THE KEP - Hung Beechina, Western Australia, Australia
By jasenjanine on 19-Mar-16. Waypoint GC69C5G

Found 17:54Three months of travelling in Western Australia with Muggle friends from the East coast; stopover in Singapore on the outward and return flights. Caches and labs where they are on the way and can be done without too much effort. You may forgive me for using the same standard phrase everywhere, but there's not much more to it than that. Many thanks to all the owners for making our hobby possible. If there is anything wrong with the cache, more detailed information follows.

Find 20 of 27 on a a fantastic day out, riding from Mundaring to Chidlow and back on the Kep Track on a perfect blue sky day.All good here.TFTC jasenjanine!

Bit high but still thwre

To tall

Coordinates changed from:S 31 52.072 E 116 14.998Coordinates changed to:S 31 52.079 E 116 14.977Distance from original: 116.5 feet or 35.5 meters.Cache has moved to another place & the name is still relevant. Happy Hunting

Cache was missing, have relocated a short distance from the original GZ... Look up

DNF

We looked, but wonder if it is gone with the trimmed branches?

Had a good look but no luck

Ditto.

Couldn't find anything at the given coordinates. Branches gave been cut off the tree.

Easy find. Nice camo. Perfect day

Love the paint job, TFTC

Not what I was expecting so took longer than it should

Nice hide. All well. Great day to be out on this great track. Tftc

Checked on this one today and noticed that only one side of the logbook used. It’s also waterproof paper so if you empty any water out, dry the paper a bit and write on the other side of the log .. that will be great. Thanks

Found it! Nice Container.

Log is wet and full.

Outnabout after the event. Took way longer than it should. TFTC

Out on the bike today to do some more of the KEP series, quick find here TFTC

Taking my bike down this section of the track this is find #6. Nice container here

tftc

Pen didn’t work

Passing by so stopped to knock off a few more from the Kep series. Found this one nice and easy; the clue is in the name. All's well with the cache, thanks jasenjanine.

Nice quick find , log is wet ...

Another day on the KEP enjoying the walk, scenery, a bit of history lessons, and caching. Tftc

Log book is moist but I could still write on it.

We parked nearby as it was easier in the rain that was falling.
Thanks for the cache.

We parked nearby as it was easier in the rain that was falling.
Thanks for the cache.

Quick find TFTH

Out ‘n about with m4yb getting a few caches.
With Jonathan, the Swift camper trailer, back from repairs we are testing him out at Lake Leschenaultia and doing some exploring.
Bit of the KEP this morning. Another one for her.
Thanks for the hide and jasenjanine.

After a peaceful night camping at the lake, megawat60 and I went out to do what we came here to: ride our geobikes along some of the KEP trail and look for a cache or 10. I was riding ahead and for once, happy to yell out “found it”. TFTC!

Our caching day started out at a reasonable hour with ilook4geo. It was cooler but due to get a lot hotter later on. Most of the finds today were along the Kep Track, but we tried to choose caches that were accessible from the road and did not involve too much walking or scrambling through scrubby bush.
It was asuccessful day with over 20 finds before the day became too hot and we returned to base.
Thank you to jasenjanine for placing so many caches along The Kep Track, many of which are placed near signs that give info and add extra interest to the particular site.

After our succesfull log on the MoM Perth yesterday we had a look for some traditionals today.

Thanks to all COs for placing and maintaining the caches.

Found and logged together with Swerik, Mikaching and GPS-Wickie.

Logged together with Mikaching, GeoSpirou and GPS-Wickie.
Thanks for the cache.

Logged together with Swerik, GeoSpirou and GPS-Wickie.
Thanks for the cache.

Today the objective was to log a couple of caches along the route. So we collected some of „The Kep“ and a few of the „AP2 caches


Thanks to jasenjanine for placing and maintaining the cache.

Alls good here . TFTC

An apt name for an apt cache. Tftc!

Found it. TFTC jasenjanine. Teamed up with ullyssia and papillon367 to form the "A Team"
We had another attempt at more of the Kep Track. Chidlow to Mundaring with a few others included. A great day to blow the dust of the deadly treadly and enjoy the fresh air.

Today was a perfect day for another bite at the Kep track with ullyssia and Photo-Play, starting in Chidlow and finishing in Mundaring. This was a fairly quick find. Thank you for the cache and the great series jasenjanine.

Thank you! Out cycling on the Kep Track with Photo-Play and papillon367. Happy to make the find here.

Decided to go for a ride from Mt Helena to Wooroloo after a failed attempt on Thursday due to me snapping my bike chain not 300m from the vehicle. This has been a great trail to do and a chance to get out of the house.

