Nutty November #6 Wooragee, Victoria, Australia
By The lost wanderers on 28-Oct-14. Waypoint GC5FM4E

We extended our holiday to ensure we had enough time to return to this area and grab the remaining Nutty caches. As we slowly made our way to each cache, Steves jaw was a little less clenched than when we had started. The RAV4 is handling the conditions beautifully.The puzzle was a quick solve, and the spot on coordinates led to an easy find.Thanks to The lost wanderers for all your hard work in creating this excellent series.

14 September 2024 12:23Out and about with Cybergran V, dalerious and I bundled Mum in the car and drove to Wodonga to attend the Season 2 CITO held by weirdobiker. After the event we asked Mum where she would like to head next; well it was music to my ears when she said Nutty November's . I had been waiting for an excuse to finally finish this series off, and Mum and Dale needed a couple too.There was a super mix up of puzzles here. Some we needed help with, others not.We loved driving around the forest over the years grabbing one here and there.All caches were found in excellent condition. Thank you The lost wanderers for keeping this awesome series going for all these years.Now on to trying to solve the Enigma .

Found with Cybergran V & catnap777. 14 September 2024 @12:23pm.With these last few nuts cracked, Me, Mum and The Mrs went for a drive through the hills to shake a few trees and see what falls out. This one was found in excellent condition from accurate calculated coords and all were from which at least one of us had managed to solve. The final enigma still eludes us all , and we will have to sort through some very old notes (and maybe revisit a couple of hides) to crack it, but we will. TFTNuttySeries The lost wanderers. [^]

After attending the CITO in Wodonga this morning, dalerious and catnap777 said they had a surprise for me ~ Bringing me here to find the last three of these caches required to complete the series Id begun a few years ago.Finishing my tasty pie bought in Yackandandah so dalerious and catnap located the cache, whilst a rain few drops threatened to spoil our fun.Thanks for placing and maintaining these caches for our enjoyment.

7760 @ 2:33PM The Nutty Series was something started many years ago, I even recall being gifted a couple by the CO whilst doing a 4x4 tour of the area during a local event.Theyve really been on the back burner since but I was determined to knock a few off today whilst avoiding the 4x4 trails!It really is a beautiful forest up here! Id love to come back and explore the MTB trails more.TFTC

This was the area we had planned to come to so we could do a big cache and collect a load of cool side quests along the way, it's a fair way to come from Tassie but it made for an amazing day of 4WDing thanks to the toolman having a right ute.

Many cool locations were spotted today and finished off with a pub meal on the way back.

This wasn't a normal trip to the mainland to got to a Mega it was a trip to catch up with a good mate that couldn't keep up with the pace in Tassie when he lived there so moved back
This was a trip for gooseandegg and myself to meet up with 1Toolman and have a long weekend caching in the North of Vic to try and help him fill his D/T grid, we knew we couldn't fill it but thought we could get close and we did well finding 10 out of the 14 we were targeting. Hope he finds the time to find the last few soon.

Thanks for the cache.

Found on 21/05/2023 at 11:28:00 thanks to The lost wanderers for placing this cache for me to find.

The best caches I have found so far are:-

Sentimental [Moorgreen P3:1, Penny Pincher](http://coord.info/GC32Z5B) By [Sven&Cup](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=6596795)
Traditional [Hanging Around in Toorak](http://coord.info/GC62KAP) By [bobthebuilder_123](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=586681)
Multi [Gawler Fort Knox](https://coord.info/GC5T0W1) By [**JEM**](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=11449141)
Unknown [Men In Black Holes](http://coord.info/GC1DVB0) By [SG-3](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=918045)
Letterbox [Rolf's Letterbox](http://coord.info/GC5NCYM) By [membsec](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=5318842)
Earthcache [Totem Pole](https://coord.info/GC862H8) By [The Hancock Clan](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=263428)

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Goose went digging for this one before we caught up !!
Lovely area and the rain has gone and BLUE SKY

