[SL] - High Embankments Nuggetty, Victoria, Australia
By Team_Ninja on 26-Apr-15. Waypoint GC5TAYZ

#70 creative little cache! One more to go in the series for us, but definitely too late in the day to spend the time searching for the last one. Well be back soon. What an adventure it has been tracking the old railway line. TFTC

Tftc interesting camo

Found with 999HunterTFTC

We are slowly making our way to St Arnaud via a number of smaller towns and stopping at Maldon for lunch. We enjoyed eating lunch at the Gold Exchange Caf Restaurant so much last time, we thought we would stop there again. It didn't disappoint. Google Maps might say it takes less than an hour between these towns, but somehow, it keeps taking us 2 hours. However, we are now getting closer to our target of 20 geocaches in all Victorian LGAs, hitting more in Mt Alexander, Central Goldfields, Loddon, and our new LGA of Northern Grampians. Bit confused by the name of the geocache and the DT rating. Didn't really seem to be much of an embankment, and we found this container very quickly as soon as I looked at the right tree, even before Huntress got to theGZ.Thanks for the cache, Team Ninja.Hunter

Found the blue after a short search then located the cache out from it's hiding spot. Signed the log and placed it back. Cache and log in good condition.

I was spending a few days in Geelong after attending the Capital City Geobash in Canberra and I decided to do a day trip to Castlemaine grabbing caches along the way. Thank you AussieTrainDriver for placing and maintaining this cache..

After initially finding ourselves on the wrong side of the road, we corrected our mistake and the cache was soon in hand. Thanks for placing.

Out and about today in the Maldon area with Glanville Girls converting a few caches to smiles. Thanks for placing for our enjoyment.

Found thanks

A short trip up to Maldon and Heathcote this weekend grabbing a few caches on the way.Rode the rail trails this morning, firstly towards Castlemaine, and then Maldon going north west.All the cache were there, but most need some TLC. Mostly wet logs and damaged containers.I was looking around for the old track, and then spotted it in the distance!Lovely view across the green paddocks atm.Thanks, Robmc.

TFTC nice little cache found by geo Bec

Found this with the Warrens

Beautiful view

An unusual situation for us instead of being in lovely warm Queensland we are hiding around cold old Victoria. Medical reasons and caravan repairs have us staying here and we will be looking forward to finding as many caches as possible while we are here. SL TFTC

Out and about in Maldon again and it was time to finish this series. Grass was really long...and green...so the hint was very much appreciated. Log was soon signed and I was on my way.

Thanks for the cache Team Ninja....cache all good.

Got the wee gem!! What a great container. Just shows what a wee bit of thought can produce
There's a new track going in directly opposite, I'm sure the grader driver must've wondered what I was up to. The chopper is still doing laps so I pretended to be watching it
Many thanks

First time caching after the recent heavy rain. Cache in good dry condition. TFTC

Nice easy find

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What a great lil cache. Thanks

Another week of the school holidays means more fun, adventure and geocaching of course with both kids while camping at Maldon in the caravan. Easy drive by, which was found by JK at 12:56pm in 2secs flat. Caching stilling good nice. No problems.

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TFTC interesting hide

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Nice hide, great rural vista from here, thanks

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The trip from the Bellarine to Bendigo today could be called a retro drive! Not our usual dash up the Calder, but following the Midland, which gave us the perfect opportunity for collecting a few smiley tokens. After a failure to find at the overpass, it was great to make a quick find here.

Thanks AussieTrainDriver for another rail series..
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Sorry, we were on a Sunday drive back this way and realised we had found this back in June 2020 with Gemma !

Great day to find some caches. Good hide. TFTC ️

Sadly the only unnatural object I could find was not it

Found!

We headed out for a day trip and decided this area was a great quiet location.
The winter day we got was just amazing, sunny and a delight to be geocaching in.
Thank you for placing this geocache for us to find.

Found with McAdies and Jelly_bean14.
We had a week to do some day trips in the school holidays and came here and found this geocache.
It was great fun thanks for hiding it for us to find.

Found with McAdies and Geo_Eddie.
I had a great time in the area finding geocaches.
It was a nice way to spend some school holiday days.
Thanks for placing the cache for us to find!

A day trip to Maldon with the oldest geokid today to nab a few caches with friends from school, JollyWanderers (newbie cachers). Another DNF from 3 years ago revenged! Great trail. Many thanks.

Great view from here,we can see for miles.. better go home as we can see the rain in the distance..liked the cache something different tftc

Caching in the area we were able to finish off the SL series after running out of time on our last visit here. Starting backwards we worked our way down to Floodway, enjoying the remnants of the old abandoned railway that each cache had to show us.
This little micro was quickly spotted while we admired the view of the raised embankments.
Thanks AussieTrainDriver for highlighting this historic railway line.

Novel idea. Great views. CIGC TNLN TFTC

Nice hint. The granite adds to the beauty of the countryside.