This cache was quick to find. tftc

Out and about with Neva2old and themongrel to claim a few more along the Kep Track, happy to say we added a smilie here today TFTC

Out and about with Parkacruz and Themongrel today. On a nice sunny but chilly winters day, we only had 3 DNF's which was great. Parkacruz managed to squash her fingers between some rocks, so a tissue was issued and a couple of bandaids and told " to toughen up princess" so we could continue our caching day. ( Since coming home Parkacruz has been to the DR's and now has steristrips and an appointment for a surgeon OOPPPS)

found with neva2old and Parkacruz tftc

Well hung

Out for an early Easter morning walk with the geodog to continue collecting a few more caches along this beautiful track. Thanks for the cache!

After an enjoyable walk with my sister on the KEP track heading south from Mundaring Sculpture Park, today I decided to walk the track heading east from the same starting point all the way to Wooroloo. I was expecting a great adventure and this track (and the series of caches along it) did not disappoint. While the terrain was reasonably flat throughout, the frequent junctions and historical placards along the way made the trek more interesting. Lots of wildlife were spotted, lots of big grey kangaroos, bobtails, really large goannas, foxes and a wide array of birds. A great variety of hides can be found along the trail, with most caches hidden securely and in good working order. I had really good luck in finding this string of caches with only 2 DNFs for the day (i.e. Red Flag & Pipe-ular Picnic. I am feeling inspired to return another day to continue this KEP track epic. A little bit of water in this container, but did my best to dry the log before returning.
TFTC jasenjanine

Sometimes you don't see something until it is staring you right in the face
Day 1 of a two day caching trip to Wundowie and surrounds.

TFTC jasenjanine this is find # 3900 for us.

It was a quick initial sighting then tiptoes for me. TFTC Jasenjanine

Nice hide, great fun, TFTC

Great hide. But tricky but clever. Log is damp again but could still write on it.

Found it

Found it

Nice hide. Spotted it as I approached. TFTC

Out for a combined ride and geocaching combo with Mr Cache and junior cacher. Got a ring in today, so we are out to blitz it. Found this one, taking our daily tally to 12. Thanks for the cache! www.thesoloavocado.com

PUGs team

Stopped by & replaced logbook today. All should be good now

After picking up a rare moveable cache in Mundaring I decided to track down some more of 'The Kep' series while I was in the area. Did the little section between Mt Helena and Chidlow by car, not the best method I must admit.

Arrived at GZ here and thought the coords must be out. Expanded the search area a bit to no avail, then went back to where the GPSr was pointing and spotted the container right where the gizmo said it would be.

Only now while logging at home I realise I should have taken more notice of the cache title. Adding a favourite.

jasenjanine I found your cache at 12:40pm, this was the 8th of 12 finds for me today and brings my total find count to 3951. The cache was in good order and I replaced it as found.

SLTFTC

Visited today and found Log Book completely saturated - unable to be written in. Odd considering its location, and no water in container!

16th find for today. Log Book is completely saturated and unable to be written in. TFTC

Resting my leg for most of the week I was glad that we had booked a campsite close by.
The kids played at the lake with the grandparents, the wife was reading a book and I finally could go for I little 6km walk.
the cache was found quick and of I went to the next one.

Logbook is a bit damp
TFTC jasenjanine

These hides blend in really well [^]. Logbook is a bit damp though

After too many delays in getting back to this area, I decided to put my Friday camping trip to good use and head north from home to grab a few more smilies along this trail . This was my first ride on my mountain bike for quite some time and I had an absolute blast .

A MASSIVE thanks to jasenjanine for placing this cache here and contributing to this game that we enjoy so much [^].

jasenjanine - jinta29 found your cache THE KEP - Hung on 20/01/2017, 7:15 PM. This is my find #6222 and find #21 today. I was able to add my name to the log book and I replaced the container as found!

All ok with this one except a damp log TFTC jasenjanine

Wanted to look for a few caches before I fly out, back to Europe, thanks for the hide,
TFTC

Teamed up with Everlasting and Ian-and-Penny today to cache THE KEP areas and grabbed this one on the way We signed the logs using our team name for the day E.S.I.P. Everlasting injured by fall so we decided to stop for the day. Thanks jasenjanine we had a great day.

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Decided go to "The Kep" for few hours - with Sevabo and Ian-and-Penny. We found 12 out of 16 caches.

**We signed the logs using our team name for the day E.S.I.P.**

Thanks jasenjanine for organising the cache and hunt [^]

Hi there jasenjanine.

