Fawcetts Bridge Alexandra, Victoria, Australia
By Clever Monkey on 26-Feb-15. Waypoint GC5NG19

Were done!

Great find!

A nice little stop.

BYO pencil and the container needs an update as it’s a tiny bit broken.

Nice quick find, was dry but lid is broken and will need to be replaced.

Found 4:03 pm
A warm one today and decided to take the long way back home after attending the Mega this weekend in Wangaratta. Looking at the map there is work I need to do here, too many unfounded caches. I'll be back... With the legs fully loosen up it was time to make the final run home. It's been a great last 3 days. Nice area and spot to hide a cache some nice shade here.

TFTC Clever Monkey

Lovely little cache

Super easy, thanks!

Phew took a bit of climbing but good spot in the end tftc

Easy find while enjoying the rail trail walk with tassie expat. Tftc

frmen1 and I grabbed this on our way back down to the car. Had to stop and admire the views and frog noises for a while as the place was a hive of muggle activity. TFTC

Quick find, but watch out for the thorny bush, ouch. TFTC

Thanks

All downhill to Alex from here. TFTC

Crossed this bridge last week while walking the trail with friends. Today I returned to have a good look for the cache. Found it in the last place I searched.

Making my way home from a great camping weekend. Made this cache harder than it needed to be originally by exploring the wrong end and realised I needed to change sides. It was then much easier than originally expected.

Thanks Clever Monkey for the cache.

Coming back through Alexandra on our way to Healesville and of course time for a few caches.

This is the first of the day, nice brisk stroll along the rail trail, looked at the wrong side first but then soon corrected and had cache in hand. TFTC

Nothing under rocks

#4365 Cache is still there. Quickly found by Mrs BGF once we were on the correct side of the bridge as we enjoy a section of the olde railway alignment on foot. TFTC CM.

Great to get a few days off before Christmas to just escape and chill. The email inbox will be over flowing no doubt….. oh well. Went out on a little adventure with Trailstevo to collect a number of cache that have eluded me and I never have time to stop when passing though. Left home at 6am and made our way to Yea for an early morning coffee, YEA!! Did some homework at the local fossil Earthcache and proceeded to make our way along the rail trail stopping for a number of short walks collecting smiley faces as we go. At one point I found myself accidently driving down the trail, but wasn’t brave enough to turn that into a major event for the day. We continued on to Yarck, and the down to Alexandra for an Egg and Bacon roll and the second coffee of the day. 10am now. WE had been collecting clues for a local multicache which has now made us do a detour and collected 5 unplanned cache on that route….oops. Then back to the plana and we made our way to the Maintongoon Bushland reserve for a bit of puffing and blowing up the hill. So many grass seeds! Friggen things! Will have to mow my boots tomorrow! Then one last stop at the look out across the lack and back home for 2pm. Was a great little adventure. Thanks to all the CO’s for the fun. Some great cache in this area, we thoroughly enjoyed it.

Nice easy find on our walk, thanks!

TFTC Clever Monkey, and for your maintenance and for bringing going us here.

Another quick find today whilst out and about caching to clever monkey TFTC from the inspectorrexteam

Another enjoyable afternoon walk. Nice, simple hide. I quite enjoyed the history lesson so TFTC

Thanks

A good spot for a stroll along the olde railway today
A few caches scattered along the way
First whistle stop was by the bridge,
I found this cache ridgey didge

TFTC

Day 7 of our annual caching blitz, decided to start early as it's going to be a warm one. A large blue tongue lizard at GZ got the heart racing, never been so glad to see a leg! Tftc

Quick find on my Camporee tour
TNLNSL
TFTC

hint is literal

Alexandra Day 4 Final Day
Hubby did a short bike trip in the afternoon & called by this cache.
A circular trip around the outskirts of town. Found some great caches, saw some amazing views over the surrounding countryside.
Todays weather was much cooler just perfect for caching.
Thanks for placing this cache Clever Monkey

Another one around my home town ticked off. TFTC TNLN

Found by Mary & David at 1020. There's always time for one more cache before we head on homeward. Loved the walk, and Thomas is such a favourite for our small grandchildren. We are Really Useful Engines! Our thanks to Clever Monkey.

Our third day caching as the GOTHs, Geocachers of the Hills, made up by the following teams, Bushfire, Aussie M & M, mogni, Team Astro, brisal5 and 6hinemoa2. Our aim was to try to clear out caches in various spots and we had a special goal for good friend Lawrie, aka Bushfire, we wanted to bust his record of caches found in one day. This meant a desperate attempt on doing as many caches as we could on Mount Desperation, aiming to hit 200 in a day which is not my best day. So many power trails in SA do that for you. It was all about Lawrie today. Some interesting spots were found, got close to the river, and some amazing views. Thanks for the hides.

