0 = Zero: Number's Series Alfredton, Victoria, Australia
By Shamus1 on 22-Feb-15. Waypoint GC5N7WF

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Find # 3566 @ 1633 H

Found with Tyred n Cranky

In Ballarat for the 2 Months to Mega Event.

After the event and a small amount of shopping we decided to brave the lovely Ballarat weather and go for a walk along this trail.
Found the Likely place for the cache and even the hint agreed but there was not cache here. After looking a round a bit we found it in the almost swimming in a puddle close by.
Replaced back to where we thought it should go.

TFTC Shamus1

Find No. 1501. Found with FUF009 at 4.33pm

In Ballarat for the day to attend the 2 Months to the Surf Coast Event. Then after the event we went and done this series. Parked the car near Number One and off we walked.

Looked where we thought this one should be but no luck. Upon looking around the area it was FUF009 who spotted it swimming in a nearby puddle. Signed the log and replaced where it should have been.

Now it is time to turn around and head back to the car and have a second look at those we could not find on the way.

TFTC Shamus1

A quick walk today to grab the last two caches in this series. Tftc

Good spot

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TFTC what a great day for a few caches

Great walk with family finding caches. Thanks

Looking for a walk with caches and we stumbled onto this number series. Enjoyed the walk.
I'm glad we noted down the numbers, now what do we do with them? Ahaa
Thanks

A day out in Ballarat caching, the weather looked promising here, so decided to do this series. TFTC.

Enjoyed doing these ones TFTC

Really enjoyed finding these! Thanks a heap!

Found in the early hours of this morning with kumacat, captain roverman, Dbelco and lilmix. Great little series with a great finale

At the end of the road but wait we just figured out theres another little quest we should have been doing along the way lol

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Yayyyy finished the series! a quick 9 to add to the tally! Thanks for the series, I would highly recommend it to anyone!! Beautiful sunny day with the family

another good hide thanks

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Our last day in Ballarat before we head back to Melbourne to catch the boat back to Tassie. We've really enjoyed our caching holiday. Thank you to all the CO's for taking the trouble to hide the caches that make such a holiday possible

Thx

Found with TAJBENTLEY & KALIANDA09. TFTC

2:24:00 PM. Being a cold day we decided to tackle this series. Yes the end. Log signed and now to return to the 2 we missed. Looks like more rain coming. Thanks Shamus1 for placing this cache.

Found 16/3/16 @ 5:57 pm.
Aweosme, last one in the series and I still have time to make it back to where I'm staying before my deadline. Then FMS4 reminds me we still have the first three to do. Oops. Back to hirring up again.
Thanks Shamus1 for bringing us out here.

Found with TAJEBENTLEY & KALIANDA09. TFTC

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TFTC. Great day for a walk today with McStormy, picked up this one first just to be different.

Lovely day for a walk with Yogster. Thanks Shamas

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I ended up doing this series three times today :
(i) the first time to sign the logs;
(ii) a second time when I realized there were number clues here for another puzzle;
(iii) and a third time when I realized that during the second round I had picked up the numbers from the logsheets rather than from the lids. Probably because at #1 there was an unmatched number on the logsheet (not a one) that led me to believe those were the clues.

Missed #8 due to muggle. Nine down - 1 to go. TFTC.

Well we did it, the whole series. No trackable found. We really enjoyed the series. Thanks Shamus.

Heading over to Ballarat for a caching weekend and picking up a few caches on the way.

We managed to find about 230 caches in 3 days/ot bad work for 3 old guys

Out on the bikes to get this series. It didn't take too long and we only had trouble at number 3 where the dog was yapping and the kids were playing on the other side of the fence. We left it and came back and found it on our way back.

A nice series of caches and a pleasant way to stretch out after the long drive over.


