Dribble Echuca, Victoria, Australia
By WazzaAndWenches on 11-May-15. Waypoint GC5VB26

Found it, but can't retrieve it, there's a piece of broken branch in the pipe that I don't have the correct tot to deal with.

This is the best one of these types of cache that we have done.Great source of required tool available, plus its accessory which we now always carry.Perfectly timed. Input was quicker than output allowing the amount of contact time for retrieval.No crawling, running, jumping required. Just, calmly made the retrieval and quickly signed the log and was on our way again. By then the rain had stopped and blue skies were peaking through.TFTC and some fun.

Out today with Happy Feet making our way to Echuca for a day out to catch up and cache. What a super cool cache we stumbled upon this morning, initially was a little concerned about getting this one sorted but had a good supply and tott in the car and we soon worked on getting our hand on the container. Managed to keep our feet dry enough and had a good laugh in the process, well worth a fave for the fun factor alone, many thanks WazzaAndWenches for the cache.

Found during the Great Victoria Cache Crawl event (day 3). WazzaAndWenches, thank you so much for placing it for everyone to enjoy and highlighting this area.

Over the weekend, we went on a Cache Crawl from Sunbury to Echuca, and then to Seymour. The cache was in great condition when we found it. Thank you for placing the cache WazzaAndWenches.

Found it during GVCC All good hereTFTC

Found by The Empire + HLeaving Tongala, we embarked on the journey back to Echuca, a return trip that mirrored the tranquil beauty of Victoria's countryside. As we departed from this small rural town, the rain persisted, casting a gentle haze over the rolling green pastures and weathered farmhouses that dotted the landscape. A quick cache, we didn't use what was expected and when what we found at GZ worked, we took it with us as it might come in handy another time at another cache just like this! Thanks for the cache WazzaAndWenches, favourite point added.-M

Fortunately a previous finder had left some assistance that we made good use of. We had come unprepared!Our last day in Echuca before moving on, but what a good one it was. Some of the best caching we have done in a long time. Some really innovative, intriguing and creative hides that took us some time, but well worth it. Thank you so much to the creators/hiders.A challenging but well spent day.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache WazzaAndWenches.**SKI Pair****

Brilliant hide. Glad we had geokid with his small hands to retrieve.

Out with my favs Bogonghazy and Geo dog on a gorgeous Sunday. Thanks Wazza and wenches for placibg tge geocache that certainly took some team work

Found, the Russ. Coolest one!

Super fun one to do!

Quick little detour on my travels.Luckily I had collected multiple plastic bottles today. Few trips to ensure I had enough ammo..sure enough! Scored.Lots of fun.TFTC

Cache and hide all good thanks

Wow! What a cache! TFTF!

dalerious and I had planned to ride the rail trail in Murchison to Rushworth this morning to do the relatively new LucyPatrick caches, but a puncture in the rear tyre of my bike put a stop to that.
Of course, we weren't too fussed because we love taking our two working dogs for a drive, so that's what we did .

This was our first point of call for the morning and it was a great place for the dogs to get out for a wander and watch us do our thing .

Peggy decided to get a drink from the channel and actually fell in the drink!

Sure makes the job easier having another pair of hands for this one. The log was signed and the dogs loaded back in the car to continue our wonderful day in Echuca.
Thanks again WazzaAndWenches.

Fun cache! My friend just happen to have enough receptacles in his car so multiple water trips weren't needed. Thanks for placing this one!

Did you swear on the way Home from being at Echuca for tea

A friend pointed me in the direction of this cache as he knew I was returning from Echuca. Fortunately I had a few extra minutes before picking up the kids from school.
GZ was easy to find but retrieving the cache was another story.
I had only one small item to help with retrieval but soon realised after 3 runs back and forth that this definitely wasn’t going to work. Another look in the car and yes, another item. Surely this should work… a couple more sprints and no. Another look in the car and found another small item, so I now have three. Another couple of sprints and realised I need more items. One more search of the boot and found a larger item which I could use. So now I have three small items and a larger one. Surely this would be enough as time is running out. Kids need to be picked up.
Meanwhile, while all this is happening, my sister is on a call in the car laughing at me. She has no idea what I was actually doing.
The retrieval was so much fun despite the muddy shoes and physical activity. I felt like I had sprinted 1km but it was definitely worth it.
TFTC. I’ll definitely remember this one

