#9 Dad's Mt. Disappointment Driving Lesson Heathcote Junction, Victoria, Australia
By carkisser & JSando on 20-Sep-15. Waypoint GC5YJP9

Found by caughtatwork on 23/11/2024 at 8:14:00 AMA quick caching morning on a day that was very warm and will become even warmer.Took nothing, left nothing.Thanks for placing this geocache here for us to find today, for without those who like to hide geocaches, there would be nothing around for those who like to find geocaches.*Overall Experience: 3*GAFF1

Rated: for Overall Experience

Another day of adventure with doddlingalong. A bit chilly but so good to be out of the city. Thought we would give this collection a start and see how many we can collect. TFTC

Out for another day of adventures with carmlee1, quick find and onwards

Went out for a drive with the family and did a few of the geocaches in the series of dads driving lessons.Weather was spot onThanks for the caches.

Found

Enjoying the drive threw beautiful country

Out and about today just grabbing a few caches to add to my collection. Quick find thanks.

Trying to keep up with the Jones in the Cosmic Quest!Many thanks carkisser for providing this game piece for our enjoyment.Greetings from Tatura, Australia

Accompanied with theashleys7 for caching day at Mt Disappointment. We enjoyed our journey to find the caches and some DNFs. Weather was freezing in the morning and nice in the afternoon. Found it and logged as KASA24 as a team. Thanks Carkisser for placing the cache

Logged as KASA24 as kangas11 and I both had a huge day today caching together at Mt Disappointment and writing our team name instead of both our caching usernames saved us time. I did the driving while kangas11 did the finding & writing in the logbooks. Tomorrow back to Mt Disappointment for more and well be swapping our roles. TFTC Carkisser!

Tftc

#7 TFTC, SL at 14:52

Autumnal Victorian Roadtrip.Day Three: Pick up a car and head to Mt. Disappointment. Weather: perfect. One of seven caches in this series found today. Ive already had a couple of bites of the cherry here, and the finds are a bit haphazard, largely determined by parking spots and traffic on my tail. I would have loved to have found more, mainly to boost my tally of regular finds, but the challenge caches further up the hill were the main event today. Thanks for the cache and the series carkisser and JSando.

On secondment to Melbourne, Australia, combined with short holidays here and there. Day 41/74, Saturday. Today, I decided to do some trail caching and headed to the Mount Disappointment area. I searched quite a big number of caches today. Some of them I simply skipped, due to various reasons: there were some DNF's and I could not be bothered - the place was too "bushy" or otherwise unpleasant, or I did not find the cache in less than a minute (which was my limit for patience today). I knew I would only get a fraction of the caches anyway, so it made no sense to try to get each and every one of them systematically. So, I was a bit lazy. Most of the caches today were found very quickly and I had a lot of fun.Thanks for the cache and greetings from Vaasa, Finland! Logged with [GCDroid](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gcdroid).

Day off today so thought wed head out & gather some smiles. Quick park & sign. TFTC*Hint irrelevant

DNF

Purtroppo nulla da fare.... Caspiterbolina .....Thanks Owner

Very clever ! Thanks for find number 58!

Find#6016Nice hiding place Found with the adventure boys during the Whittlesea mega 2022Thanks for the cache

28/12/23During our short lived stay at home holiday, Mr h and I decided to head back out and try to finish the TWC series, however, we find ourselves a bit out of practice.After gather a multi in Whittlesea, we had a look on the map and decided that we haven't done any of the Mt Disappointment caches!With Mr H still sore and recovering from recent surgery, we needed something stimulating, yet not too demanding on the body. We found ourselves very thankful for the (so far) paved roads, and the close Proximity of parking to each cache, making this trail the perfect balance we needed!Cache: A bit mouldy. TFTC!!!!HoodedHooligans (H.H.)

A trip to this region of the Australia was planned. In order to search and find a few caches here, various caches were dragged onto the Garmin. When we got here we saw a nice power trail. Without further ado, we organized various groceries to make ends meet. Filled up the rental car again and off we went.Our 4 WD-Truck is ready for this trip!After some time of starting this challenge, we came across here as well. We had to search a little longer for one or the other cache.Thanks to the owner for laying, caring for and guiding. TFTCKind regards from Germany

Quick find but the log is a little damp. TFTC

Very good although not a berocca tube and not cable tied to anything

Quick park and grab

Quick find be mindful of ants!

