D2B 28 St Leonards, Victoria, Australia
By deshut on 28-May-15. Waypoint GC5WEZK

Cutting down on number of caches.

Couldn’t find this one in the long grass

No luck here today

Ejejskaj

No luck today.

A DNF for this little black duck here today. A few too many places to check and far too long grass for a D1.5/T1.5

This one wasn't to be. Gave it a good 10 minutes but then had to admit defeat. Can't see that it would have been muggled along here, so I've probably just missed it.

Thanks anyway...will try again another day.

B had some cache maintenance to do in Portarlington and a Lego purchase to pick up
In Ocean Grove, so set off with C in that general direction with a 3rd objective of starting to clear through more of the many many unfound caches we have on the peninsula. After starting out in Port we headed across towards D2B and Do You Believe in, chasing some bulk PnG smilies as our find numbers in February are somewhat lower than most other months, and such things come in handy for challenge caches.

We started mid trail on D2B and soon realised quick PnG’s were not going to be the case. Many of this series need some love, we found anything from empty containers with no logs, to damaged containers, to logbooks thats were just paper mush. Fortunately Do You Believe in was better as C’s 7yo patience was starting to wear thin.

Thanks for placing these caches for us to find.

Enjoying this trail of caches on a long weekend.
It was wet and the grass was long in a lot of places which meant I was soaked by the end of the day.
I had to stop at woolies to get extra socks before stopping at the motel for the next days adventures.

Thanks for the cache.

#4289

TFTC

Back down in Geelong again but this time to welcome a brand new family member! So while everyone is still sleeping, and before we head back into the hospital, thought I’d continue on this series, unfortunately in the drizzle…..
Trudged through plenty of long grass till I came across the hide. Upon opening, although everything seemed dry enough, the log was moist but useable.

Log was a bit damp. TFTC

TFTC

TFTC

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Easy find, Hope the log dries up soon!

Nice quick find for us today! Log very wet

TNLN
June 25, 2022 3:31 PM
Cache Number: 1432

TFTC HoodedHooligans

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Found you but very wet

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Good find

Despite the hint it took us a bit!
In the end Mrs Riddell went back to the sign and stood on it! Lifted her foot before any damage.
Replaced close by sensibly
TFTC

Really good spot! Spent a bit of time looking for this

A stepping time

Good hint

Really enjoying this day perfect walk

Decided to smash out some caches this cold and foggy Sunday. I could use the trade in this cache but placed all my trades in the earlier caches Thanks for the effort it placing and maintaining such a big series

Nice easy find

TFTC

Easy find but still nervous about long grass.

Walked straight up to this one, good to find a simplehide.

Off on another day caching around the Bellarine Peninsula with our good mate Rebel Acts.
A mixture of trails and other caches. The trails here are a bit of a treat as rather than the preform tubes or similar containers we have generally experienced in the past, most containers are of good size and often are a bit of a feature of the theme in the cache name.
We were racing the weather a bit trying to get in as much as possible before rain set in, but still had to battle showers. Lucky we were prepared.
All in all, another great day caching.

All logs signed with RASP (Rebel Acts, SKI Pair).

TFTC

Quick stop & grab

That is two wet, cold, windy nights in a row that we have headed out to pick up a couple of caches. We are realising that streaks are quite difficult to maintain. This one was a little difficult to find, and when it was, it was wedged in very tightly. We managed to get it and then signed a dampish log book. We did not wedge it as tightly back in place but made sure it was well concealed and protected. Thank you deshut for this cache

I have a free day to go out caching so today I have started out with this power trail. after today I will have found more caches then all of last year..... I loved all the different cache types all I found them all, some logs sheets were wet some caches were out in the open but they are all there. Happy to put a smiley on all these caches. TFTC.

Set of for the arvo to find some caches while the rest of our family and friends were busy at home
Had a young fellow with me so decided to tackle this series so he wouldn't get too bored but he loved them and we did more than I thought we would
Sorry for the genetic message but there was too many to remember each one and I am now logging them back at home
TFTC

I just disappointed about 200 sheep who thought I was going to feed them! Very loud too! I managed to squeeze a prize into container

Found it with Silence49

Found it with lance51 TFTC

Great clue... no swappables left there

With The ring of Swiss cheese coming down we could now catch up with our Metro Mates, so once again I teamed up with Omegaman1971 and headed to the Geelong area to do some of the many labs and several caches in the area. We had a great time exploring the area.
This was one of the caches we found today.

Thanks deshut for the cache.

Almost muggled. Swiped the contents of the cache off the boot of my car and onto the ground until Farmer Bob passed.

Cool cache! TFTC. Took cat card, left a troll and tag.

Neat! Log was a bit soggy. Nice little house. Really enjoying these.

28 A cool and cloudy Thursday morning. Ideal for a caching bike ride, or so I thought.
time to tackle some more of the D2b trail. Well 24 more finds, 1 Dnf. no lost equipment.
But severely beaten by the Bellarine bombers (mozzies) and when the battery and backup charger both gave up it was time to retreat. "I shall return!"