This could be a record for me as the TOOLMAN ..
As i NEVER LOG CACHES fast if at all lol.
Goose and RAT HAVE FLOWN IN FROM OVERSEAS and planned a 4 day trip to smash out the rest of my
GRID HOLES in the GEOSACK INTERWEB.
Ive been told ALL DAY so far "we are only here for you" ...
And i gotta say IT HAS BEEN
Some caches around here hand picked by the boys have been GREAT
Cant wait for a cup of tea tonight cos is gonna be a long day...
Thx in advance GOOSE & RAT

and TFTC

I was dispatched to find this cache whilst the toolman turned around. Not sure what the rat was doing. Was he napping in the back again?
Cache is very damp but I was able to etch our details into the log.
Thanks The lost wanderers

Stainless steel rat and I agreed we needed to catch up with our old mate 1TOOLMAN for a weekend so we made a plan to fly over and help fill in a couple of holes in his D/T grid. We managed to fill 10 out of 14 before running out of time. I think he's got the urge to continue and make it happen.

performed

The second last Nutty puzzle that we have solved for this trip with beavar. SL at 2.55pm #9348 TFTC The lost wanderers - we sure have been on some twisty and bumpy roads this afternoon, but the temperature is just right here in the beautiful bush.

PUZZLE: solved in one sitting which was good.
GZ: found no worries. Thanks for the 4WDing Harrowang!
SL at 14:55pm.

Did some cache maintenance

Kittykatch wanted a cache with a particular DT combo so we hatched a plan to head down to the area and pick it up with Albida. I wanted one of the Nutty Novembers so madly set about solving them. I managed most but had to have help with some and a lot of help with one.

We were in my Nissan X-trail and I was hoping it would not be too hectic. A bit more clearance would have helped and I did hyperventilate a few times with some of the roads and I think there are a few dings underneath but mostly handled it ok. Fabulous weather, good company and no flat tyres.

Thanks for getting me out and about The lost wanderers

This was the second day of the trip to Albury and beyond with Kitty Katch and Joolay. The whole trip was based on one cache and we did the walk for that first. We then went to a nearby area and found a series of Puzzle caches that had been solved before heading on the fun drive home up the Hume Highway. It was a rushed trip, but we achieved what we set out to do and had a great time.

The Nutty November caches were a fun collection of puzzles, that tested our ability. One needed some outside help. The trails in the forest were mostly good, but a few ruts caused some anxious moments. One cache we had to walk to, as from the bottom a 45 degree rock sloe was always too much to drive up. We were even happy to find some enigma clues when we were paying attention.

Thanks for the cache The lost wanderers

39265.7 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2013 Baldur A#256

**Albida**

Caching weekend with Joolay and albida33.
Great to wind our way to another NN find on these roads. Thanks for the hide The lost wanderers

Found with PapaGrouch. We had been on a camp nearby and before we headed for home I wanted to find a few of these caches that have been sitting in the solved pile for years. PapaGrouch was being very careful in his new car but was very pleased with how it handled the conditions. This was the first one that we found, unfortunately it was rather wet and needs some attention. TFTC

This geocacher reported that there is a problem with this cache.

Nutty butty change of plan and here I am! Enroute to elsewhere and spontaneity got the better of me at trusty treadles aka the MTB was in the car and it was a nice day for a ride. Such fab trails here with a few heart jumpers but only had to push the bike a couple of times. The puzzle was solved sometime ago in the midst of COVID and a few of the nutty series remained uncollected - teasing me each time I drove through Yak. Happy ride and happy find. TFTC AND THE FUN!

*Found on the 17 Apr 2022 @ 10:27 am.*
*Cache find # 12740.*

Back in January 2021 I had driven through this area doing the 4X4 Wherigo cache which was so much fun, a while later I realised that we had passed by most of these Nutty caches which was a bit of a bugger back it was also not a bad thing as it meant I was able to come back here and drive around again.
I went about solving most of these nutty caches but there were a couple that I needed some help with, once I had all the coordinates it was just a matter of getting back out here and as my original plans for this weekend failed this series was a great back up.