Nice park and grab

This one was welk camoed

Easy find

After a planned Saturday of geocaching around Lancefeild and sourounds, we found ourselves finishing up the day in Wallan. As a joke, I said to Mrs 4wd that we should just go to Dissa and camp the night and smash out the few caches we had DNFs on the power trail that had since been replaced.
Next minute, we were off into the bush and set up camp at Campsite #1 ahh the freedom of a rooftop tent and having the 4wd set up for such spontaneous decisions.. Caching is way more fun than the day I had planned to catch up at work.
I'm happy to have finished off this series
Tftc

Tftc. Log full. New log paper added

Jumped a few to get better parking. Found as described by previous finder at triple dead trees. We are aiming to get the winter solstice souvenir and keep our streak going by doing a few Driving Lesson caches today.

Nowhere in sight, not in the ground or at the trees

This had me bewildered. I had to look at the hint which said it was cable tied to the base of the tree. No sign of it there. Eventually found it buried in the ground and no cable tie in site.

Trying to complete some caches to get to 2000 for first anniversary of caching. Here at Mt Disappointment to do some of this series.
Thanks for the cache carkisser

Dropped by to grab a few more of this series while in the area. Chipping away at them a few at a time.

Thanks carkisser for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy.

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Good sized caches, with accurate coordinates and good hints are making for a pleasant drive and an enjoyable day. Thank you for the effort you have put in to setting this trail for all to enjoy.

More to come

The goal was 400 in a day—a pretty big task. But with Mt Disappointment and the Power Trail, it was a possibility. We started strong and hoped to find a high percentage of this excellent series. Unfortunately, it was a Mountain of Disappointment as the geomobile did not appreciate idling and travelling at very low speed as much as we did. It let us know the gearbox was not happy, so we had to pull the pin after 130 finds.

We did have the pleasure of seeing a range of Australian wildlife, one roo, several wallabies and four wombats, which it pretty cool.

We apologise for the generic log, as we prefer not to write them. We have some time pressures and cannot write 130 different logs.

All caches were found in excellent t condition unless otherwise noted.

Thank you, carkisser & JSando, for this long series of Traditional caches. We will be back to finish the series in the future.

Found this while attending the Whittlesea mega.
Depending on the log size and who I was with this is signed as nikid1, ND1 or TQ5 (team Queensland).
I had spied this series up north as it will help with a local challenge cache.
Was wondering if this would be doable with all the recent rain but with teamwork we could leave someone in the car where we couldn’t get over enough while others searched. One DNF for us the rest where found fairly easily.

TFTC carkisser

Friday and there is so much to do around town, in the hills and in the adjoining districts, where to start. I will say that despite the changing weather conditions every 9 minutes, this has not dampened my look on this area. It is fantastic and such a great little main street and with so much going on. A plan was set for today and with my caching buddies off we went, chasing caches all over the place. There are some fantastic views from up in those hills. We got in some great caches today and covered a very large area of caches, thanks to all who put these out.

We started with some of the challenge caches and a drive around the area doing some labs and the Mt. Disappointment caches. We were unable to check out some caches due to works being conducted in the areas, so we will have to come back another time.
There were a few events on in the Melbourne areas, so we planned our times around those.

We did these caches as a team, which worked out great for our days plans. Thanks for the great caches today, we signed as TQ5 or as individuals at the events.

Twas the night before mega
With dark night and cold air
Off we go caching
late nights do not scare.

Kangaroos are of plenty
Five wombats we did see
How many caches will we get?
One? Maybe two or three.

Great company with Dromaniax,
Lucky we had a stamp
Plenty of caches were found here
Some good, some old, some damp.

Thank you

Today was a day of finding a mixed selection of different types of caches with ilook4geo and we had a good run. This was an easy find today to redeem the DNF of 5 years ago. There was no problem today. All is in good condition and the log was returned to place after having been signed. Thanks for this cache placement go to carkisser &JSando.

Had an enjoyable day finding a variety of caches while out with goingplaces2. Just picking up the few of this series that GP2 had missed years ago. Name added to the log, all replaced. TFTC.

