#41 Dad's Mt. Disappointment Driving Lesson Clonbinane, Victoria, Australia
By carkisser on 22-Nov-15. Waypoint GC5YJWB

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

Found it

Such beautiful country

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!

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

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).

OzHockeyChick was in need of some caches so we found ourselves on an afternoon adventure in Mt Disappointment.I have found bits and pieces of this trail, however today was a chance to make a solid dint in the series. Unless noted, the cache was found in reasonable order.Thanks carkisser for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to enjoy. ----------------------------------------------------------The Ballarat GeoTour ends on 4 March 2024! Be sure to find all the caches and earn the souvenir before the tour is archived. The [Farewell Ballarat GeoTour Event - GCAFQ8B](https://coord.info/GCAFQ8B) is on 18 February 2024.Are you ready to nominate in the 2023 Victorian Cache of the Year Awards? Start preparing by checking out the 2023 geocaching lists available [here](https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists/) and find some of the new caches ahead of nominations opening.

Teamed up with RoamingHowie to smash out a few more of the Dissa series.Thanks for bringing us here by placing this cache, carkisser ~~

Found a bunch of these while causing some backroads back towards Melbourne. Even spotted some kangaroos!

Find#6081Nice hiding place found with the adventure boys during the Whittlesea mega 2022Thanks for the cache

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 in a nice spot. TFTC

Found by caughtatwork on 24/09/2023 at 4:13:00 PMWe have taken to the bush for some walking along the roads and track to see if we can find some geocaches. Most of our caching was done by foot, with the occasional relocation to a new section by car. Most of the caches we found were in good order with only a few with small amounts of dampness, nothing to worry about. 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. The area is lovely this time of year, the weather was warm but not hot and the smell of the eucalyptus trees was wonder to breathe in. *Overall Experience: 3*GAFF1

Rated: for Overall Experience

Found this today with the kids they had a blast hunting it down

Awesome hide

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 start of day 2 power caching

we found a bigger stump…

After being in other areas after caches I decided to get a few more of this series before returning home after the Mega. This was a quick find.

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.

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

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

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

#41 Dad's Mt. Disappointment Driving Lesson
3450
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.

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

No luck.

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

Found it, cache in great condition. TFTC

Found

TFTC, out today as the first day back in regional vic.. tis series has been on my radar for along while and now out this weekend camping and enjoying the beauty of Mt Disappointment.
A really good series. Aiming to get our 200+ in a day and hit #2000 soon.

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.

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

I too went straight to a nearby obvious stump without success, however checked the last entry and coordinates and found the cache. TFTC

We tried the wrong stump here first but following the coords and trail of empty shotgun shells we soon located the cache. TFTC

Missed this one

Look close

Quick find. TFTC ️

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

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

Put a little something in there for the next person

Back out on the mountain with +Wife and our Geo Mutts, Eve The Staffy and Max The Collie.
Fantastic caching weather on a public holiday.
Onto the dirt road now. Windows up, aircon on, in an attempt to keep the dust level down inside the car.
A quick and easy park and grab, thanks to accurate coordinates and a clear hint.
A nice variety of wildlife was seen and heard today.
The Pink Heath was in full bloom.
We are on the back straight now. Standing up in the stirrups. Racing towards the finish line.
Our goal of fifty finds is well in sight.
Lots of lizards and geckos out basking in the sunshine but we were quite pleased that we didn't see any snakes today. [^]
Thanks for the cache carkisser & JSando.

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.

Day 2 - out and about on our quest to log 80 finds. Beautiful area. Beautiful story. TFTC and to carkisser and JSando for placement and to all who help maintain this series for others to enjoy. (Log 62:80)

Today was our second visit to this area, hoping to grab a few more of this fabulous series.
Thanks to carkisser & JSando and others who have assisted in keeping this series going, so we were not disappointed.

