SKIPPY IN THE PARK - ZAMIA PALM College Grove, Western Australia, Australia
By
baffle on 29-Mar-15. Waypoint GC5QB7H
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Due to dieback in the park I’m archiving this one as it is off the track and there is nowhere suitable to hide nearby.
Of the active caches in this area I had only one left to find. This was it and it was to this cache I now walked. I passed a pair of bird watches that nearly spring me with a cache in hand. I never saw another muggle until I was nearly back at the car.
I got to GZ and looked where I’d become accustomed to look and there was no cache there. A cache size depression was to be found though. If not for past logs I would have taken it that the cache no longer resides here.
But I had read past logs and looked for other options. I tried a spot, not expecting it to be an easy search but brought the cache out in moments.
As I walked off I saw a flash of blue to my left. Before I could turn my attention that way it had gone. I stayed around for many a minute hoping for a blue wren to appear again - it had other thoughts apparently (if it was really there).
I got to GZ and looked where I’d become accustomed to look and there was no cache there. A cache size depression was to be found though. If not for past logs I would have taken it that the cache no longer resides here.
But I had read past logs and looked for other options. I tried a spot, not expecting it to be an easy search but brought the cache out in moments.
As I walked off I saw a flash of blue to my left. Before I could turn my attention that way it had gone. I stayed around for many a minute hoping for a blue wren to appear again - it had other thoughts apparently (if it was really there).
Day 6 of WAGB22 week, finished up at the annual dinner.
Today was hitting Bunbury pretty hard - particularly the south. Today managed 78 finds (including Lab Adventures), had a 6 DNF’s and 10 FTF’s.
Thanks to the local hiders in maintaining the hides.
Today was hitting Bunbury pretty hard - particularly the south. Today managed 78 finds (including Lab Adventures), had a 6 DNF’s and 10 FTF’s.
Thanks to the local hiders in maintaining the hides.
In Bunbury and Collie for WAGB2022! A massive weekend of caching and catching up with friends. A big thank you to all the COs that have placed caches for this weekend, as well as COs maintained by existing listings. You have made this weekend what it is! Apologies for the generic logs. Cheers Rach2! 
Its WAGB day! Spent the day hunting down cache with the Machman.
Thanks to all the COs for your efforts. A long but fun day out. TFTC
Thanks to all the COs for your efforts. A long but fun day out. TFTC
In town for WAGB 2022 and exploring the many unfound caches. A quick find here, TFTC!
Couldn’t find it. May have been pinched. Others in this series have been straight forward
Caching day today with BJA3. Found in good condition with no issues, TFTC Rach1 & baffle!
Out with Team Barritts picking up smileys on a beautiful morning, all good here With no issues, tftc
Had a cursory look but there's a botanical survey happening in the area so didn't want to dig around too much. Have to come back another day!
Good walk around Manea Park today with the grandies
Thanks for placing these caches and making the walk more fun
Thanks for placing these caches and making the walk more fun
A pleasant time in Manea Park.
We have headed to Bunbury for a couple of days caching.
TFTC Rach2 this is find #8985 for us.
We have headed to Bunbury for a couple of days caching.
TFTC Rach2 this is find #8985 for us.
Hi there Rach2.
We found your cache **"SKIPPY IN THE PARK - ZAMIA PALM"** at 11:16:00 AM today. (This makes our find count 23659).
We started the day off by nominating a cache some distance away from our camp site and then took a route that was mostly determined by the next closest cache according to our GPS. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip around the area & ended up finding quite a variety of container types, and sizes hidden along our route.
Thanks for placing this cache here. Over the years, Geocaching has taken us on many adventures and to lots of wonderful destinations all over Australia. Without 'caching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our nomadic wanderings. 'Caching has also introduced us to a diverse group of like-minded people, many of whom we now call friends.
**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found your cache around 3m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing
**Left:** Smiley Badge.
Thank you Rach2 for adding to our adventure.
Regards
Ian & Penny
We found your cache **"SKIPPY IN THE PARK - ZAMIA PALM"** at 11:16:00 AM today. (This makes our find count 23659).
We started the day off by nominating a cache some distance away from our camp site and then took a route that was mostly determined by the next closest cache according to our GPS. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip around the area & ended up finding quite a variety of container types, and sizes hidden along our route.
Thanks for placing this cache here. Over the years, Geocaching has taken us on many adventures and to lots of wonderful destinations all over Australia. Without 'caching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our nomadic wanderings. 'Caching has also introduced us to a diverse group of like-minded people, many of whom we now call friends.
**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found your cache around 3m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book are in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing
**Left:** Smiley Badge.
Thank you Rach2 for adding to our adventure.