Adventure boys!
We found in peace.
#nosuchthingas [ftf]

#9 Dad's Mt. Disappointment Driving Lesson
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16 November 2022

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In the spirit of reconciliation I would like to acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Found and signed dsd or darksidedan or AB or Adventure Boys to save space in the logbook. Thanks for the cache and the Adventure

Spending the day grabbing the rest of these Mt Disa caches quick grab here. TFTC

With TheFullMetalTEAM

Left glass shell

With the rain beginning to fall and limited time - 4 caches was enough of a start for my grandson.
Eagerly found with young keen eyes.
Small car placed to add to the treasure.
Nathan had a great and joyous time!!

Leaving Melbourne at lunch I decided to hit this trail and attempt my 150 in 24hrs challenge. Probably better tried on long summer days I had to take this opportunity on ny way home to Canberra with the right amount of time to myself to give it a shot. Tomorrow will tell the tale of success or not.

TFTC

Nice and fairly easy with the hint. TFTC.

I have been intending to have a go at finding the caches on this iconic geocaching route for a while now. Today was the day, well to make a start anyway .. generally the coords and hints were spot on, unfortunately a small number of the caches we found were a bit damp but I still managed to make my mark…next time I will bring spares. We were surprised with the amount of people here, dirt bike riders, shooters 4WDers and campers… and of course geocachers. A few caches we had to give a miss due to muggle activity but got them on the way back. Apologies in advance for the generic logs! Thanks to carkisser and JSando for the series .. I can’t imagine how much work was put into the series .. much appreciated! We will be back to get the rest.. but maybe not on Easter weekend

TFTC and drive

Thanks guys! Keeping the kids busy on a rainy day

TFTC got this BBBerocca

Found

Tftc

Good one!

Found it! There was tons of ants on it though so we didn’t touch it

Great day out with Bogonghazy on our way to Mansfield. Goal was to find 200 caches and we did.
Beautiful day and thank you for placing the caches. Will be back to finish them off.

Found on our way to flowerdale pub for dinner

Tftc, #8 for the day with lilbassgirl

Tftc, found with fourtwelve

TFTC found with wasp1997

TFTC with kimx123

Good to go

Nice sunny weather and surely it can’t last So headed back into the forest from a different direction. Fab fun exploring this territory and a relaxing caching day. Shared the trails with dirt bikes, domestic loggers, and sightseers.

I wasn’t looking for huge numbers ‘tho the finds started to pile up after lunch. Having said that, a couple of sneaky hides had me spinning in circles As I’ve said before about this PT, the hides are consistent, good coords and hints Rounded out the day with a visit to Broadford to give the car a hose down before returning to Yea. I should sleep well tonight.

Not to get logging as keen to see what’s left on the map

TFTC carkisser and JSando

We decided to try a few of this series today starting late in the afternoon. We were a little surprised with the amount of traffic on what we thought would be a quiet road. Most of the caches were found quite quickly - almost park and grabs. My apologies for a generic log. Thanks to carkisser & JSando for the series.

This geocacher reported that the logbook is full.

Apologies for the late log, we made so many finds over this weekend that I'm just trying to catch up! Not too hard a find but needs a new log, there's just a couple of soggy bits of paper in an old plastic I.D tag pocket! Very hard to sign but TFTC!

need papers to sign. Thank you

TFTC

There was an interesting alternative to the old Ziplock bag protecting the log in this cache today. TFTC

Awesome cache, we love this series my boys and I spent the day exploring this beautiful area!
The views are spectacular.
Thank you

Found wet found but wet

Found, but wet inside and couldn’t write on the log sheet.

Couldn’t write on this one

Needs a new log... sorry had nothing to put there. Perhaps the clue is old

Nice hide

Found it I thought it may have been tied to the tree but easy to find TFTC

Got to rename this mountain, no disappointments. Thank you.

Finally, a weekend with no kids and (momentarily) lifted ISO restrictions. We’ve known about this epic series since we started caching a few years ago but have never made the trek from South Gippsland. We started on Saturday 20th at about 11.30am and cached steadily until dark, which was pretty early given it was Winter Solstice. The campsites were all full with dirt bikers, so we found a quiet spot in the bush to camp. A wet night ensured followed by an early start and we got back to the caches again. We only had until mid morning, but over the two days we found a total of approx 152 caches.
Apologies in advance for the generic logs! There were only a few DNF’s and we’ll log those separately. Caches were otherwise in excellent condition and the coords and hints were spot on.
Thanks so much to carkisser and JSando for this extraordinary series! We applaud the effort that you have put into placing and maintaining these caches We look forward to coming back and finding the rest