Find #2787 for me. Found at 8:26am with my dog Bonnie while visiting the area from Bendigo. After reading the cache title and description from home, I knew what to expect as I'd found several of these before. This kind are much easier tackled with a partner, but today I was alone so I came equipped with 5 x 2-litre containers of water which I thought should be enough. Just. I used 3 to extract the container within, and it was only after I'd returned it that I noticed the zip-lock back on the ground beside me.... Ugh! Can't leave that there! I didn't quite have enough water for a second retrieval, but thankfully the nearby channel provided what was needed. So I retrieved the cache and replaced it a second time, but with the logbook *inside* the zip-lock back this time! Thanks for the fun and another different and challenging cache WazzaAndWenches!

This is a fun cache with a fun task, loved it.

Tftc

Numurkah to Echuca camping at the Rotary grounds alongside of the Campaspe River. A great spot only a couple of caravans here.
Today we too a day trip along some back roads to Tongala completed the AL & found a variety of caches.
Such a peaceful location we decided tostay another day & just cache around the local area.

Always enjoy these type of hides, this took more than the usual ones but plenty of what was neede was close by. FP given

Thankyou WazzaAndWenches for placing this cache.

Heading to echuca to go to the movies with the geokids and stopped off to find this cache. Unfortunately did not bring a TOTT so had to be creative plastic shopping bag to the rescue. TFTC very clever. Cache and log in good order.

Tool missing

Yeah, I’ve seen one of these before, so I knew what to do. Still good fun though & deserves a favorite! Tftc

When arriving at this cache and seeing what you tool was required, we knew what to do here as we have one of own caches created similar to this one back home. It was fun to do and a great way to finish off the day. TFTC

Thanks

Needs new tool out there but was a fun one stil

Tool has gone walkabout.
Cache description updated.
BYO tool.

Found with the geokids today with the warmer weather. They said "it was challenging but fun". We had to use our own "tool" as the original tool did not look like it was as capable as it used to be. Thank you for this creative cache.
Took a smily badge, left a sparkly rainbow hairclip, signed logbook.

Found with FUF009. The "tool" was missing and NO I can't run fast enough but FUF009 can. Tftc

Find # 9313

Found with sharkeifan.

Well seeing as the "Ring of Steel" around Melbourne was taken down last week. We made plans to catch up and to spend a day up in Echuca grabbing some caches.

Couldn't find the tool but we made do with what was in the ute, 5 runs back and forth and sharkiefan could make the grab. But sadly the cache guardian, a huntsman, decided to hide under the cache and.... well..... that was the end of him.

TFTC (and exercise) WazzaAndWenches

Found with matnat28 no tool found so used our own. Took spinning top, left elastigirl ooshie. Tftc

Found it but there is no tool anywhere. I tried with what I had in the car but that didn't work.

That was a fun one! Unfortunately could not locate the tool but luckily we had hubby's car and something handy to use. Tftc

As we wander the great land seeing the sights, this is one of the caches we have done.

Thanks to WazzaAndWenches for placing the cache for us to find.

Found quickly and managed to sign the log. Nice quiet rural spot. TFTC.

We have encountered this type of cache before and they are always good fun.
TFTC

On a very cold and blustery day we ventured out to see the sites of echuca and surrounds. The fav points drew us to this one and it didn't disappoint, have seen a few like this but always appreciate the slight twists that get added. Not really the sort of day to do this cache as we certainly in need cooling down, glad it didn't take too many trips. Another fav point for the fun. Tftc

Gotcha
This clever little critter, we spied this time after we meandered along the Lower River Road this morning, calling into the cute little settlement down Point Picnic Rd, then on through Mathoura and to Echuca.
Returning to Tocumwal through some quirky, quaint little towns.
We called into some very interesting places thanks to the thoughtfulness of the local Geocachers.
Had a very scrumptious lunch with a delicious Vanilla Slice and a Freshly baked Lamington
Thanks for sharing this interesting spot in town.
A Great set up and a fav point from us for this one )
TFTC

perfect cache!

But the tool wasn't attached to the fence ... just been laying qutite far behind it, so we only guessed that must be the right tool.