Regards
Ian & Penny
Lovely walk with quite a few different wildflowers sprouting colour today. Cache was found safe and dry.
We woke up to a beautiful spring day so decided to head to Bunbury for a spot of caching & exercise. We certainly got both here. Also enjoying the display of wild flowers.TFTC Rach2
FOUND IT!! walked past it had to walk back. As was on track to a different one in the series. Found with I_BEAR_I
Another quick find we have really enjoyed this area thanks for bringing us on these walk trails TFTC
A nice cooler morning for a walk around this park. Managed to find all the caches. TFTC.
I was staying in the area and went for an early morning walk through this piece of bushland.
Finding this one was much easier than getting the log out. I ended up destroying the zip lock bag in this cache.
TFTC baffle
Finding this one was much easier than getting the log out. I ended up destroying the zip lock bag in this cache.
TFTC baffle
TFTH TFTC! Day one of a huge caching trip with Barnzy12 to Bunbury for the weekend, an area we haven't ventured to for far too long with so many green dots on the map just waiting to be found.
We started off by grabbing all of the newly published ooh yeh heading south caches which hopefully one day can make their way all the way to Bunbury, and luckily they were positioned where they were with the newly installed fixed point to point camera nearby which may have nabbed us otherwise.
We got to Bunbury after grabbing a nearby archived team red roo cache and went to complete the skippy in the bush series which was a lovely walk around some suburban bushland with a great variety of plants and vegetation for us to see. All containers bar the disabled one found without issue. I might have to ask you where you get your magnets for the mint tins as they are highly effective baffle!!
We then grabbed a bunch of park and grabs around town which were pretty stock standard.
We then drove down to the Ludlow Forrest to complete the Bigfoot series of caches and some others in the bush. It was a lovely drive around on the 4x4, which handled the bush nicely even with a few obstacles. The highlight of the day was some ripper money box hides including big foots ATM, which lived up to the normal team money box standard
We closed out the first day with some park and grabs around town at dusk and into the evening. Thanks to the local COs for their caches so far..
We started off by grabbing all of the newly published ooh yeh heading south caches which hopefully one day can make their way all the way to Bunbury, and luckily they were positioned where they were with the newly installed fixed point to point camera nearby which may have nabbed us otherwise.
We got to Bunbury after grabbing a nearby archived team red roo cache and went to complete the skippy in the bush series which was a lovely walk around some suburban bushland with a great variety of plants and vegetation for us to see. All containers bar the disabled one found without issue. I might have to ask you where you get your magnets for the mint tins as they are highly effective baffle!!
We then grabbed a bunch of park and grabs around town which were pretty stock standard.
We then drove down to the Ludlow Forrest to complete the Bigfoot series of caches and some others in the bush. It was a lovely drive around on the 4x4, which handled the bush nicely even with a few obstacles. The highlight of the day was some ripper money box hides including big foots ATM, which lived up to the normal team money box standard
We closed out the first day with some park and grabs around town at dusk and into the evening. Thanks to the local COs for their caches so far..
TFTC! Day one of a huge caching trip with Cravo10 to Bunbury for the weekend, an area we haven't ventured to for far too long with so many green dots on the map just waiting to be found.
We started off by grabbing all of the newly published ooh yeh heading south caches which hopefully one day can make their way all the way to Bunbury, and luckily they were positioned where they were with the newly installed fixed point to point camera nearby which may have nabbed us otherwise.
We got to Bunbury after grabbing a nearby archived team red roo cache and went to complete the skippy in the bush series which was a lovely walk around some suburban bushland with a great variety of plants and vegetation for us to see. All containers bar the disabled one found without issue. I might have to ask you where you get your magnets for the mint tins as they are highly effective baffle!!
We then grabbed a bunch of park and grabs around town which were pretty stock standard.
We then drove down to the Ludlow Forrest to complete the Bigfoot series of caches and some others in the bush. It was a lovely drive around on the 4x4, which handled the bush nicely even with a few obstacles. The highlight of the day was some ripper money box hides including big foots ATM, which lived up to the normal team money box standard
We closed out the first day with some park and grabs around town at dusk and into the evening. Thanks to the local COs for their caches so far.
We started off by grabbing all of the newly published ooh yeh heading south caches which hopefully one day can make their way all the way to Bunbury, and luckily they were positioned where they were with the newly installed fixed point to point camera nearby which may have nabbed us otherwise.
We got to Bunbury after grabbing a nearby archived team red roo cache and went to complete the skippy in the bush series which was a lovely walk around some suburban bushland with a great variety of plants and vegetation for us to see. All containers bar the disabled one found without issue. I might have to ask you where you get your magnets for the mint tins as they are highly effective baffle!!
We then grabbed a bunch of park and grabs around town which were pretty stock standard.