This series was on the cards today, most of the caches I did were all in good condition, unfortunately it seems some of the cache sbetween 45-69 are missing due to widening of the road were I had quite a few DNFs.
Caches between 184-191 need replacing as they are all wet.
Cache from 180-140 are in great condition and were all quickly located.
Overall I had a good trip and a good few hours out finding these

Today was a big day out, well it felt like it anyway. With the rain coming out of the clouds early I was unsure if my plan would be put to action. After hosting an event in the morning the skies seemed to clear so off I went in search of some Mount Disappointment caches. After finding just over 100 of them I decided to pull the pin and head back to Melbourne to do some more interesting caches. Some multis were on the cards and some finals were located but due to the amount of high muggles frequency due to this so called thing of “school holidays”, I had to leave the caches.  Finished off the day with an event near Marvel stadium and on the Spirit to Tasmania.

A great day out with 118 finds. A good few days in vic finished off.

Thanks for the cache

2790 fltf

After a lot of planning over the last few months, the day had finally come to get stuck into this series. I followed the route I had worked out without being sidetracked and everything went pretty much as I had hoped. I made my first find at 7:10am and the last for the day at 6:15pm. By 7 o’clock I was sitting in the Red Lion in Kilmore enjoying a cold beer and thinking back over a most enjoyable day. There was of course the odd DNF along the way as well. The weather was kind to me which helped a lot as well. A big thanks to carkisser & JSando for placing this and maintain this series. Cheers and TFTC

If you are not in a hurry then this is a nice little detour not too far off the Hume so here I am chipping away in chunks at Dads Driving Lessons which likely wasn’t a marathon done in one hit. Good day before the rain comes with little traffic - just a few wood collectors foraging around. All caches spotted quickly apart from one although a few a wee bit damp. TFTC series - I’ll be back for more sometime!

Day 2 of the series. CIGC TNLN TFTC, 9.14

Found with BorisB&Natasha and Bounty Trackers. We signed the log with our stamp Geo Nerds.
On a fun weekend with these two doing as many of these caches as we can while here. TFTC we had a great time. Stayed at Flowerdale pub overnight back for some more fun today.

2 day caching trip with Sioux & Leesa we have stamped log with our Geo Nerds stamp for Bounty Trackers, Borisb&natasha & Gonefishen.
Thanks for the cache.

A cache in the hand is worth one find

Quick find,thanks for a great series and bringing us to this interesting area.TFTC

A cool start to the day up here in the hills
But it should be sunny and warm up later.
Perfect for taking this trail of caches to the top

Next stop here,
cache found there
Though some of these findings are tricky

TFTC.

This was subsequent find for the day on the actual Dad's Mt Disappointment Driving Lesson series which Geowife and myself decided to attack today in the hope of achieving 100 plus finds in a day (which was achieved. And this one was picked up from where we left off last year with the only DNF in our run on these new caches in the series been #115 Anyway after a quick park and grab on this one we started the series in earnest at this point and had a productive day in the end finding around 105 plus caches for the day. TFTC.
If there is a complaint that I have about this series it would be that some people do not replace the caches in the correct place as per GZ co-ordinates and some caches that we found today were up to 10 metres away from the GZ, not covered over or left out in the open. Other cache logs were so wet that the logs could not be signed and a sheet of dry paper was added to these ones. The caches that had water in them were emptied of water and resealed.

And to carkisser and JSando, thank you for this great series and the huge amount of work that the both you and your team of helpers thank you for making keeping this series in operation.
Due to the high number of logs to be completed a generic log has been generated for all/most logs.

Quick find... thanks for the cache

Found in good condition after speaking to some friendly horse owners nearby

Great day out with Team Justice, successfully completing this wonderful series in a day. The challenge has appealed to us for a long time, and it was incredibly satisfying to be able to complete it. Throughout the day we often marveled at the size and quantity of the containers you must have had at home in order to lay these out. Thanks so much carkisser for this astonishingly ambitious and well executed series. We loved it!

A plan was hatched with Clint & Abby over 12 months ago when we saw these caches come out over time. We could get 100, nah, let’s get them all and soon after a few drinks we decided to attempt the lot in 1 day. Time passed and somehow we found ourselves talking about it at a recent event (yes, and more drinks). Let’s do it after Christmas, ok. So, we meet in Wallan at 6am to begin the long day.