We wer exhausted after this day and half a night, had dinner at MacDonalds on the Hume Hwy somewhere in Victoria.... Only would do this for Lawrie. Thanks again, all cache owners.

Caching here for the day after a great event.

A MEGA was being held this year in Alexandra, and what a fantastic event it proved to be. Fantastic location, great activities and some amazing caches all lead to an awesome weekend. This was one of the caches I found during my travels of the area over the weekend.

Thanks for the cache.

Brahms6 found this one with Wazza. A nice morning stroll on the fog. TFTC

Another quick find on the way back to pack up our camp. Originally we searched the wrong side of the bridge before the quick find was made. TFTC

We continued the drive along the road, parked nearby and followed the old train line for 300m to the cache. Once there, the cache was quickly found.

Out and about at the Alexandra Event with the geo daughter and decided to grab a few of the town caches.
This was one of them.
Enjoyed the walk. TFTC

We had initially picked the wrong side of the bridge to search but it was a quick spot once we moved over to the other side - back to the campsite to pack up the tents following this. tftc

A quick find on a hot summers day,
TFTC

Quick and easy find.
TFTC

Out and about for the Alex mega, couple of quick caches on the way around, no ryhme nor reason , we found what we looked for, many thanx to the cache places
cheers from the Routers

Found whilst attending the "Alexandra Event" November 2017 in Vic. SL.TFTC!

Out and about with GOTHs plus a couple of extras, on a cache hunt. We were able to find many many of the excellent caches in this area.
Sorry for the generic log but now they are alll starting to merge into one in my brain.

Thanks to Clever Monkey from mogni

MEGA ROAD TRIP - Alexandra Mega 2017 that is. : Day 4: GOTHS go here, there almost everywhere. [8)]

GENERIC LOGS: With Literally Hundreds of caches found during our stay anything specific to this cache will be found near the start HERE: [8] [8] [8] Nothing here means it was found quickly, the cache had no issues and we moved on!
Another great Bridge. Another cache.


We had all come together for the Alexandra event at a lovely farmstay just outside the township. Mrs. Aussie M&M, Astro and I from Adelaide, mogni from Mt. Gambier, Bushfire from Geelong and 6hinemoa2 from Bachus Marsh. We would be filling up log books just putting our names in them so we searched for an anagram from our caching name initials. The best we could find was BATHMATs. [B)] Good grief. So we settled on GOTHS = Geocachers Of The HillS as we all lived on a hill of one type or another. [:o)] We didn't just 'turn up' and cache. Many months of planning and puzzle solving went on before we made our way over and so we had some target caches and series to have a go at. Today was the Fish GeoArt series - and anything else that was nearby in our travels. Once again the planning by the mega committee and to local cachers made our stay fantastic. [^][^]

Thanks Clever Monkey for this cache.

Found It!
Another little walk and a quick find! Must have been quite an effort building this bit of train track...
TFTC

Find #7 AX17

Grabbing some caches around Alexandra during the Mega. Thanks for creating this one ifor us to enjoy.

We ended up getting all 10 Lab caches and had a great time all up.

A steep walk but I am inclined to like it

While at the Mega event with my friends Keef and the Bunadoorians (Belinda and Don), this was one of the caches we found. tftc.

We are at Alexandra now and have attended the Mega, collected the Lab caches and the fish puzzles.
The countryside around Alexandra is beautiful. These extra caches are a bonus. Yes it was steep.
Found and logged under the caching collective name of GOTHS.
Thanks for the hunt here Clever Monkey

Thursday 16th Meeting up with 2Hinemoa6 in Bacchus Marsh and then Aussie M & M and Brisal5 both from SA in Broadford the team is nearly complete. Mogni and Team Astro will meet us at our headquarters (Maybole Cottage) for the next few days.
Day 3 Saturday Our farm stay has everything required for a very pleasant few days.
Up early and ready for a long day caching we stopped at this cache as it was on our list, soon located, log signed so on to the next. To save space in the logs we logged as GOTHS or GOTHS + 2 as we all live in the hills.
With hundreds of caches to log most will be cut and paste but I do thank all the owners for their thought and effort that has gone into placing a huge variety of hides around this very beautiful area.
Thanks for placing this cache.

Such fun with the GOTHS touring around. Lots of laughter and there was even a moon boot eventually chucked in to keep us all under control! [8)]

Found as part of my 2017 Alexandra Mega experience. This cache added to the fun and enjoyment of my trek to the east and back from Adelaide. While there were a few thunder storms, there were mainly clear skies and I never saw a snake!

Thanks to Clever Monkey and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet!

Here for the mega event and doing a few caches with Crustyvarmit. TFTC.