**Thanks to The lost wanderers for placing this cache.**

Out and about around Yak today grabbing a few solved mystery caches and a few trads.

Looked at this puzzle a couple times but in the end i was overthinking it. Quick find once at gz. Tftc !

Mrs Riddell was disappointed when Mr Riddell declared that GZ was on private property.
She had worked them out by deduction and later found the code which she used to validate her answers.
Feeling dejected and quickly getting the code up for an immediate recheck, Mr Riddell looked and realized that she had only corrected one of the coords… after that it was “happy days”
A fast find at GZ and moved on,
TFTC

Brad has visited this area twice before and each time has picked up at least a couple of the Nutty caches. This time he is with Janet who is the finder par excellence once at GZ. And Brad has had time to solve all the NN caches now. Including this one. Although he had solved it much earlier. But a transcription typo had moved it hundreds of kilometres away! Fixed now

A challenging drive today up and down hills of various steepness given the recent and current rain and the All Terrain tyres rather than Mud tyres on the LC200. Only a little panel damage today. Brad enjoyed showing Janet the various gold mining relics that we passed.

Another quick find by Janet as usual at GZ. She is getting good at this. Extra information gathered again. That’s all we need now.

TFCT yet again The lost wanderers

Brad&Janet are on a two week trip from Adelaide to the Victorian High Country. While this is not primarily a caching trip there are a few specific targets along the way. Including a challenging remote area unloved puzzle cache placed in 2014 and never previously found.

Omeo will be the initial base. Brad has ridden his bike through the high plains region a couple of times while doing the Three Peaks Challenge, and is looking looking forward to exploring by 4WD this time.
On the way home the plan is to visit Yackandandah and the Nine Mile Creek Historic area and also Mansfield and the surrounding region. Then spend some days in and around Bendigo and Clunes so Janet and her sister can research a few of their ancestors who lived there in the mid 1800s. Brad may take the opportunity to visit the Ballarat Geotour while the research is happening.

A puzzle we could actually solve and lots of unloved as well. Thanks for the puzzle and the cache.

Day three of Beechworth camping road trip with Papi4506, Geoturtle37 & RoamingHowie.
One of the first of this series I solved. So happy to be able to give this 21 month unloved cache a bit of love with 4 finders here today.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache, The lost wanderers

After spending a week away camping from Melbourne I’ve now moved on to Beechworth for some caching with OzHockeyChick, GeoTurtle37 and Papi4506.

Another solve on the fly as I had not solved all of these in advance. This one was easy to make some educated guesses. Found the cache easy enough also.

Thanks The lost wanderers for the cache.

After getting the coords for this one wrong a couple of times
Last night's version looked like they should work.
Previous logs mentioned cows !!
And me new coords were bordering a paddock

So this morning the first place I headed for was this nutty place
There was a paddock,
but the cows have gone to that big BBQ in the sky !!

The cache was a nice easy find here in the correct spot

TFTC.

Our first puzzle cache worked out the coordinates a while ago and decided today was the day to go get it. Thanks for the help in getting us started on puzzles lost Wanderers

LeeLee solved this one a few weeks ago prepping for our small trip to the area.
Was stared down by several alpacas and cows when arriving at GZ. The cows certainly made a song about it.
Left swap.
Nice snow gum forest in the area.
TFTC

After a lot of puzzle solving we made it back to a favourite place of ours today in the company of McLookers in readiness to pick up the rest of the Nutty series.
The 4WD made the tracks easy as we scaled the hills in search of tupperware in the bush.
Thanks The Lost Wanderers for the series in a beautiful location.

I managed this puzzle without too much trouble. The hide required me to look around.