Beautiful idea!
Thank you!!!

Tftc and many greetings from Germany

Found a great cache. Risked a dunking with lokkisomerville and orion60.tftc ️

Looks like the tool is missing but we had a substitute. Also had a younger UTurned to do the running so everything worked out well. Tftc

TFTC. Signed and returned.
Lucky we had was needed with us.

Good fun with kids.

Found on the way home from our fun road trip with my Clarmensma family - becca85, GemmaSistema, neisha07, Ad & Luke. We had a great trip and visited some cool places and caches. TFTC!

Yay for school holidays and Clarmensma road trips!
Found with becca85, GemmaSistema, boo09, Ad & Luke on our way back home. TFTC

Haha! Oops. As with Gemma, I have now realised we clearly didn't read properly. Ah well, we conjured up a DIY tool and it got the job done.

Stamped or signed as 'Team Clarmensma' AKA myself, GemmaSistema, neisha07, boo09, AdamSistema & LukeSistema.
School holidays yet again and we thought we'd stay the night in Echuca. It took us about 6 hours to get there from Maryborough and about 13 to get home.

A fun trip with only minimal rain, a handful of DNF's, some previous DNF's that are now smilies and 7 cache types found over the 2 days.

TFTC

We made our own tool here (blutak and stick) and cache was retrieved by becca85 after many attempts from the kids first. We didn't see a tool but now I read the post properly I'm not sure we looked properly! Nevertheless we had fun and were impressed with out improvised tool.

Today was day 2 of a 2 day road trip with Team Clarmensma (GemmaSistema & becca85 and our 4 geokids - neisha07, AdamSistema, boo09 & LukeSistema). The Sistema crew left Echuca and caches our way via Moama, Barmah, Picola, Yambuna, Koyuga, Nanneella, Rochester, Burnewang, Elmore and Bendigo before heading home via Maryborough to drop off the 3 girls and finishing at home in Ballarat about 11pm. We had plenty of finds, a few DNFs and heaps of laughter and fun as we cached along back roads, through tiny towns, around and across across amazing rivers with stunning scenery wherever we went. Thanks so much for putting this cache out for us to find and enjoy. We really appreciate it.

Found by Mary & David at 1605. What a coincidence to see a vehicle opposite GZ. Turned out to be Ian & Penny, who we hadn't seen for quite a while. The fellows did the deed, and now the notes all make sense. Dropped off "Celtic Peacock Geocoin" and " Geocoin Club October 2008 Geocoin" for them to collect. A FP added. Our thanks to WazzaAndWenches.

Hi there WazzaAndWenches.

We found your cache **"Dribble"** today. (This makes our find count 19271).

Today is our last day in Shepparton for a while, so our caching today didn't really follow a logical sequence.

We found 9 caches today (DNF'd 0) & thoroughly enjoyed our cache raid. Thanks for placing the cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels. We awarded this cache a favourite point for the "exercise".

***Coordinate Accuracy:** We found your cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The container and log book is in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** A Smiley Badge.
**Grabbed Trackable:** "Zabak". (We chanced to meet Maccamob at the cache, and collected some geo-coins from Mary as well).

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny.

Certainly need a lot more than a Dribble! Great job by geokid on retrieving this cache.
TFTC ‍‍‍

Great cache! We came prepared but still had to run! Leaving a trackable.
TFTC!

Found with Cardiackelli

Suscoe headed out this afternoon to visit caches in this area.
It was a warm afternoon, temperature on the car's dashboard touched 35 degrees for an hour or two.
We had a delightful time wandering the roads.
Thanks to WazzaAndWenches for this clever hide, we enjoyed the task and mastered the challenge.
A favourite from us too.
Last find of the day, time to head back to the temporary home and have a well deserved rest.
AMazing how many caches you can do in an afternoon around these parts.

Didn't really need the tool but checked it out.
We are now trying to fill up our 366 day calendar
so we chose this one for today. A bit wet under
foot but that is part of the challenge. A fave point
from us.....

Thanks WazzaAndWenches for a great cache.