**Find #: 6592**
**Time: 3:33 pm**
**Date: Tue 12 Nov 2019**
The day dawned a bit cooler today in Saint Arnaud.
We started out doing some of the StArs geo art, but then headed of to Bendigo for a baby sitting day tomorrow.
On the way we deviated to get Forte's Ground, and then some very enjoyable caches nearer Bendigo,

**Thanks for placing this cache AussieTrainDriver**

I headed back to this beaut outlook today
This is where I failed to find a cache one day
I was determined that the frownie,
would be turned into a smilie,
And after a forensic search the cache came me way

More like a 10¢ piece methinks

TFTC.

Heading south for the St. Arnaud event next month. Day 60 of our trip. Caching along the way. A total of 12 caches for the day and 1703
for the trip. TFTC

Sadly the only blue thing I will be seeing after all the clover is a sad face

TFTC Signed and returned. Quick find with daughter Sue.

Tftc nice container

A much cooler morning in Maldon after much rain overnight. We thought to find some more of the SL series before we head home to Wangaratta. SL at 9.12am We were impressed by the high embankment. #6185 TFTC AussieTrainDriver

Maryborough to Maldon staying at Butts Reserve
After setting up camp we decided to begin the SL trail starting from the end.
We glimpsed many sections of the abandoned railway line. Enjoyed our day travelling the country side.
Thanks for placing this cache AussieTrainDriver

This was a DNF for me a few years ago. I was pleased to find the cache as soon as we rocked up to GZ. Thanks Team_ninja, found with Motndarg today.

Out today with McLookers who had this cache found before I got out of the car. Signed and away, thanks Team Ninja.

A quick grab and we were on our way on this interesting run of caches thanks Team_ninja.

An easy find in summer without any clover!
TFTC and the great views here.

On a well earned break in Castlemaine and I’m spending the time just touring the whole area, enjoying the sites and picking up caches as I go.
Still nice and quiet on the roads and this little sneaky cache had me looking in a few spots.
Thanks Team_Ninja TFTC TFTS.

Found by G & A

TFTC and for sharing the history of this particular Rail Line. Er had completed some of the SL series caches from the Maldon end a week or so ago. Being a nice day for a drive we decide to complete the series , starting form this end . We could then circle from Maryborough to Maldon and then back to Maryborough without having to do any back tracking.=For the most part we found the caches without too much drama. One of the multis gave us a bit of trouble, more of that in the log for that particular cache. A great series and worthy of a favorite from us.
We had not read the clue for this one, only the description of the size of a 20c piece. When we located the little bligher is was the diameter of a 10c piece. A great hide and a Greta location.

Finally!
Have stopped here 4 times when around the area and that clover always did me over.
Today after some owner intervention it has been found!
Thanks for a tricky cache, glad to finally sign a brand new log.

Checked on this one today, no wonder no one has been able to find it as the thick clover that has shot up around here makes it near impossible to find an already difficult cache. I have provided a new slightly easier but still evil micro cache here.

Will check on this one when I'm in the area in a few weeks.

no where to found

Nowhere to be found

Another try at finding this pesky cache
With all available info read and digested,
I thought I was in with a chance of a find here

No such luck !!

We have been back to this one four times,,,,,cannot find it,,,,,wondering if it is still there,,,,tarrengower, 22 October, 17

We looked for this one for a while.........it must be really well hidden

Checked on this one today, it was still there but was VERY well hidden. I moved some of the grass away so it's a bit more visible.

No luck here - tricky!

Too sneaky for me today [:o]
Couldn't find it anywhere !!

I thought I'd make the most of my one day off and this beautiful weather to go out and find the SL Series, starting from The End and working my way back. I loved the history and the amount of work gone into creating this series.

OK...happy feeling has gone! I spent waaaaaaaaay too long trying to find this sneaky little beast as my gps was jumping all over the place. In the end I gave up and was heading to the next cache when I thought, no...I'm not going to let it get the better of me, so I turned back and had another look. Then I PAF...a few friends actually...and finally I found it just as a message came through to let me know what to look for. SO relieved! So sneaky! Thank you for the cache Team Ninja

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Found with Tassydevil. I had looked for this previously and was very pleased to find this cache. A clever disguise. Thanks

A good hide, out with Bill Gosse

Suscoe headed north very early this morning for a day of caching around the Maldon and Newstead area.
We left home in steady drizzle but by the time we crossed the divide the sky eased up a bit. For the remainder of the day we had sunny skies with the occasional cloud and a generous southerly wind blowing which kept temperatures in the high teens and low twenties.
The country is pretty dry around here but we were pleased to report that grass seeds are not as bad here compared to the North East and even Castlemaine.
We enjoyed this Maldon - Shelbourne railway trail and had a terrific morning making our way from The End to The Beginning.
A big thank you to Team Ninja for a very well researched set of Cache notes and for sharing this knowledge with us.

After the recent DNF's we were not sure what we would find here, so we contacted the CO and checked what we were looking for in case it was missing.
Great to see that it was there after we looked for while.
A sneaky hide.

Spent a while looking but did no finding!