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Just one more and then a quick ride back to the pajero.
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This cache was found using a Garmin GPSr, Montana 650t, Oregon 550 or Dakota 20. Waypoints and paperless geocaching downloaded via GSAK 8.
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Found on a caching trip to Ballarat with Freddo and Team Waldron, 236 caches found and a bunch of laughs along the way, Time for some bike riding and i soon spot something interesting so we take careful notice of all the other caches along here : ) TFTC

Today Dunko and I headed to Ballarat with the intention of reaching and passing 9000 finds,
our mile stone was met what a great day of caching fun we had with 69 terrific caches found during our travels many thanks to Shamus1 for the effort and placement of this cache. TNLN SL

Set off today with my caching buddy Slink1 to try and reach a mile stone number (9000) and I am pleased to say that we made that number and a few past (to be sure we counted correctly!). This cache was found as part of our effort to reach our milestone and my thanks go to Shamus1 for the placement and maintenance of this cache. We had a lot of fun and some laughs along the way.
TNLN TFTC

Out to complete this series today with dehands. It's rather warm, but we're determined! TFTC

Found with boydclan123 no tb though

We found your cache 0 = Zero: Number's Series
Time for a walk. Although a little rainy. Easy find.
The cache is in good shape.
Thanks for the cache!

Out for a walk this evening, and decided to pick up some more from this series. A quick find, although log was a little wet.

TB not there, damp log

[red]Find #3147 Traditional #2471 [/red]

With a day off from working the weekend and a leave pass granted, all that was left for me to do, was pack up the geo vehicle with supplies including the 2 wheel manual vehicle and I was off at the crack of dawn. My day started at 5:30am and finished 225+ kilometres later at 5:30pm. 60+ caches found for the day and a few DNF's.

I had finished my mission along the Rail Trail and now it was time to make my way into Ballarat. I had done one of this series previously and now it was time to do the rest. I wish I did them In order after I read the details for the final. A quick find on this one today. It's very bumpy along here. Back to the start for the first few... Stamped returned as found.

[blue]Thanks for this trad cache and series, Shamus 1. [^]
Log and container in good condition.
Took Nothing, Left Nothing [/blue]

As the weather cleared for a bit we set off down the old rail trail. We skipped 1 so started with 2. No really issues with any of the hides except as others noted 8 is out by about 10m. A few dog walking muggles about. A pleasant little walk. All logs signed and re hid. TFTC.

Started this series on Melbourne Cup Day but ran out of time. Staying in the area for 3 days this time so sent hubby to playground with the kids and set off from the southern end in the reverse direction from last time. The sun as hot but I had plenty of water. Remembered to get clues from caches this time. Nice quick find. Thanks to this challenge I have now done the Jasmer (Alphanumeric cache name) Challenger.

Found by The Empire
Time to go for a walk. I headed out on the walk solo, but would soon be joined by cachers who would really help me finish the series. I wouldn't have been able to do it without you! Thanks for the cache, Shamus1.
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Found It...Found this one while up here in the company of Robynonthego The_Tritonz and Wozzle68. After arriving at GZ a short search soon had the log in hand and with it signed we continued down the trail . Thanks Shamus1 for the cache

Completed the number series with H3, The_Tritonz and Wozzle68.

Our second attempt here after a failed mission previously. Thanks Shamus1 for the series.

Thanks for this hide Shamus1.

Attempted to complete this series on a sultry evening, although we could not find the first cache. either our eyes were failing or it is become lost within the blackberries. Thanks for the cache and the series.

A simple series to stretch the cycling legs before commencing the 550km Great Victorian Bike Ride.

Thanks for the cache Shamus1.

Our 4th day camped at Creswick, and today we decided to go to Ballarat to do a few trails.
This was our last series for the day, and we hoped to get them all, but it was not to be.

Most were found quickly, and the clue jotted down.
Number one took us the longest to find, and we did not find a clue in it.
The barking dog at number 3, cut our search short and we settled for a DNF.
An excellent location and the walk was pleasant, for this small series of well placed hides.

Many thanks for placing this series of caches, Shamus1, for us and others to find.

Thank you for the lovely walk along the old railway lots of bit still on the trail

Yeah dun for the day thanks for a great day out

A straightforward find, now time to head back to do No.7 if the muggles are gone. TFTC Shamus1.