Little Squirell

Headed to Echuca for the weekend with Shelley0 for a fathers day catch up.
This was a type I'd seen before but was great to introduce Shelley to this fun cache.
Nicely set-up here Wazza, and we got it on the first attempt.
Cheers Phil, another fave coming your way

Found it one of the coolest

Easy find have to have a think

How many months to the Alexandra Mega[?]
No idea, so I figured that i had better attend the event in Swan Hill to find out
Really though Cybergran V would have thottled me [xx(] if I hadn't have brought her up for this event so I had no choice but to attend

A pretty quiet weekend numbers wise however one that was filled with the usual laughter, craziness and fellowship of a caching event
I was extremely glad to be caching in numbers this weekend though [^], having spent many hours looking for caches in this area before!
Sadly, too often I heard the lament that 'this isn't fun! ' as a result of coords being off, no hint and the dreaded 'micro in the bush' style hides and the worst part is that instead of geocachers looking forward to coming back to Swan Hill, many will now avoid it
Not the best geocaching reputation for a town to have, especially considering the amount of money and traffic that a good geocache hide can bring to towns like this.

4 DNFs was much better than I had expected although that was only due to the numbers of geocachers present and the numerous PAF calls shared by many many teams [^]
37 finds for 2 days was pretty cool considering!

This cache will long be remembered for the time it took me to coax the gorgeous Huntsman out so that it didn't get injured and also the the stinky, smelly yuck that clung to my hands for ages and ages after! [xx(]
Even hand sanitiser didn't have any impact!
Still a smiley for me and happy memories of the cheeky CO made this a good cache to do!

TNLN. SL. TFTC WazzaAndWenches

Nice cache. Hunstman now rather cold and may have a headache. Frozen fingers. Love it. Tftc

Tftc easy find. Bit harder to retrieve though. But thanks to Goulbourn Murray waters help log was signed.

A week of work road trip Ballarat, Creswick, Bendigo, Echuca, Cobram, Yarrawonga, Wangaratta, Wodonga Gundagai, Yass, Canberra, Cooma, Cann river and Bemm river areas we put some kms on the car. Thanks for all the caches we done over the week with aqau.
Thanks

**# 16371** Found on our 2017 escape to Vic trip.
Another fine autumn day for a drive around Echuca.
Today's mission was the Teepee trail and most of it was muggle free.
I had to stop by here on the way back to camp.
I didn't see the tool, but managed to make use of my own BYO tool anyway.
The cache guardian is still happily making house at GZ.
Thanks for the cache WazzaAndWenches,
***Roostaman***

These are always fun. Plenty of tools at GZ to help with retrieval. A few local resident huntsmen were not happy lol. Thanks got a fun cache.

It was 'road trip' time, it had been a while since I'd last done a big run and so a plan was set. Two days on the road - Bittern - Bendigo - Echuca - Albury - Mt Disappointment - Bittern. All set to go on Sunday night and as it turned out my first task for the trip was to get my keys out of the back of my car that I'd somehow managed to lock inside the car. After much frustration and angst, the keys were finally retrieved, the car unlocked and I was on my way.

An early morning start and I was soon at GZ. Hmmm ... what to do here. I soon worked it out and gathered what I needed to, and did what was required and soon had the cache in hand. A pretty cool cache and a fav for me.

Thanks WazzaAndWenches.

Tried couldn't find the tool

Love these caches. This one was awesome but not when you want to go potty. Tftc

Seriously the best ever cache we have ever done. Great find for the crew from nz

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one off the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH WazzaAndWenches [^]

14:43
On my way home from Echuca after a brilliant long weekend of caching, I hadn't decided which route to take, so just followed the GPSr to the nearest hide in the general direction of away. Then the next, etc.

DoorMatt had just gotten back to his vehicle as I pulled up, so accompanied me back through the obstacle course, and we got to chat while I did what was necessary to get to the log. I'm glad there was a good supply of the necessary tools here. This type of hide is always fun.

Nice work, WazzaAndWenches.

#3113

Nearly lost a thong in the mud!! TFTC

I was able to complete this field puzzle by myself due to the number of useful tools left behind by other caches. With a bit of planning I was able to retrieve the cache and signed the log. Just as I was about to leave Nirgal arrived to complete the cache. Together we retrieved the cache and after a chat headed separate ways for the second time today. Thanks for the hide.

