Touch Of The Past #10 Mannum, South Australia, Australia
By earthlight on 02-Oct-15. Waypoint GC64EY8

Out and about with sir_spectre attempting to clear out another part of the state that is actually quite close to home.Thanks

Another one down in these series, still a lot to go i think. Quick find. Found with Mogni. Today the aim was to do the OTD series - November and as many of the solved jigidi puzzles in the ghostly tales series as we passed on the way there or back. Any other caches we stamped on route were a bonus. For a change all the containers were in good shape and all had plenty of logbook space expect one that got replaced. The flies are out in flocks, not one or two at a time. No snakes were sighted but dozens of lizards were seen and a couple of kangaroos. Only 1 DNF for the day.

Quick find with LittleLeah79 and gals. TNLNSLTFTCTTFNBeaker DGS

TFTC, great hide, signed logbook and found with Beaker

Day 2 of my holiday to the JLW event in Lameroo and then off interstate for a few weeks. Today I started the day off in Walker Flat and made my way towards Lameroo stopping in Wynarka for the night. I managed to get 40 caches today and 2 DNF's along the way.Another great bit of History gone to ruins but worth a visit.TFTC earthlight

Staying at Mannum. Out for a drive following the river. Tftc

Blue65 27/02/204

A quick find, stamp and return here today TFTC

Once upon a time this would have been interesting to see, the cache was easily found and hopefully doesn’t go with the grader

Today I set out for the full day to the Murray
plains since the flooding has occurred and the main aim to find the new fireman helmet at Sedan. A total of 95 caches found for the day.

Thanks for the cache

Day 18 of our loop through Vic and SA then home.

Our last day together on this trip, we headed even further afield from Loxton. fitzy_1965, albida33 & I signed as MAF or FAM to save room.

Mannum was our target, along with two OTD series, some oldies and some nice D/T’s.

All caches were found quickly and easily unless otherwise mentioned.

Southern Autumn adventure Day 19. Post Mega South East SA trip Day 13. For our last day of caching together, we had to look quite a far way off from Loxton. we ended up heading all the way to Mannum to visit two OTD series. Along the way there were several other aches to be found and importantly an Canberra Lab cache as well. Caching was with Fitzy_195, MinnieK and albida33 and logs were signed as F.A.M. or similar, It turned into quite a long late drive home but we have had a great few weeks caching during and after the Rutherglen event and I cannot wait to do it all again on even more South Australian cache series

Thanks for the cache earthlight

42023.34 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2010 Geometry A#167

**Albida**

31,724. Found with minniek and albida33 (signing either as FAM or MAF to save room and just for fun) during another great day of caching in South Australia).

Rutherglen Mega and South Australia Trip Day 18. Today we headed out early to get two of the On This Day series (November and March) plus the usual cherry-picking around Mannum and Palmer, before finishing up some Trads around Loxton that we have driven past far too many times ! We got to do the ferry ride at Swan Reach twice again which we always enjoy This was the next find of the day, and it was a quick find once at GZ. Signed, replaced, and then we headed off to the next one on the list.

Thanks earthlight !!

Out for an afternoon drive.
Stopped by and found this cache.
Quickly located the cache and stamped logbook.
Cache is in good condition. Tftc

On the way to Murray Bridge to stay there for two nights and we were staying at Swan Reach for 6 nights Found the cache and logged the log with Everlasting earthlight, Thank you so much for placing it.

Accompanied with crank1, we enjoyed the trip and detour find it and sign the log. Thanks for the cache and hunt.

Spending the day touring and geocaching around the Mannum area. After a lunch break at the Mannum Bakery, I was off to find a could more geocaches.
The goal for the day is to fill a few missing cells in my 360 from home grid. I’m working on my 5th way around.

Thanks for the cache earthlight.
# # #11712 # #

In Mannum for the weekend for a little R&R.Today we headed out to clear as many as we could and sightsee the area. A quick find Here...I always lament how these people would have lived and worked the land..what made them leave? TFTC

Quick find with Frankiezmum22 and a good view towards the great River. TFTC earthlight.

Nice spot cache in tact thanks for the find

Another cache found with richlink on our 2022 South Australian Adventure.
A chilly but beautiful day saw us enjoying the countryside and completing the OTD November and Fruit Loop series of caches and any others on our route. Thanks for the cache Earthlight.