We had a few ideas to speed up our caching given we were trying to find 300+ caches in a day and that our previous record was about 60 in a day so this was going to be tough. We put the GPS and pens on lanyards do we could keep our hands few when getting the cache and didn’t have to pick up or get things out of our pockets. We did shifts of 1 hour, so one person did the driving, ate, re-hydrated and relaxed, while the other cached for the hour. The driver also provided the clue up front between caches as the cacher counted the distance down to the cache.

Now to the clues. Tree, stump, log, rock! We were getting a good chuckle over the clues, ‘beside tree’, we are in a forest! We found some of the ‘logs’ were not yet logs (i.e. trees), but they were close most of the time. We thought there might be some sort of random clue generator sometimes.

To the numbers. 330 caches attempted in 10 hours and 22 minutes. We had 7 DNFs and a total of 323 finds. This meant an average find time (including DNFs) of 1 minute, 53 seconds. We were quite amazed at the speed we could go and how quick you could find, sign and move on. It also comes down to the great containers laid out by carkisser for this power trail. Nice and large, and easy to find and extract the logs. We only came across one Eclipse time late in the day. Our biggest hour of finds was our 5th hour of 42 finds. This averaged out at 1 minute and 25 seconds per cache.

Overall, we had a great time as it was a challenge to push ourselves to get all these caches. We loved the layout and the effort to place all these caches. Thanks so much to carkisser for the caches.

FBTJ #2549

Heading over for the Mega, stopped by for a few of these.
Left my 'H' scrawl, as a mark for this powertrail...
TNLNSL
Thanks

I'm in Melbourne for a few day's with Horsesrule1990, heading to the event and to pick up as many caches as possible. Once the Melbourne Mega raps up we will head to the Gold Coast , for a few day hitting all the fun parks. Then heading back to Western Australia, and back to Work. Would like to thank everyone for there caches and there efforts hiding then for us to find.all Tftc.

Over for Parkville Event started early this Morning after I landed in Melbourne, with Becknmonts and Loulou0212 we saw some beautiful scenery, great fun completing this series in 1 day

After Becknmonts and I picked gabs1963 up from the airport we headed out to start our day, a beautiful quick stop at Melbourne’s first before we headed to start this trail, thanks so much for putting theses caches out, I really enjoyed them - definitely a first for me getting my geo car off the road and on some dirt - TFTC carkisser

I had a great day out today after LouLou0212 and myself picked Gabs1963 up for the airport. We headed to “Melbourne’s First” and then onto this trail as Gabs1963 has cached our her 450km radius, so she wanted some “easy numbers”. Thanks so much for placing this trail carkisser

16/11/2018 I needed some numbers to get my milestone of 21000 finds so headed out to Mt Disappointment to grab 100 or so of the power trail caches. Only a few DNF's thanks to tree fellers and dozers. TFTC.

Removing NM

We arrived in the area with a particular plan and that was to do the Dad's Mt Disappointment Driving Lesson trail. All caches were found or replaced (with the permission of the owner) Some still need the logs replaced but we ran out of supplies.
This trail was done with Hans and Linda, the jumping in and out of the car was shared, the driving was shared, lunch was had on the trail where ever we found a place that appealed to us.
Some shots were fired near one of the caches which startled the crap out of us. We did not think that you were allowed to shoot here. The roads were a mixture of good, bad and ugly. Thankfully it was dry it did try very hard to rain but all we saw was not enough to wet the car or us.
We apologise for the generic logs, this does not mean we thought any less of this series. We appreciate the effort that has gone into placing this trail and maintaining it, this is why we were more than happy to help with some maintenance.
SL TFTC

TFTC. Our friends Jackie and Dennis (Muff1)had invited us to join them in making an assault on Mt Disappointment. We drove up on Sunday to Kilmore to join them. After putting a dent in the Mt Disappointment trail yesterday, our aim today was to finish the trail. We had an added incentive. We were close to 5000 finds and there was the pooibility we could track 200 finds for the day. The weather forecast did not look great but the weatherman was wrong . Muff1 had spoken to the CO and made arrangements to replace any caches that were missing. They will contact they CO with details of any issues we found along the way. We had a great time . We replaced 7 missing caches. We had never visited this area before and the trail gave us an appreciation of the area. Thank you carkisser & JSando for a great series.