This series was on our list for our trip to the area. For me, the puzzles were a combination of hard and very hard. The hide was achievable today. Found with The Tritonz, thanks The Lost Wanderers.

I had a great time driving around exploring the park here today. Along the way I picked up some geocaches, of course! I’m not sure that I always took the easiest route, as there was a few hills I was a bit concerned about, but my trusty jimny came through, of course! I didn’t see another car, bike or person the entire time I was here. TFTC & TFTP The lost wanderers

Greetings from the NSW central coast! Road trippin’ down to Violet Town where we then head onto Ballarat and Portarlington for a week visiting various family for Easter ..with some geocaching thrown in as always. We absolutely love caching up here in the north east; have been looking forward to getting back here since September last year. This trip we have targeted a good selection of multis, unknowns, and trads to help us with a few challenges we are chasing down, plus we are also aiming for some more squares on our P81.

Before ultimately heading down to Mt Buffalo to attempt our first ever D5/ T5, this morning we tackled a fair bit of this Nutty November series, starting from Twist Creek Road in Yackandandah and working our way out Red Hill Road to Beechworth for lunch you-know-where. Our first stop was here at Nutty #6 where the geokids made a quick find in the likely spot. Log in good condition. Re-hid exactly as found. Cheers, lost wanderers!
#393

After some careful planning and lots of puzzle solving homework, TikvaNZ, ZXQ, Fox in Jox and I headed to the Albury Wodonga area on a geocaching mission over the weekend. We targeted high DT caches, but also found some lower DT caches in order to maximize our DT combinations on the Saturday. I got 36 different DT combinations, which I was more than happy with. On the Sunday, fewer caches, but ones we had specifically selected to help us with various personal challenges. A great weekend, good company and lots of fun on our Great Southern Puzzle Plunder!

4th of the morning and the first of this series which we had worked on back in CBR. One of the more simple puzzles to solve! Quick find in a traditional spot, TFTC:-)

#7500 @0930
A Southern Puzzle Plunder was hatched a few weeks ago for this weekend with ZQX, AngelG27 and Fox in Jox. Much puzzle solving homework ensured with a focus on the higher D/T combinations, and also finding specific caches to fulfill the requirements for some challenges. The specific plan/route was only finalised over the last few days; start with the Nutty November series, pick off challenges and puzzles from around Beechworth and back to Albury, find interesting traditionals on the way that would help us qualify for a challenge to find 25 D/T combinations in a day, finish the day over dinner with a another Canberra caching team also caching in the area, overnight in Albury, pick off challenges and puzzles from around Chiltern and back to Albury, and finally aim to be home before dark.

We left Canberra at 5am, and found the first cache in Yackandandah at 9am, finishing for the day just before midnight. On the Sunday we started around 7am and left Albury soon after 3pm, arriving home around 7pm.

The mission exceeded expectations, with several caching goals achieved amongst the team. Our individual statistics varied a little, due to previous finds and other personal goals. I passed the 7500 finds mark and ended up with 48 finds on the Saturday (with over 40 unique D/T combinations) and another 13 finds on the Sunday (involving lots more walking). Overall we found about half the pool of puzzles and challenges we had pre-prepared as possibilities, so we'll be back again sometime.

This was our fourth find for the day. Quickly found. Easily solved. Information collected. TFTC.

The Great Southern Puzzle Plunder plan had been hatched. ZQX, TikvaNZ, AngelG27 and I would travel from Canberra to Albury and northern Vic regions for a great weekend of puzzle finds and other assorted caches that would achieve various goals for each of us. Prior to our departure, we worked our way through a list of puzzles over a few weeks to get Final coords. We then departed Canberra at 5am and returned at 7pm the following evening, fairly pooped. I managed to find 50 different D/T combinations over the 2 days, 42 on Saturday. A huge amount of fun...and some terrible jokes and puns throughout.