Thankyou for the series and the adventure. Cheers.

In order to continue my streak doubling my finds to 1000 in 2 months, I decided to visit the Bellarine Peninsula on the other side of Port Phillip Bay for the day.

Not only have I endured continuous stings from thirsty mosquitos, I am now being bitten by hungry ants too. Oh the perils of caching!

TFTC deshut

Log book wet

Yay

Found quickly by middle Geoson. Tftc

My first Christmas without anywhere to go. Christmas is a tough day when you don’t have family to spend it with. Decided to make the most of it, and ended up having a wonderful day. Beautiful sunny day, my geowhippet Reggie for company and a stack of caches out there to find. Quick find here. TFTC and Merry Christmas

The other day when we did as far as number 26 we thought that was all there was of this trail, until we returned to the caravan and turned on the computer to see that, in fact, the trail continues and that our download had stopped here. We sometimes wish for the days when we downloaded all caches one by one. We did another pocket query and soon had a load more caches to do. Again, there were some interesting caches, some very long grass, some were hard to find and some easy.
SL TFTC

Either this one had been lost or it had undergone massive cache creep. Decided to replace the cache completely and to put it back in the correct position which is quite close to the road and makes the hint relevant. Long grass down this way currently so close to the road is good.

Found, signed, returned and on our way again only the cows in the paddock around to see us searching. TFTC SL

Nice and quick at the moment

Another one found by little man first tftc

Beng in the general area, thought this would be the ideal time to get some more caches in this series, along with ilook4geo. It was rather sad that there has not been a maintenance run done here for a while as some caches are broken, some need new logs and some containers had water in them. At least there were also some that were OK. Not every log found could be signed as at least one was mush. Thanks go to deshut for this series of caches as they were placed originally.

Went for a caching day with goingplaces2 and did a part of this this trail. Found what we were looking for and added more names to the list of finders. This run needs some attention. TFTC.

Found. Cache full of water, log dry. Tried to clean out as much as possible. Tftc

Tftc

Ignored the sign found the cache, great series. TFTC AnsMisty

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Found

Great

Found whilst touring Geelong & Ballarat areas between Xmas & New Year with Freddo, Team Waldron and e.gregory1 - we've signed as F.E.T.T.
Some pretty hot days but great scenery and good co-ords & caches hides made for an enjoyable trip
TFTC deshut

Found at 15:57
I started a bit up the road before I read the hint and reset my search location. I had to wait for a few cars to pass before I replaced the container.
Thanks deshut

A few days away with Freddo, e.gregory1 and The White Dog Gang.

Fun was had by all. Not too many dnfs

Most logs signed as FETT.

Thanks for all the caches.

Find number three with the two boys to complete this section of the trail and hopefully rack up enough points to jag the souvenir. tftc

Cache was found in the last place we looked, which as usual was not the first place we looked. Thanks for a fun cache. We signed the logbook FETT.

Found on a short, post-Christmas sojourn to Victoria with Freddo, Team Waldron and thewhitedoggang that involved plenty of driving, cycling, walking and even some boating and wading.

The weather was on our side (albeit a little warm at times), which made for some great caching. There were plenty of varied finds, with some excellent and often tricky hides and and just a few DNFs. We signed most logbooks ‘F.E.T.T.’

Thanks deshut for the cache.

We are spending a few days on the Bellarine Peninsular before the Christmas rush so have the chance to do this series. Thanks for the series deshut.

Thanks to the long weekend back home, I was able to pop over the ditch for the mega and a ‘few’ caches along the way! I was really after the numbers on this trip, planning to achieve 50+ each of the three days for a challenge – something that is getting much more difficult back home! The weather was great and I had a ball thanks to all the CO’s placing great caches!

Today’s aim was to find some more along power trails and trailets, and a few interesting others. I am so grateful for the variety in the trails! TFTC!!

Good hiding spot.

A weekend away with FWBs, and introduction to Power trail caching. This is a generic log to help me catch up with the long overdue logging of my found caches. Please note that each cache and location can be remembered but due to time restraints unable to personalize each log. The date logged may also differ to day found. Thank you for sharing this location for us.
JABs.

Found

Was a dnf but now a found. Funny if you look in the wrong place you don’t find it. TFTC

Find #3628. Found @ 16:59 with The Good Lady Wife.

We're in Portarlington on a getaway, and getting in some caching is a part of that plan. TGLW and I had a plan to combine getting up to our daily tally of steps with walking a caching trail. We decided that this section of road would do. Leap frogging the finds so that we'd have finds in both directions.

The rain had gone away by the time we got here, but we were being watched by a herd of cows.

Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables.
Thanks for the cache deshut

Funny how caches creep about. This one is about 2m from where it started life. Since the position is more protected than it was at the base of the pole, I've left it in the newer spot. The broken lid meant a new container was needed and a replacement log added and a few more trades. Ready to be found.