We then drove down to the Ludlow Forrest to complete the Bigfoot series of caches and some others in the bush. It was a lovely drive around on the 4x4, which handled the bush nicely even with a few obstacles. The highlight of the day was some ripper money box hides including big foots ATM, which lived up to the normal team money box standard
We closed out the first day with some park and grabs around town at dusk and into the evening. Thanks to the local COs for their caches so far.
Another trip to manjimup and back, picked up a couple of caches along the way. Tftc sl tnln.
These caches are what geocaching is all about for us. At Manea Park we were able to combine two of our passions – wildflowers and geocaching. We photographed a wide variety of flora between the showers and despite the cold and damp really enjoyed our walk. Thanks for your excellent series.
By this cache, the sun had come out and it was getting quite warm with the exercise. We were regretting taking warm clothing as well as an umbrella! TNLNSL Thanks baffle for another.
By this cache, the sun had come out and it was getting quite warm with the exercise. We were regretting taking warm clothing as well as an umbrella! TNLNSL Thanks baffle for another.
A quick find while down the SW visiting our old neighbours. We were out on a family walk through the Manea Park when we suddenly thought to check if there were caches. Thanks
There has been a lot of work done in this park since I was last here almost 3 years ago.
I think I’ll leave a few of this series so I have a reason to come back again. Thanks baffle TNLN
I think I’ll leave a few of this series so I have a reason to come back again. Thanks baffle TNLN
Found while out caching in Bunbury with Geogypy's and schnappy 96 in the cold, rainy, wet weather today, hopefully no snakes out.
TFTC
TFTC
A last minute decision to head south for a day or so had me heading to this area.
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A nice hide here and thankfully we had no trouble adding our name to the log book. TFTC .
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baffle - jinta29 found your cache SKIPPY IN THE PARK - ZAMIA PALM on 27/12/2015, 7:26 AM. This is my find #4641 and find #13 today. The cache is in good shape and we replaced it as found. Thanks for placing this and bringing us to this spot!
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Have you logged your WILL ATTEND for WA GOES BIG in 2016[?]
I have and am looking forward to seeing lots of other cachers in Pinjarra on the WA Day long weekend.
Log your will attend at GC5YAGP!
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A nice hide here and thankfully we had no trouble adding our name to the log book. TFTC .[blue]
baffle - jinta29 found your cache SKIPPY IN THE PARK - ZAMIA PALM on 27/12/2015, 7:26 AM. This is my find #4641 and find #13 today. The cache is in good shape and we replaced it as found. Thanks for placing this and bringing us to this spot!
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Have you logged your WILL ATTEND for WA GOES BIG in 2016[?]
I have and am looking forward to seeing lots of other cachers in Pinjarra on the WA Day long weekend.
Log your will attend at GC5YAGP!
These were our last few caches for the weekend, we should have been on the road home but we managed to squeeze them in just before hitting the road. So many wild flowers in bloom, fantastic, thanks for the cache baffle
Another fantastic baffle series. We had a fantastic hour racing around the loop between showers. Thanks.
Since muggle hadn't taken my 'baby boy' for his morning walk I said lets do this cache as I need one for today
Piled in the 200 series and off we went for a lovely walk around part of Manea Park. Saw where cache was on approach so a nice quick job here
A leisurely stroll and a bit of a rest on a seat the way back just enjoying the shade and peace. Then home to do chores
TFTC baffle, another one in a lovely area
Piled in the 200 series and off we went for a lovely walk around part of Manea Park. Saw where cache was on approach so a nice quick job here
A leisurely stroll and a bit of a rest on a seat the way back just enjoying the shade and peace. Then home to do chores
TFTC baffle, another one in a lovely area
Now that the dust is starting to settle from the WA Goes BIG 2015 event, I can finally get back out there and do some caching of my own. Teamed up with geobuddy Mark and headed southwards, yet again. Didn't know if we would get down to this series, but glad we did. Enjoyed the walk immensely. All were straightforward finds except for one sneaky one. Thanks for the exercise and the smileys baffle.
Our weekend guests had to make an early morning departure to endeavour to beat the rush of muggles heading north after the long weekend. We decided to take the geo-schnauzers for a walk through Manea Park to pick up these recently new caches. Beautiful morning for a stroll and it seemed we had the place to ourselves as we didn't pass any muggles. Thanks baffle
Out caching with OOH YEH down here... Quick find here now off to do the others... TFTC 
I was heading down bunbury way with Kristybelle today and after finishing what i had to do we stopped to grab some caches. We picked up all the SKIPPY IN THE PARK caches and 1 for the girl. A nice pleasant walk and all caches were found quickly except SKIPPY IN THE PARK SPEARWOOD which took quite a bit of searching. TFTC baffle