The solve didn't take long with some research. This was the first of the NN series. A quick find and on we drove. TFTC TLW

There is an evil puzzle cache in Sydney that uses a similar trick to this one. Having solved the Sydney one, I was ready to knock this one over.
I used to look longingly at the Google Earth display of northern Victoria, with all the solved puzzles on it. I used to wonder if I'd ever make it down there to collect all these solved puzzles. Fortunately I was able to twist the arms of three friends to go for a caching rampage this weekend. Actually, no arm-twisting was required - they jumped at the suggestion, and there is already some discussion about coming back.
Thx again TLW!

Out for a drive in the bush this afternoon thought we would pick up a few puzzle caches that we solved along time ago. TFTC

I was on leave so plans were made to head to the Beechworth area with My good Mate the Roostaman, Today we were on a mission to bring up our Miles stones of 15000 and 13000 cache finds, We had a great day bike riding and Four Wheel Driving. Thanks The lost wanderers for the cache.

**# 14992** Found on an absolutely excellent adventure with Rebel Acts.
A cloudy spring day for a fantastic 4wdrive trek around the Beechworth area.
We were on a mission for my 15,000th and Rebels 13,000th finds.
Having done that we continued on finding many more around the area.
Thanks for the cache The lost wanderers,
***Roostaman***

We had solved a hand full of these a awhile ago so on a last moment trip to the area d died to collect. We followed a variety of roads and trails around needing to be careful in a few spots. Some of the hides we spotted quickly and others took awhile. We completed the signing duties and re hid. TFTC.
A quick find in the likely spot we saw from the car.

Found with bucketeer on our 11 day pre Christmas trip to the North East of Victoria
Thanks for the hide

16/12/2015 2:11:00 PM
This was somewhat challenging to get to in a Transit Van but we managed without too much fuss.
A fun set of puzzles and a challenging drive to find them.
Thanks

Found 28/11/15 while revisiting area with group of Goe friends

So here we are still just cruising around the forest having a grand old time with friends, and this little gem was the next one on our list, and we didn't over shoot this one!
We all piled out of the 4wds and wandered over to GZ like a mob of Browns cows, and the nicely tucked away cache was soon found after a short search.
Another great puzzle in a nice location.

Thanks TLW for the fun.

Cheers

Found it, log to follow

BettyBoo3747 and I spent the day looking for a few local mysteries that we had missed out upon not going to the event (I had to go to work!)
The first of the series took us a bit further than we have been along this road. We were pleased to see the rain wasn't heaver last night and the road was in good nick.
A quick walk had this good sized cache in hand.
Thanks, Robmc.

# 7107. With quite a few solved puzzles under our belt from the Yackandandah area Robmc and I decided to try to add smilies to them today. Unfortunately two pieces of fruit could not be found and two nuts in the Nutty series missed getting a smilie from us. It was an extremely difficult day's work with 16 finds and 4 DNF's.

I had been looking forward to these Nutty Caches but we seemed to make hard work of the series today ending up with two DNF's (which we now know was our own fault - minor errors in our solutions).

After a difficult caching morning and lunch with views we came out this side of town and started with this one. We are always relieved when our puzzle solutions are proved correct. We signed the book took note of what was inside and were soon on our way.

I enjoyed solving this easy little puzzle.

Thanks The lost wanderers

[:(!] Took the geoGrand Vitara for a spin to see what she can actually do on a caching run for half a day and this was on of them, parked the geocar as close as possible to GZ and walked in from there, on arrival at GZ the cache was located and it was quickly in hand.

I like it

Another one of the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBMH The Lost Wanders [^]

While cruisin the bush with Kiara001 we took the golden opportunity to nab ourselves some puzzle caches

Found while out and about today tftc

#3289 5:10 pm

Been on these tracks more in the last week than I have the last 12 months
Met the Ez clan in town so we could all jump in the fourby to head bush.
Ez boys were happy to jump out and make the find.

TNLN, TFTC , Cheers.

FTF - LTF

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