This marked the end of my journey, and with three DNFs the critical numbers that I required eluded me so there was no possibility of an attempt at the final. It was a little disappointing after the walk to not be able to complete the series.
Thanks for the cache and giving me a reason to explore the trail.

Today we had some time to spare before meeting up with #GeoHulk to attack some of the BSRT series

We found all in the series OK except for No 1, although the coordinates for some caused us to broaden our search area somewhat. We found it an interesting trail in that much of it is so exposed to muggle view - it is a wonder to us that the caches have survived muggling.

For this part of the series we parked at the end of Wensleydale Road and did caches numbers 0 to 7.

Found at 8.30 am on 25th September 2015. TFTC.

This entry was edited by RoddyC on Friday, 09 October 2015 at 22:18:22 UTC.

TFTC no tracker in cach

Good series and good find. Loved the walk along this track.

Out for a walk with geo son JJ1 and dog and have been eyeing this series off for quite a while.

We had completed part of this series earlier with geokidI guides group but had never finished the series. When we saw it was back and the weather is perfect for a stroll we made our way down the path. TFTC Shamus1

Had a bit of time to kill this morning, before attending the Black Hill CITO. Seeing as these caches had been recently re-enabled, this was the perfect opportunity to do so. Parked the car and headed out on foot. A very still morning, with a nice blanket of fog greeted me. Had a very pleasant walk here, thanks for the exercise. TFTC Shamus1

replaced and ready to go

Missing

Whoa! 12degrees and sunshine we just had to head out on the GeoBikes. A long hard day which ultimately ended up very cold.

We had a great day along the trails and really enjoyed the peaceful surrounds. Not a great fan of the wind chill factor riding back to the car though. lol.

Mrs Felix rode her bike straight back to the car (battery was nearly flat) but Mr Felix detoured off to this series.... Damn it the bike battery went flat enroute so pedal power into the wind all the way! Grr.

Made the find here, but didn't SEE what was needed so had to return after the next cache..... Grrr

Grabbed the GC to keep it safe. There was no other trackable in the cache. (needs to be marked as missing)

Thanks Shamus1 for feeding our GeoAddiction!

Luckily we are at the end cos it's starting to rain!!! Tftc

Found and dropped off a GC

This entry was edited by sean.75 on Friday, 17 July 2015 at 09:14:53 UTC.

Found as Nicnax with SciFiRulz, WeRAmused and MazzyMay wondering around Ballarat hunting caches. Nice hide TFTC

Found as Nicnax with PapaGrouch, WeRAmused and mazzymay on a good caching day in Ballarat. This was the final for this series, enjoyed the fairly easy finds with a little variety thrown in to keep us on our toes. TFTC

Found as Nicnax with SciFiRulz, PapaGrouch and Mazzymay. We had a nice walk down here in the sun when it finally came out. An easy series and we found everything we looked for today. TFTC

Found as Nicnax with WeRAmused, PapaGrouch, & SciFiRulz

Fading light on another cache day tftc

found today with geo kid
thanks ☺

Our turn-around spot & the only one where we had to wait out a passing muggle. No matter as we could admire the cows doing their thing in the paddock. All in all an excellent excuse to get out for a stroll on this cool afternoon. Yep, being bike-less we walked it; 3.4 GPS Km round trip from One - Zero, though it was a bit of a bummer having to walk all the way back to our car into the breeze & without the distraction of cache searching. Thanks again Shamus1.

Cache left out in open and log unprotected! Rehid cache and covered log tftc with darth briji n sorcy sal

Met up with Darth Briji and #GeoHulk for an assault on Ballarat. With 3 layers of clothing and a wind chill factor of about minus 3, we managed some great walks, lots of smilies and enough bison's in trees to last me a long time. A really great time with the boys and geodog Tess for company, Thanks Shamus. Now to collate the numbers to get the final.