Out in a coolish but clear day with iluvtrekking ranging caches from Punyelroo. Beautiful scenery along the way. Thanks earthlight

After spending the day looking for caches on the On Your Bike trail, we came back from Swan Reach to Mannum on a road that we haven't used before. Along the way we came across this cache, Accurate coordinates led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks earthlight for the cache.

Very busy road for a dirt road so be careful TFTC

Found

Thanks to earthlight for this hide, a nice spot to stop for a while.
A quick find.
On we went further north.

It would seem the fence has been replaced fairly recently, and despite a good look we didn't locate the cache.

In all our travels we would not have even thought to travel to this location.
(Ha Ha). In your dreams, these cachers do.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

Devilish

Brilliant and Clever

I like it

Another one off the list

TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH - Earth Light [^]

Full time nomads since 2014. Still tootling around the country trying to avoid Covid hotspots.

Back in SA for harvest work. Spending a few days in Mannum. With the extreme weather of yesterday we werent sure we could access all of the caches that were our target for the day! We had no need to go on the main road but noted the detours in place and the ferry was surely busy!

A part of our day took in November of OTD series and it was possibly the hardest of the whole series that we have completed. Im sure the grey day and the constant drizzle did not help. But smilies all around on completion.

TFTC earthlight

Spent some time caching around Mannum and up towards Teal Flat.

Looks like the original owners of this building might have been fairly prosperous. Many thanks for the hide earthlight

Lovely day for a caching day, such an interesting spot TYFTC

A nice easy roadside park and grab on the way past.

Thanks for the cache earthlight.
Found on 28/12/20 at 13:31.
Find #12345.

Day 428 ( Friday 30th ) of our trip. Caching along the. In To Mannum today. A total of 7 for the day and 7492 the trip. A grand total of 17,460 caches. TFTC

I was pulled over on the side of the road, and two women traveling in the opposite direction stopped to ask if I was ok, and then immediately realized what I was up to. They are occasional geocachers themselves. We had a great chat.

Good ol Earthlight: dependable, reliable. I’ve just had a torrid time with a new cache further north, so this offering was a welcome return to form, thank you.

Tftc

TFTC

Maintenance performed by CPWanderer whilst i was in Melbourne for 10 weeks. Now back in SA in isolation for 14days and looking forward to once again doing maintenance and finding caches.

Checked on this today ........ it had definately gone ...... in fact most of the roadside verge had also gone with the widening of the road.
Have replaced it under a SPOR (suspicious pile of rocks) in the vegetation next to the road. Did not put it down the bank as the fenceline is currently down so there is likely to be activity when this is replaced.
The cache is a 200ml. black painted systema with a logbook, stashnote, pencil and half a dozen small polished rocks.
.......................................................................................................... if this goes again it might be worth moving it 150m. towards the river ... still in sight of the ruin.

Thanks CP for the helping check and replace this cache for me

Found on a beautiful day out from Mannum with Shandyk. Signed log as GuSh. TFTC earthlight and thanks to CPwanderer for replacing so quickly.

Found on another beautiful day out with Guzs Travellers. We signed the log as GuSh. TFTC

Unfortunately this one eluded us. Looks like there has been some tractor action nearby, so maybe needs to be checked.

Despite 3 cachers looking for 15 minutes no smiley for us today. Cache hasnt been found in a while, and the road appears to have been widened coming almost up to the property boundry fence, with tree clearing also done on the property. Unsure if cache is still there. Goegeous building.

As I am currently interstate C.P Wanderer has kindly said he will check in about 2 weeks

Despite 3 cachers looking for 15 minutes no smiley for us today. Cache hasnt been found in a while, and the road appears to have been widened coming almost up to the property boundry fence, with tree clearing also done on the property. Unsure if cache is still there. Gorgeous building. Could you please check if cache is still there?

Today with COVID-19 requirements still in effect, and with jesswrigley wanting a rest day at home, I decided to head up to the hills to do a couple of OTD series that hadn't been found for some time. These were the March OTD series, followed by the November OTD series, just around Mannum.
In addition, I stopped off at various locations to run along the trails and in reservations/parks to do some fitness. I enjoyed the journey out and about, and made stops in Charleston, around Tungkillo, Palmer, and Mannum. Mannum was a great little spot next to the river, and keen to return in the future to explore around here further.
It was a cloudy, coolish day that helped provide solo motivation at jumping in/out of the car so frequently.