Missed this one when we did our first run ... back to grab it as we head back up the mountain to do some more in this series. TFTC

What a great day to take myself alone, up to the start of the Mt Disappointment caches at last. It was windy and blustery but I had a wonderful time. It won’t be my last visit. I can’t wait to get all the way up to the summit. Tftc carkisser and jsando

One day in frozen UK,
We drove to the drop off bay.
Took off high and came down in Australia.
With not much to bring
Bar a satisfied grin,
Less than 800 caches to my name
Then along came a virus
Which sat down beside us
And cancelled my home going plane.
We stuck to the rules
Stayed mostly indoors
But gradually sanity left us.
So with no real plans
But sanitized hands
We set off for a wood full of caches.
Of 1000 I never
Dreamed I would ever
Catch on this trip to down under
But I've stayed here so long
That it wouldn't be wrong
To think I could hit this great number....
And this is cache #1000!!! Hooray! On my last day in Australia, after 10 cancelled flights I'm goi g home. Love this series thank you. Deployed my very last special pink gummy bear!
Thank you!!

Today was a great day for a walk along South Mountain Road. The kids very much enjoyed finding hidden treasure along the way. And even enjoyed a trade. Thanks for the geocaches. Sorry to hear about your dad. Keep smiling.

Found it. TFTH

#58 TFTC Mothers Day 2020

Relocated to a new stretch of the trail, still going, getting what we can between rain breaks. Trying to stay dry again.
Cache for the day is Number 101

A bit bigger than a berocca tube, and no cable ties, but did find a cache here , only taken 2 years to get back

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Many finds today with n0w0rries and our GeoMutts, EveTheStaffy and MaxTheCollie.
Perfect weather and very little traffic made for mostly nice quick finds.
Thanks for the cache carkisser & JSando.

Back out on the mountain with +Wife and our GeoMutts, EveTheStaffy and MaxTheCollie.
Fantastic caching weather on a public holiday. What more could you ask for.

Thanks for the cache carkisser & JSando.

Two days after our last trek to the mountain, Team ZACAATT returned in an effort to finish what we had started.

Not entirely sure what would happen with the weather we headed into Whittlesea for the first lead up event to the next Victorian mega. Our plan was to get the last lot of the Mt Disappointment trail, but we were prepared to turn around and drive home with thunder storms predicted for the day, but as the meet ended, the sun was shining and we took off, first taking on caches that we had DNFd on our very first trek up the mountain in 2017.

Then it was on to the caches that we missed two days before. We had a completely different day for the third time. Zedaycee and AngéliqueAnja both took falls and there were a collection of bugs and spiders that returned to the car on unsuspecting cachers.

At one DNF location (we DnFd 2 today) we found an adorable little lizard sunning himself.

Eventually the rain and the thunder and the lightning did come and we had to make the decision to turn around and go home. It was windy and pouring as we drive home, 8 more caches that we had planned to do left undone.

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Why did the chicken cross the road?

It had to expand its Search Radius!

Caching today with Tally Tiger and Angelique Anja. Full log is the same as Angelique Anja and Tally Tiger. Thanks for the cache carkisser & JSando.

Quick easy find

Thanks for the cache. carkisser
Caching with Zedaycee and Angelique Anja.

With my caching buddy Spiffy- overseas, It was a chance for me to go get some caches he has already found (there are lots as he is 1500 ahead of me and started 1 year after me...)

My target area was Mt Disappointment. I had an idea to ride the bike, but it was a little warm and the roads a bit harded than I first thought so left the bike in the car. All caches were founs within a couple of minutes as the coords were good and the geotrails helped.

Thanks to carkisser & JSando for the placement and fun.

A trickier hide...needed the hint. TFTC

With permission of the team member who was in the local hospital we decided on a day our this time with a goal of collecting 150 finds for the day which will if achieved will be our best caching day and after spending the day collecting cache after cache we ended with 151 finds and 3 DNFs so it was a rely good outing today.

Sorry it is copy and paste logs most were nice quick finds some proved a little more difficult however most we very easy finds and some require a little attention from the owner for wet logs with it being a good day as it was cool to start and didn't get over hot during the day we managed to make the goal of 150 finds with 1 extra just to be sure.

Thanks carkisser & JSando for placing this series for us to make such an assault to collect so many caches on one day.