Up in Ballarat for the day with #GeoHulk & sorceysal converting some more caches into smiley faces.
Quickly spotted and clue noted so now ready to collect final

Thanks Shamus1 for the cache
Log signed & replaced. TFTC & smiley face
#1565

Found

Tftc enjoyed the search for the series

Tftc alls good with the cache. Gps signal is strong. Took frog. left two strong magnets for new geo. Have fun. Bike access hard from cattle yard side go the other way

Found on a afternoon caching run. TFTC

Great hiding spot. TFTC

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An adventurous day around Ballarat with Suscoe, Bushfire, Buckleysbabe and OzBob included the subterranean depths of Ballarat, the mire of Winter Swamp and paddling on Lake Wendouree. With some daylight remaining, it was onto the trusty treadlies to follow, catch and match all these numbers!

Our thanks to Shamus1 for bringing us here.
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Had to drop someone off at Ballarat Base Hospital this morning and then found myself with a few hours to spare so what better way to spend it than go caching. I'm not normally out this way so had lots of choice from the plentiful local supply so I decided to have a go at a couple of short series starting with the numbers series. You are certainly out in the open for most of these finds and need to keep an eye out for dog walkers, builders and bike riders.

A bit of a different hide to finish off the series. Now I can make my calculations and head off to find the final. Left a trackable. Thanks for the cache Shamus1.

Well I thought it was about time that I needed to get out and find some more local caches so while Mrs Fergzter and the kids were at Music I decided to go for a wander and get some geocaches. I managed 6 from this series today, alas I managed to get muggled by builders and walkers at a few caches so I passed those caches by to protect them. I will be back another day to get those. I also managed to twist my ankle pretty badly at one cache in a hole that I didnt see due to long grass. Oh well. Fun of geocaching. Still managed to walk back to the Arch of Victory to be picked up but now its swelling... Oh oh....

This was the first cache of the day which was found quickly. Thanks Shamus1 for taking the time out to place this series.

Final cache on the trail and have the coordinates for the ground zero. TNLN TFTC.

Rain just stopped in time

The rain had stopped and so this was a more pleasant find.

Found with several others so we called ourselves an acronym which from memory was MACC.

Found with Micaparamedic, Alansee, Team Crackers, Gonefishen07, Zobo04, Sully1, and ourselves today. The weather played havoc at times and the cold weather rolled in but in a group we soldiered on and had some fun along the way.
The caches were found one by one and we say thank to Shamus1 for this series.
Regards
The “we can count” Coffee’s

Catching up on some logs that I have discovered hadn't been published yet. As always I have enjoyed the challenge of looking for and finding this cache.

Many thanks Shamus1 for placing this cache .

Found with Zobo04, Sully1, Team Crackers, The Coffees, Micaparamedic and Alansee on a great weekend away. Thanks for putting this little series out we had fun finding the caches. Last of the group finds here. We made short work of it. TFTC

Catching up on some late logs.


We were in Ballarat for the Events this weekend and also to grab a few local caches.


We were working our way through this series with micaparamedic. Alansee and The Coffee’s on a much nicer day than yesterday.


Walking the track at times we wished we had the bikes but all in all we did enjoy the walk as well.


Part way through we met up with Gonefishin07, Zobo04 and Sully1 and continued with them to get the last ones and also getting the clue we forgot to get from Number 1.


To save room we signed the log MACC, Micaparamedic, Alansee, The Coffee’s and Team Crackers.

Many thanks Shamus1 for setting up this series.

Found with Zobo04, Sully1, Team Crackers, The Coffees, Micaparamedic and Alanse we caught up to these guys so did the rest of the trail together. Had lots of fun doing this track in a group. TFTC and the fun Shamus1

Found with GenieJoan. Just doing a little series. Tftc

Found with Sharkiefan on a day where the breeze was really bitey! With 2 cachers, we were able to leave a car at the final destination and save walking all the way back! Thanks for the company Sharkiefan! TFTC Shamus1!

Found along with Gonefishen07, Zobo04, The Coffees, Micaparamedic, and Team Crackers. Thanks to Shamus1 for this great little series on a perfect walking track on a coolish Ballarat day.