Another geocache in this *Touch of the Past* series, with some nice ruins nearby. This was a quick find, with the cache container and logbook were in good shape. Thanks earthlight for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

We thought this was going to be a little back road but with the quantities of vehicles that passed us we assume it goes somewhere busy
We are often impressed at how much of some of these old homes are still standing after so many years. We cant imagine some of the homes built today lasting so long. Lovely views from this road looking down to the river, there is so much water in it at the moment the bird life is wo wonderful to watch.
The isolation of these places makes us wonder how they survived when something went wrong, how far to a doctor, or help with an out of control fire. They were built of tough stuff our pioneers.
Thanks earthlight for placing and maintaining this cache. Found it signed it and replaced it safe and sound as found TNLN

A great day caching with Moroldies. TFTC

Quick find while out caching with GoGrandys.TFTC

We gave ourselves the day off and enjoyed a day of finding caches, enjoying the weather, and locating a few other treasures. Thanks to the cache owners who added to our fun. We were able to find 5 different types of caches.
TFTC

While camping on the Murray River we did a tour today with ilook4geo. What a wild day!! The winds were gale force and there was rain as well, so we only managed to find a few caches when conditions eased a little. We did the usual duties for each cache and then raced back to the shelter of the vehicle. A nice quick and easy find was made here. Thanks go to earthlight for making this contribution to the caching game.

The very strong wind blew us along here today with goingplaces2. It as raining as well. Found some caches but not very many. It was the best possible in the conditions. Found this cache and signed the log. TFTC.

Thanks Earthlight for this cache. Good condition

Found today on a day trip out from our house sit in Murray Bridge.

Love these old ruins and Mrs Juc admired and photographed while I did the business, then joined her after replacing the cache.

Thanks for the cache.

Tftc

This weekend we were supposed to be in Naracoorte and Robe, but my boss decided to come to Adelaide instead, so that scuppered that plan. I had hoped to finish the Popes series on the way home from Robe to finish the Cache Carnival and get the last souvenir, so had to hatch an alternate plan.
Decided to take advantage of the 'extra' hour on Sunday and head into the hills to seek some numbers and pick up a few others that had been burning a hole in my phone.
Had a great day out, had several dnfs (probably just me) and continued frustrations with cachly, seriously considering a gps now. The weather was superb for caching, it was a beaut of a day. Ended up with 69 finds, including 4 multis which made for an excellent day out. The scenery was spectacular and other than a few kangas and sheep didn't see much in the way of wildlife.
This cache was added to the list to find to break up the journey home. Found quickly, admired another old ramshackle and continued on my way. TFTC Earthlight

I had a great day with Whitepaws9 from Victoria because we chatted and laughed along the drive.

Thanks earthlight for the cache

Great day caching with Lava12.
TFTC

Beautiful spot cannot imagine how tough life would have been. Thanks for cache

Not sure exactly when I found it.

Out with woolwood9 and we enjoyed getting some more finds in the area.
*Thanks for putting this cache out and showing us around!*
SL

Good series, after 9-00pm so not the best time to view here.

Another day out finding caches while on a geocaching trip with tmann421
Really enjoying all the sites and the history we are seeing
Thanks for the placement

Found! We go past this ruin all the time!

Nice quick stop TFTC

Tftc

I stopped to log this find while staying in Mannum. Thanks.

Tricky spot

An easy drive by cache and some interesting ruins. TFTC
Find # 1006

TFTC

Maintenance performed by a kind cacher. Cache all good.

Maintenance of cache made today new container to replace broken one original logbook placed in new container at gz.

I love ruins, a time gone by so many memories and stories to tell I bet. TFTC

Currently returning to SA from qld and N Z .will replace in approx 2 weeks

Out and about with Dr Owl with a specific mission in mind any other finds were a bonus. A quick find. All these ruins shows how much has changed in 100 or so years.

Thanks for the cache earthlight.

Owl collected Sushilord for a day (for her) centered around qualifying for some challenge caches she had already found. It was a successful and fun day, with lots of extra caches found, just because. This was a quick find, with Sushilord doing the hard work of the retrieve. The container needs replacing, as it is broken.

This geocacher reported that the container is damaged.

A quick find while driving nearby. TFTC.