14:50
After attending the Central Victorian Get Together - Mighty Murray Event in Apex Park, we were keen to get out and about in search of a few more local caches.
We have always been rather critical of people who discard their empty water bottles along the roadsides! OH were we glad of them today - we would really like to see how this is done by a person on their own. It was great fun and gets a favourite point from us.

Our thanks to WazzaAndWenches for creating this cache.
14643

Found at 3:24:00 PM. Another Wazza challenge which was made easier by the number of tools left nearby.

Thanks WazzaAndWenches.

Tftc

Wow what a mission! Team work all the way! TFTC

Well, this was just do-able enough to be fun. Any harder and I would have walked away dissapointed, however, with a little bit of brains I got there.

Had a lot of fun retrieving this cache, after running back and forth a few times i finally got it.
TFTC

Very well thought out cache, would recommend coming with a partner as being on your own will most likely fail you

Quick find on caching day out, signed log,tftc

I couldn't believe my luck when my son offered to drive me wherever I needed to go to get a cache for the last day of 2015 achievement. This has been on my wish list for a while so, having read previous logs, I anticipated what I might need to achieve it, and packed the car accordingly. But it turned out the most important thing I needed was actually my son. He helped me across the water so I didn't get my feet wet, and an extra pair of hands did not go astray either. Well done, definitely worth a favourite point

I'm sorry Wazza.
I don't know how I forgot to log this beaut cache but I did.
Seeing it pop up on my map as unfound, I went through my old notes for the cache log date. I knew I had signed the cache log as I had thoroughly enjoyed the effort of retrieving it from its clever hide. On the day, I could not find the tool required at the listed way point but fortunately had something to use of my own in the geomobile.[^]
I enjoyed this cache so much I don't think I would mind at all if you chose to delete this log for its ridiculously late posting as it would mean I could do this cache all over again.
TFTC WazzaAndWenches and sorry again for the late late late log.

Arrived at GZ, and with just me, the prize eluded me this time. I will return better equiped another time, or with another person to assist thanks for the challenge WazzaAndWenches

A lot of work oops I mean fun to get this smiley face. Thanks for giving us something different.log signed on our way home from Echuca a favourite point for you Wazz 'Wenches

Caching day out while visiting family,great cache.TFTC, took TB and dropped one .

Drove through the back streets of Echuca on our way south and grabbed this one on the way. Wondered how come some muggles get bitumen outside their house - councillors perhaps!
At GZ didn't need the tool as we were in the van and had a plentiful supply of the needed ingredient.
Cache was quickly retrieved with ample supplies left over.
Thanks, probably the biggest diameter one of these we have ever done.

Found the cache, figured out how to retrieve it, used some nearby items to assist with getting our hands on it, signed and returned and THEN read about the tool provided. Lots of fun. TFTC

I soon found this cache container by the lonely roadside
But how to access the logbook, well maybe the cache notes could help ??
I didn't read them

So set about extracting the cache via a different (tried and true) method
It always works and avoids that messy mucking about with wet stuff

TFTC !!

Found the dribble, but not the tool that was needed attach to the fence. BUT my old Scouting came to the fore , and used something laying on the ground near the bridge TFTC

A nice easy find but didn't dribble much

found this morning while in Echuca. Great idea for a cache, Signed and replaced.
Thanks for this great cache a favourite from us. TFTC.

It was what I had been thinking it might be and W&W didn't disappoint me except on a much grander scale. Back to the car and with geotool in hand I soon had the cache in hand too and I didn't dribble at all... Thanks WazzaAndWenches and your big thinking.

Published

Found just after gregnjudi had signed the log, nice quick find, haven't seen a hide like this for awhile so we were keen to do it and take time out of our busy day to get a nearby cache TFTC

Greg has just showered after finishing work when this one popped up on my phone. Cache cords downloaded, into the car and off we go. I was attempting to read cache description in html on the way there. Woops, a tool - pulled the car over so I could read on - nope - supplied, so we continued our journey.

At GZ we found the cache, but not the tool. Problem was with our GPS that would not reconise the CO provided waypoint. Obtained a substitute device, and after 3 attempts the cache was in hand.

Clean log book. Thanks WazzaAnd Wenhes for the cache and another FTF for us. A fav point allocated.

found it.
TFTC