Didn't find this one in the time allowed.

Epic fail! The long grass beat us.

I'm deleting my found log for this one. It looks like I mistakenly logged the find. My companions say it we did not find it, but it may have been a Did Not Attempt. There was a long time between this log and the previous, indicating we might have spent some time looking.

Sorry about the mistake - it was a full on weekend and there were bound to be some, and the finds are all a blur now.

You pwned us n00bs.

We will return.

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

Found at 15:39
On a road trip with “SAW STUFF”: Shonky Astro, Waldron，SXC, TWDG，Uni， Freddo， Four Fun
Thanks Team_Ninja

Bendigo Cup Day and the Sisterhood of the Cargo Pants were off on a day out. We had lots of fun except for the damn mosquitoes everywhere.

Because we all live in Bendigo we started from The End and worked our way towards Maldon. we looked in a lot of places for a long time, in the end we called a previous finder and with a bit weeding we soon found it. All I can say to future seekers is - trust the coordinates.
TFTC Team_Ninja

26/10/16, 12:23 pm Find #1151
Out geocaching with the Sisterhood on Bendigo Cup Day. TNLNSL TFTC Had to phone a friend on this one. The grass was so long we had to weed to find it.
~ Crazy Creels

This one was proving very tricky with the grass very long. I wonder what passing motorists thought we were doing, must've looked like we were doing some weeding. It got the better of us and so we had to phone a friend who was at least able to tell us what we were looking for, and after a bit more weeding, the difficult cache was recovered. TFTC

Find #1085 for me. This was a quick find, no doubt made easier by following the geo-tracks of the previous finders! Great scenery in this area too. Thanks for the cache Team_Ninja!

Took a bit longer to find this one with all the grass almost gave up then Mr AFS
found it. Tricky hide, clever. Signed and replaced. TFTC.

We stomped around in the thick new growth grass for a while with no luck. I think if the grass was less lush we might have fared better.

This one had us going! We were searching high and low, all over the shop until the Moose read the notes more carefully and we were able to narrow the search. By this time the weather had closed in and a bitterly cold wind was biting through us and the spots of rain were coming down. Thankfully we found it after a while, in a container that I actually had wondered about quite early on in the search. Thanks for the challenge!

Found at 1610 with JulieNicholson8. Clever little hide! Found it with one flick. Lambs out, birds singing. Beautiful winter's day for caching! Awesome views. TNLN TFTC!

Working backwards towards Maldon rather than from it, I ended up doing the whole SL series, rather than my initial plan of 5 or 6. Found, signed and returned to its hiding spot. Thanks to Team Ninja for a great series, full of history, lots of quiet roads, and great positioning of hides, where the car could be safely parked off the roads.

Searched for awhile for this sneaky hide but got it with the old " just one more look " . Thanks Team Ninja .

Overshot this one , looking for embankments , picked up on way back home. TFTC

I stopped off to get this cache after overshooting it earlier, cache #565 and the last for this area for today. a tricky little hide but I soon discovered its cover and had log signed and replaced. Thanks for the history and the cache. Team_Ninja

Took a few minutes to get this one. Followed the clues and Emthegem soon had it in hand. Found with emthegem and wickedfizz. Tftc.

Found with TeamLauren and wickedfizz. Thanks for the cache.

Another find in this afternoons cache finding sojourn. Again had been here on a previous occasion with no luck. Today with the replacement cache in situ it was an easier find. Thanks Team Ninja for the hide.

My sister had to be picked up in Castlemaine so we (neisha07, chan02 & becca85) continued on to cache the looong way home. We took roads we never would have before, visited cool places and found some great caches. A great arvo. TFTC

Took the scenic route home from Castlemaine to Maryborough and grabbed most of the SL series in Maldon with a few others on our way. Found with becca865, boo09 & neisha07. Lots of fun. TFTC!

I have an aim to hit 999 cache finds this week to make the Skipton Cave Event my 1000th.
This is easier said than done when I have found all within 40 minutes of home.
Today we needed to be in Castlemaine so figured we would take a detour home... With neisha07, chan02 & boo09 in tow, the 45 minute trip took us 4 hours...
We grabbed a few on the back road to Maldon before stopping for some afternoon tea then taking the SL trail to Laane then home.
A nice dent made in the numbers and unexplored roads discovered. TFTC

Cached the long way home from Castlemaine this arvo via Maldon. Some cool places visited. TFTC

A nice neat hide in a spot with a good view. I am really enjoying the trip through here and your informative cache notes and photos too.
Cheers

A quck find once I was in the right spot. First to Sign new log too.

I tried

Back in action. Looks like the tree the cache was previously under has been removed and the cache likely buried in the process. The new cache is in a slightly different location and is a different colour, so slightly easier to spot.

Coordinates changed from:
S 36° 57.583 E 144° 05.045

Coordinates changed to:
S 36° 57.582 E 144° 05.041

Distance from original: 20.2 feet or 6.2 meters.
Updated coordinates to reflect new placement.

Cache replaced this morning