Short walk and easy to find. TFTC

I parked in the shade and it was pretty clear from geotrails where this one was hidden.
Off now to meet up with my accommodation buddies in town.
Thanks

A short walk with Happy Feet to make a quick find here TFTC Clever Monkey

Out this afternoon after setting up camp for the mega this weekend. TFTC

Out for a spot of geocaching whilst attending Mega. TFTC.

Today we found Fawcetts Bridge on our travels. Out on the hunt with Lisette & Lucy Anne. Said hello to Muzza before heading off on a brief walk to GZ in the afternoon humidity. No sign of the hail we had earlier in the day!
Thanks Clever Monkey for being part of our geocaching fun.

TFTC. We are in Alexandra for the 2017 Mega event. We thought that we would get out and about to find some of the local caches before too many others arrived for the weekend. Most of these were relatively straight forward finds . We did run into a coup,e of other teams as we travelled the roads .

In Alexandra for the event and spent the day in and around the area with au fait. Some interesting caches in some lovely locations with the various scenery. Found quickly while admiring the river.
Thanks Clever Monkey for placing the cache for us to find.
6470

This was my first full day in Alexandra, and I started by heading out to Eildon again, then back to town and surrounds, and finally to the Welcome event and two night caches. Nice short walk to GZ where the cache was quickly found. Upon returning to my car, Earthbound Chief et al arrived, just as I was leaving.



My thanks to Clever Monkey for the cache.

#13793. After unloading our belongings at our wonderful house with fabulous views we made our way back into town for a few caches whilst waiting for Feathertop and The Morris to arrive.

As we arrived at this one a solitary geocacher was making her way down the trail. Aaah, just the person we had been waiting for, Feathertop. We continued the walk, made the find, added our names to the log and continued on our way.

Thanks Clever Monkey

Travelled down to Alexandra with BettyBoo3747.
Stopped in at Violet Town to grab a couple of new caches, then did a few caches around Alexandra, rounding out the day with an event and two night caches.
Found Feathertop on our approach to this cache - I suspect this will be happening quite a bit at the Mega.
A nice bridge, we will come back to ride the trail when there are some more caches on it.
Thanks, Robmc.

10366 Found and Logged at 8:07:00 AM
One of 22 cachers for the day while in Alexandra waiting for the Event
Thanks For The Cache Clever Monkey
Lgoody

Today we explored Alexandra and surrounds using Geocaching as a guide having, arrived early for the event.

It was a pleasure to find these themed caches, an excellent series. Cache and contents were in excellent contdition. Accurate coordintes led to a quick find.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Find number 6288 at 3:31:55 pm
Nice short walk on a warm afternoon, quick find in good condition.
**Thanks for placing this cache Clever Monkey**

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Big things are happening in Victoria! *Are you joining in the fun?*
[**THE ALEXANDRA EVENT 2017**](http://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6GFDX)
*18th & 19th November 2017 - GC6GFDX - Alexandra - Victoria*

Found tftc. Stunning spot

Found on a long day of caching that took me from Murrindindi to Yea, Yarck, Alexandra and Acheron.

A gorgeous morning for a short walk along the rail trail in search of a cache. Lots of farming activity taking place - a tractor mowing his paddock of grass hay, pickets being attached to a new gate entrance and magpies busily searching for tasty tidbits in the grass. We are making our way to Alexandra to put smiley faces on a few caches in Town before the Mega next month. SL at 10.18am Took: bear Left: translucent gumnut PT. #4859 TFTC Clever Monkey

11:29
Spending a couple of nights in Alexandra, gave us the opportunity to seek out a few of the many caches which have been added to the gameboard since we were last in the area. The weather was perfect and the scenery spectacular.
It would be great to ride this part of the rail trail.

Thanks Clever Monkey for placing caches for everyone's enjoyment.
19892

Another one bits the dust

*Made the find whilst House Sitting in Mansfield*...

**357** *consecutive days with finds*

Met up with The Empire in Alexandra and cached around the area before heading back to Mansfield. I managed to grab 21 today. A fantastic day of fun, music, caching and many laughs. A nice quick find here in a beautiful part of Australia. We really are so fortunate.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment Clever Monkey. Appreciate your effort.
-P

**Took**: *Nothing*
**Left**: *Nothing*

**#11406**

Cache-On!