Another find by the newest geocacher. Love the old ruins, they make great photos. SL TFTC

Found on a lovely Sunday. Geohusband did the honours here. Took TB. TFTC

Quick easy find with Beary Organised on lovely cool day. TFTC TNLNSL Heading back to Mannum for a coffee.

Found this with CherryRose on our way into Mannum for coffee after completely the days of November trail. Dropped TB TFTC SL

Nice big reno job for someone

Nice spot

Found by The Boofs TFTC . TB dropped.

TFTC.

A nice quick find on our tour of the back-roads around Mannum. All fairly quiet in this part of the world today.

Thanks earthlight.

Day 4 of our SA trip had us leaving our camping spot in Palmer nice and early and heading towards Murray Bridge [^]. Of course there were many power trails collected including the geo art

I had been eyeing off an interstate trip for some time now and made plans to head to SA to power through the geoart trails over here . I roped in my geo buddy Krabiboy to join me and we set about solving [?] caches and highlighting Jasmer caches that aren't available over in WA. Our adventure took us from the CBD over to the Yorke Peninsula and then back across to the Murray Bridge area . We were relentless in chasing down the finds and picked up as many as we could in the week that we had available. Due to the park and grab nature of our visit, the log books which weren't able to accommodate the ink stamp we had made were signed with the initials 'jk'! Fave points will be awarded for those caches which are considered awesome

A massive thanks here to earthlight for placing this cache here and for tempting us to venture over to this area. Cheers!

jinta29 found your cache Touch Of The Past #10 today. This is my find #7340 and find #76 today. I was able to get my name in the log book here and we replaced the cache as we found it. Thanks once again earthlight for placing this and bringing us to this part of the world!

jinta29 and I are in town this week after many months of planning for a week to remember. We are heading to the Yorke Peninsula, Murray Bridge and as many places in between as we can get to. This was one we found along the way.

TFTC earthlight.

earthlight, I found your cache Touch Of The Past #10 on 27/4/17.
This is my find #4189 and find #76 today.

Blink and you'd miss it [)].
This old place looks like it sits quite comfortably amongst the trees [^].
TNLNSL.
Thanks Earthlight.

Found by Mary & David at 1256. These are the caches we love. What had the family lived in before this substantial building, made from local stones, and with very large chimneys? Dis they have a happy life here? How many children were born and died? We hope they had some good times and were proud of their time here. Our thanks to earthlight.

Sedan. We have set up camp at the recreation grounds.
Today we headed out to find November, lunch at Mannum Then return back past the BMT series.
We found a few others & through in an EC & we had a great day.
We were pestered by march flies all day. The coordinates were excellent which helped with location a few of the caches.
Thanks for placing this cache earthlight

I was headed for Mannum this morning ...
... again !!
I never got there yesterday as geocaches and rain made me change me plans

Along the way to do what I was going to do yesterday,
I passed by this olde ruin.
A real renovators delight
Hey !! It's still got four walls
Better than most of the buildings I've seen near these caches [^]

Nice views down to the river too !!
Quiet back road address,
handy to shops and local services !!
Location, location, location

While pondering the possibilities here,
I found the cache just down the cliff

TFTC

**Found whilst House Sitting in Mannum**

*Out letting my GPS be my guide*...

A beautiful day to be out and about... Nice quick find in a pleasant area... Love these ol' ruins...
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment earthlight... Really appreciate your efforts...

Took: Nothing
Left: Nothing
Stamped log...

**#9246**

TheCatBandits off to Monarto Zoo today on a family adventure for one of the CatKids 7th Birthday. Set off early this morning so we could visit the Zoo and find a couple of caches. Had a great time with the animals found cache after our visit on our way home TFTC

The objective of today was to complete the November OTD series, and we stopped off here on our way past. Mrs Gizmo loves these historic locations. She seems to have so many photos of these sites amongst her caching photos. Another one added to the collection.

Quick find. Cache and contents in good condition.

TFTC earthlight

I touched the past. Strangely is was nice and wet today.

A quick find today while passin by..TFTC

Out for the day driving some back tracks around Mannum and finding a few caches.
I love these old ruins and have lots of photos of ruins around the state. [^]
Thanks for the cache earthlight.

TFTC.

A little bit of climbing down needed.

TFTC - love the old ruin close by.

My Grandfather use to stay at this house occasionally. He drove sheep across from the highlands the other side of the river, across the river and up this hill to a farm close by. Before the locks went in the river there were many areas that stocks were drove from one side to the other.