Dnf

DTF

Someone very kindly placed some organic matter inside the cache which is now rotten and mushy.
New container in place.

My Mum is in palliative care and was hospitalised so I haven’t had a chance to check on this, but she is home again so I will get out there in the next week.

There was a temporary log in this but the container is yuk. This is the first cache in our trail today.

*25 Aug 2018, Found @8:50 am, Find # 1868.*

Needing to smash out a few caches to get me closer to another milestone I thought I would target this series. First one for the day. Cache is not in a good state. We were able to sign our names on a temporary log that had been placed in the container.

**Thanks to carkisser for placing this cache.**

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###**CACHE OWNER ACTION REQUIRED PLEASE**###

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I've noticed this cache is carrying a maintenance log which really does need to be addressed by the cache owner.

The guidelines indicated that periodic visits to check on the cache, as well as prompt attention to any logs that indicate there is a problem, are part of the [**cache owners responsibilities.**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/guidelines#listingmaintenance) If you can't attend to the issue promptly, then you need to [**Disable it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=235) - I have Disabled it for you this time.

**Can you please respond to this situation (or indicated your intention) by 29th August,** so others know exactly what is happening with this cache?

You have lots of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:

- Repair and/or Replace your cache or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) and [**ENABLE your cache.**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ) Then sit back and wait for the praises.

- If you don't plan on fixing it up then please [**Archive it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56) so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.

- If you really hope to get it fixed but there is some unusual reason why you can't do it soon, then at least post a Write Note log (by 29th August). Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it.

You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of those. Well, if nothing happens, then a few weeks from today, when I next look at the cache page, it is likely that I will unfortunately have to de-list (Archive) it on the basis that it has been abandoned.

Honestly, I'd rather you decide so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the instructions posted above.
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This cache is FERAL! I suggest it be temporary disabled until replaced.

Unfortunately LeeLee did not read the previous notes, having said that, did not expect to greeted by the worst cache she has ever come across when opened.

Will check this next week and clean or replace.

This one was an unpleasant find as the cache is in desperate need of attention. The inside of the cache is wet and smells terrible. I suggest this one needs a total replacement it killed my daughters motivation so we called it day TFTC

Got a day to myself so thought I would duck up here to grab a few caches. A nice spot and some great hides. TFTC

Found but couldn’t sign the log, very smelly and wet!

A quick find with little blue wren this morning. The cache has had water in it we
were unable to sign the log as it was drenched and very smelly.
Replaced where found. TFTC.

TFTC. Signed and returned.
Cache need TLC as it was very wet and smelly----could not sign log.
Out with aussie fun seakers.

Nut

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

Found by Aussie Train Driver, 27/06/2018.
With a free afternoon today I drove East to take another bite out of the Mount Disappointment trail. In just over two hours I visited 30 cache locations and made 26 finds, with four DNF's.
The weather was overcast but pleasant and I had an enjoyable afternoon. My thanks to carkisser and JSando for placing and maintaining this series.
I found this cache out in the open. The container is full of putrid smelling sludge - I suspect this one has been interfered with by muggles as it is near the end of what looks like a trail bike track. I hid the cache back in the logical spot, but I couldn't sign the log book.

I have been meaning to do the Mt. Disappointment trail for some now but never seemed to get around to it. A couple of weeks ago, when the Parkville challenge caches started getting published I realised that I needed certain cache types and attributes to qualify...this trail provided them. This finally gave me the push I needed to go out and start the trail.

I haven't been here before so it was great to go somewhere new.

On the whole it was a successful day as I made my way to #70 with 61 finds, 7 DNF (3 of which had multiple DNFs logged) and 2 had been disabled due to missing caches.

A very pleasant way to spend a day and nice weather too. TNLN. TFTC.