Found by The Empire + Snap Happy
On my way to Mansfield for a couple of days, met Snap Happy at Alexandra for lunch - time for some afternoon caching. It was cool to see the farms and beautiful vistas from the perspective of the old rail trail. Thanks for the cache Clever Monkey.
- M

Out placing some geocache today and even tho this was an easy and a fun find not far from home today was the day so jojobeenie and myself ventured along the trail to the GZ because as dusk was quickly approaching and we ended up having a romantic stroll by the light of a glowing iPhone on the way back the height of this bridge always takes me to a time when locals would most likely marvel as they left Alexandra or arrived it would have provided some amazing atmosphere back in the day when steam train was king and I always love that the tail trail provides so much joy to tourists still to this day I just wish the local shire would have it more prominent in the media as this would help our little
town immensely

Found on the way home to Alexandra, after placing a few new caches. This one has been taunting me for ages! It has just been one we haven't managed to get back to, for one reason or another and was in desperate NEED of a ! We decided that dusk was a SMART time to head out onto the rail trail .. thankfully iPhones were charged and torch apps were at the ready. It was decided quickly that geohubby Maximus1978 would have the task of finding the GZ, though the usual footwear hadn't been warn, so the cold winter night, had become a little slippery. After realising the Co-ords were a little off, the correction of direction was made and he was soon at the GZ. It has been a long time between cache finds, so though this one was on the easier scale, the feeling of excitement & accomplishment in holding that log in hand was great, almost like those when caching was just a new hobby. Lol hobby ... not anymore, it's certainly a lifestyle! We may have been quiet on the finding, but the hiding of caches - the ideas of what next have been keeping us busy. We are very much looking forward to the Mega event in November and hope there are many more caches to find out there soon!

Thanks for the cache Clever Monkey

Found on my holiday riding the rail trail.

Found it on my rail trail ride, TFTC

Another quick find. Slowly making our way on the trail. Thanks

Up from the south to have a try at the Mansfield to Tallarook rail trail and to Alexandra
as well. Grabbed some cachers on the way this being one of them. Sorry but most logs
may be a the same. Thanks Clever Monkey FTC.

Its a pity the old trestle bridge is not still here, but a good rail trail... Tftc

Found during an early morning solo ride up the rail trail whilst the rest of the crew slept in at the showground. There was a muggle nearby on the way up so I actually grabbed this during to long roll back down into town for a morning cuppa at the camp. Many thanks Clever Monkey

Out and about caching for the arvo another nice walk along the rail trail a quick find and sign TFTC

Cheers! Good night find 10:54pm

After caching at the recent Mega with Roostaman an honeysucker plans were made to do a few days caching around the Eildon area, with the vans set up at Alexandra Show grounds we had three days of touring the area finding some fantastic caches. Thanks Clever Monkey for the cache.

with the river still in flood we continued on holidays so more Caching time.

Now we have wandered from Anglesea to Mt Gambier Adelaide and back to Geelong now to Alexander onto Euroa and beyond we have found many other like minded people so the caching adventure grows stronger.
As we came through this area we met up with Roosterman and joined in with the rebel act to do the caches in this area had a great couple of days doing the tour.
Thanks Clever Monkey for putting this cache out for us to find

**# 15443** Found on a fine sunny day in Alexandra with
Rebel Acts and honeysucker.
Perfect weather and not many muggles around.
Thanks for the cache Clever Monkey,
***Roostaman***

Drove to within a short walking distance (again!) to this cache. Easy find.
TFTC

On our way home after an enjoyable time visiting Mansfield and surrounding areas with friends.
Quick find.
TFTC TNLN

Found it Too easy

A nice easy one as we start to wrap up the day caching with Papillon4506. A great area to be out caching in.

Thanks Clever Monkey for this placement.

Suscoe had a big day today heading off bright and early to get around here to start the day at this cache, Over 100 kilometres to find the first one and then we found caches one by one on the way back to Eildon.
It was a delightful day, lots of fog early and then a sunny and mild day emerged.
Thanks to Clever Monkey for this hide.
A delightful trail and so well maintained too.

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Tftc

Found at 2.40pm , Out for a bike ride today from Yea to Alexandra,

I decided to look for a few caches on the return trip.
Good to stop on a long uphill track,
A quick find - now back to climbing this long hill
Not many people out on the trail today -
TNLN
Thanks
K&M

Another find on this great railtrail. Thanks for bringing us here Clever Monkey.

A quick and easy find as we make our way home from a short stay in Jameison. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

#1066 - Year of the cache!

Found after a very slow start to the new year with a nice walk along the rail trail.

Thanks Clever Monkey

Thongs probably wasn't the best idea for exploring this area, but didn't matter in the end! TFTC

A nice easy find as we continued on our bike ride along the rail trail. Log signed and a swap was made. I took the thong bottle opener and left the teddy bear. Thanks the the cache.

This was fairly tricky for me to acquire due to trying to prevent erosion whilst manoeuvring into a position to reach, sign and return it.
But thanks for placing a cache here, the view standing on the bridge is great looking in either direction.