The lid is broken on this one and log is slightly wet, may need to have a check on tftc

omegaman1971
4191 Finds
Out and about in the area trying to get some smiles on the map.
Have really enjoyed other caches from this CO recently and this series didn't disappoint.
Cheers for the cache and series.

kenbryl, Sean.75 and I left home this morning in search of caches and adventure down this way. Our plan was to find as many as possible in a specific time frame. And of course, we are doing this series back to front aswell! lol.
Tftc and the series. Logged as Skk

Logged as Skk.
Caching with kenare and kenbryl on an awesome winters day.
Tftc. Tnln.

Logged as Skk.
Sean.75, kenare and I headed this way to convert dots to smileys and to see if we could obtain the turtle along the way. TFTC

**"WesPro's Most Misguided 100 In A Day Adventure" Pt 28**
What?!? *Another* cache sentinel?!? You've gone all out on this series, DesHut!
Thanks heaps, DesHut!

Finally, a winter day where the weather was not horrid and I was up early enough to head out for this series. Enjoyed the series overall - was pleasantly surprised to find that not all caches were the same. As for the pups - Mila got a bit worked up in the car with all the stopping and starting but BJ is used to it! It was too wet and muddy underfoot to let me out anywhere (they just had a groom yesterday). Thanks for the effort to put in the series - its a great numbers run for things like the July souvenirs.
D2B 28: TNLN, TFTC deshut

Find No. 2260. Found with FUF009 at 10.08am

Well what can we say when FUF009 said it all.

We done a day trip to Geelong, some three hours away, and FUF009 came with us.
Our aim for the day was to do the D2B series plus three other caches close by, then the Shepherd's Road series and Do You Believe In ... Series, to get a total of 75 caches for the day to help us get the Hidden Creatures Souvenirs.

Finishing these three trails earlier than expected we then went on the AB4C series, seeing how we had both worked on these puzzles together. We grabbed a few others along the way and at the end of our caching day in the Geelong area, we had clocked up 100 finds. WOW - This is a first for us and a day that we won't forget.

* We got our first cache at 8.59am and our last cache at 4.55pm.
* We had rain at the start that made the roads muddy and changed the colour of our car from red to brown.
* We stopped twice for eats and cuppas - Lunch at D2B 43 at St.Leonards, on the waters edge then again near AB4C #13 at the dead end road.
* An enjoyable caching day was had by all of us despite the weather, plus the day was made less time consuming with well maintained caches therefore no time was wasted on DNF's.

TFTC

Find # 6783

Found with Tyred n Cranky

A day of caching to help out with accumulating enough smileys to try and get closer to the 100 needed for the Hidden Creatures souvenirs.

We started off on the D2B trail where Tyred n Cranky’s Magna changed from a nice red colour to a lovely shade of brown, the true colour for a geocacher's vehicle.
Thankfully the rain had blown away by the time we got down to St Leonards, just leaving the cold wind behind.

After a lunch stop down near D2B #43 we then headed off for the "Shepherd's Road Treasure" series and then to the "Do You Believe In ..." series.
again both the roads added to the colour of Tyred n Cranky’s Magna.

After completing these we realised we had plenty of time left in the day for more and then added to the plans and headed off over to the AB4C puzzle series near Waurn Ponds.

On the way around, for the day, there were a few of extra caches thrown in to the mix, as they were “close by” or on the way.

With a few caches, that took some minutes to locate or get into, But with persistence and patients we managed to make a find on all in the day.

All in all we ended up with a finds totalling just over 100. This is the first time that Tyred n Cranky have made the big 100 in 24 hours. A great fun and memorable day indeed.


TFTC deshut

What else to do when you have the day off work and there are little electronic graphic souvenirs to be gathered? You go caching of course! And you pick a bit of a power trail to ensure collection completion!

Today we are out on a creature hunt. We want to catch all creatures, great and small. But to do that we must hunt caches first, so off we go. Thanks for the cache deshut
With Zedaycee and Angelique Anja.

Out today on a windy Wednesday to grab a bunch of caches for the Hidden Creatures souvenir. A quick find after looking back to the car. TFTC deshut

Got it TFTC!

We're out today hunting for Hidden Creatures and decided on this power trail as the way to go. Thanks for bringing us here.

Tftc

Day out with sassieold55, we took advantage of a lovely winters day to do this series Tftc

Out for a day's caching with blingg. Jumped out of the car in between rain showers
TFTC

Out for the day to get this series, found all but one
TFTC

Way too many ants and flies around this one.

Grab another one of these today TFTC

Found during a nice weekend down on the coast.
Fantastic weather for swimming at the beach followed by a few geocaches.
Thanks for the hide.

Found with McAdies and jelly_bean14.
We had a great time down at the beach and exploring the area.
Thanks for placing the cache for us to find.

Found with McAdies and Geo_Eddie.
We got to go down to the beach for the weekend whiuch was a lot of fun.
Different types of views and some nice swimming and geocaching.
Thanks for the cache hide.

Found with tassie expat while exploring this beautiful area. Tftc

Returning from Xmas GeoBBQ. Couldn't help ourselves. Grab some more smilies toward our target #900 before xmas .
TFTC deshut.
TNLN.
A nice quiet dirt road thank you.