This was one epic series, it had it all, easy finds, tougher finds, lots of dirt road driving, steep hills, bush bashing, open logged forest, deep dense forests and a leech or 2 to throw in the mix. Both me and TheSkype traveled from the ACT to cache in Victoria and this series certainly is one to bump up the tally which I personally believe is only for die-hard cachers. Do not bring a newbie here, it might get tough, zap their mind and they might never want to cache again. We camped at Andersons Garden campground and this was our base for the 3 days we spent caching. Thanks again pleasure to do business and explore this historic part of Victoria. TFTC. Day 2

#2583 Found at 1:43pm with the Green-martian, both visiting from Canberra. Geocached in a 4x4 Outback for over 16 hours, over 3 days. Averaged 20 finds per hour hitting 30 finds an hour between #206 to #235. Found a total of 323 caches with several DNFs. What a marvel it was finding this series. All park n grabs with the car and GPS covered in dust. Weather was warm for April. Thanks carkisser for this epic series of caches.

Easter Sunday and out on a Planetary Pursuit to earn 10 souvenirs. So what better way to obtain these by hitting this power trail. Teamed with Geo husband to make these finds. TFTC

Gotcha !!! TFTC

During a little warm-up here earlier this week I found about 65 caches in one afternoon. Today I returned for a full day effort, starting at 8am and stopping at 6:30pm having covered about 100km. Without rushing too much (all logs were signed and dated in full, caches rehidden properly, and photos taken of every GZ and logsheet) I ended up with 230+ finds for the day which is a surprising record for me .
Other than a shaky start near the residences (5 DNFs in the first 11) the rest went pretty well as I searched for them in numbered sequence from #1 to #240.
All were found easily other than #4,7,9,10,11,15,37,62,79,142 and 158.
It was nice and quiet on the trail all day - just saw 2 other cars and 2 police patrols on a mild dry sunny day. Perfect caching conditions.
Thanks for the cache and the series, carkisser and JSando.

This "Main Mountain Road" sign here needs an addition - "Main Caching Road" .

So after our very enjoyable walk geohusband picked us up and we continued on picking up more of this series. We really enjoyed our afternoon, placing a series of this size is amazing loved the etching on the tops. TFTC and this series I would imagine one day we may be back to do some more.

Teamed up with BPF for a run at part of this series. Made about 50 finds which is huge for me as BPF swapped between finding and driving. Thanks

TFTC

TFTC

Today I have come to do the start of the Mt Disappointment series. I have done No 100 to 137 by car many months ago. My day started off by getting dropped off at cache No 1 by the wife and I walked as much a I could as she drove to Shepperton and back. I started at 11am and managed to walk 16km in 5 hours from the start to cache No 63. The walk was good and there was a few people around today, One of which was parked next to a cache so I had to explain what I was doing. I didn't see any snakes which was also good. All the caches I found were in good condition with only 1 DNF. I think next time I come back I will do the rest by car as my legs were very sore and scratched up on the way home. Thanks to carkisser & JSando for placing this series.

As I could not get this one the other day and as it was going to be hot tomorrow, I came back for this one and a few more to beat the heat.
Just continuing on with the series and getting as a few as I find time to do them.
I love this area and I could not imagine learning to drive around these roads.
Nice and quiet on the roads this afternoon and these were all pretty well straight forward finds, I still love the art work on the lids.
Thanks carkisser TFTC.

There were people parked at GZ, and on the way back they were still there so I will be back to get this one
Thanks carkisser & JSando TFTC.

13:20, 28 December, 2017. #1146.

With a date to tick off the caching calendar and the need to knock up just a few more to have found as many caches in 2017 as I had found in all my four previous years of caching it was time to pay Mt. Disappointment another visit. It wasn't a serious assault today, just a minor hit for some quick number building.

The geo-wife and I started where we left off last time, at #27 with her driving and me in and out of the car like a jack-in-the-box. Goal for the day was to find 18 caches to get my total to 1134. We overachieved a little with the total for the day being 44 . We could have found more, but had set a time limit, which we stuck to despite the temptation to keep going for that one more cache .

After a diversion from following the series number sequence to clear up #181 to #194 and a short stop for lunch, it was back into it.

The cache is in good condition.

TNLNSL. TFTC and the series carkisser and JSando.