, Perth, WA
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Found no worries TFTC

Nice little cache. Thank you. Picked up the travel bug to continue on his way

pug002Found it TFTC easy find.
Put in Barossa Valley Travel Bug in for it to be moved on.

TFTC

This entry was edited by Lazarus_68 on Saturday, 22 August 2015 at 10:10:29 UTC.

Dropped tb

Thanks for the cache - took trackable

TNLN TFTC

Headed northwards on a maintenance run this morning with The Better Half in the navigator's seat. We made this one our first stop for the day. Quick find too. Thanks jacala-2010

Out for a maintenance run with Mistraluna and called in to find this cache.

Found without problems.

Thanks Jacala-2010 for the cache.

Tricky parking

A very nice container. A quick stop on the way North.

Stopped in for a swift find on the way up to the RAAF base
Tftc

Stopped in for a swift find on the way up to the RAAF base
Tftc

Tftc YiS fox

Tftc out caching with kiddies
And Mitchden

Keep up the good work Western Swamp Tortoise Recovery Team.
TFTC

Brilliant cache - easy to find but with a wonderfully educational description. The conservation effort of many to save the tortoise is commendable. On that basis - a favourite from me!
Thanks, way-finder

Well isn't that pretty! TFTC

TFTC

Easy find after an early day at work

Love the container. Quick easy find.

Dropped in to check this one with owner jacala2010 left new path tag

Ari and Dad.

Quick p-n-g on the way to a parade at Pearce. All good. Love the container.

This popped up on the TomTom as I was driving past. Haven't seen one of these brutes in a while. Took the last pathtag and left my own. TFTC

Tftc

Quick park and grab on the way to Dongara. Thanks for the nature lesson and for the cache.