We found your cache **"THE KEP - Hung"** at 12:57:00 PM today in the company of Everlasting and Sevabo.
This was our 10th cache find today & makes our total find count 15219.

What an adventure we had. Everlasting's sister Sevabo is visiting from Sydney, and as today is our last day in Perth for a while - Everlasting persuaded everyone to attempt some of the KEP track. After a very shaky start, and some thrills and spills on the slippery gravel along the way, we managed to log 11 caches. Unfortunately we also logged 4 DNF's.

We found a variety of different sized cache containers, some where we thought they were, and some we had to search around for a while. (Our GPS wandered around quite a bit in some spots along the track and the other ones probably did too). Overall, today's cache run was very enjoyable, but please excuse our boilerplate log, we find it really difficult to craft individual ones when we attempt so many similar caches in a day.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found this cache around 2m from where the GPS said we should be looking.
**Cache Condition:** The cache was soaked, we spent some time drying it out, but it still needs some "Owner TLC".
**Took:** Nothing.
**Left:** Nothing.
**Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards
Ian & Penny.

Found THE KEP – Hung. The log book is wet and hardly could write in. Regardless, SL TFTH jasenjanine.

TFTH Happy to collect another smilie. Log still wet

Yes it was! TFTC

We have been tackling this series over a period of time and it was time to bite the bullet and get it completed .... So the geowife instructed me it was my time to complete it !!!!!
I packed the car with the old push bike and hit the trail early ......
It was dark when I hit Mundaring so it was out with the torch . Did I mention the weather was dismal !!!!
I managed to collect 81 and no DNFs.
Many different containers used so it was a pleasure to see a variety and the way they were used .....
I saw the history of the KEP track in different stages from the old water pipe to the railway sliding's / landings and the buildings close to the track from that era .
Sorry for the genetic log as I didn't take any notes but will comment on the ones I can remember !!!!

Thanks for a fun find. The log book is soaked and in delicate condition.

Sneaky sneaky

Just letting you know the cache is not watertight as the logbook is sodden. Didn't have a replacement or baggy - sorry!)

Nice hide!

Hi just want to let You know that the log book is wet and mouldy, good job siding it though!

When Fernweh* suggested a day's caching along the KEP, I was more than enthusiastic about the idea. I knew that to get it done would take more than just the one day, taking into account the time it takes to get from my home gz to Mundaring and then back again after a day's hike. She was under the misguided delusion that it was the whole Track could be done in just one day - lol.

Anyway, we decided to start at the beginning and see just how far we could get. Fortunately Granett came in on the planning side of things and suggested that we start further along at Sawyer's Valley and work our way back to the weir, much of which was downhill, saving us the time and effort of doing it uphill instead.

I had also invited Eliktrisiti to come along for the trek, to which she was somewhat hesitant at first, but she was on a mission to crack the big "100 Finds" milestone. It was freezing cold and pitch black when I left this morning, stopping to pick up Eliktrisiti in Mandurah on the way. Arriving at the rendezvous point 15minutes prior to the agreed time, we couldn't resist coming and grabbing the nearest cache while we while we waited for Fernweh* to arrive.

We then bundled into the one car and headed off to meet Granett and start our day's adventure. Lots of chit chat and laughter along the way, with a great variety of hides to keep us wondering what would be next, while steadily working our way back down to the weir and my car.

After dropping Fernweh* and Granett back at their cars and saying our goodbyes, Eliktrisiti and I decided we could squeeze in *just a few more* before heading home, so we headed eastward instead of west, managing to snaffle another ten finds to top off our bumper day.

Thanks for a great day out Jasenjanine - super effort getting this series out there. Hope to return again soon to tackle some more of them.

PS It was pitch black and freezing again by the time I got home too, tired but happy.

Nice hide but again log is very wet and mouldy.

Ltf

This one was a favourite of the day...Clever.TFTF

Sneaky cache, well done

Headed out for an afternoon with barnzy12 towards Northam. After picking him
Up and being told just wait a minute I need to bring a few things out I got rather suspicious. I at this stage had no real idea where we were heading and what we were to find today.

Steve as always thinks ahead, stays up late and develops a plan. Out he came with a ladder....... Then a canoe and said lets pack them in and go.

In the car he stated he wanted to do a sky, land and water day. I was intrigued to say the least.

The ladder would be used to help us climb a tree and the canoe to save us getting wet instead of going for a "light" swim as its getting rather cold now.

We started of getting some Kep track caches on the way to Northam.
Then stopped in for a field puzzle or two prior to making it to Northam.

Most caches were found in good condition with one DNF and a few a little water logged after the recent storms.

We hopped to find enough today to get B12 closer to the magical 6000 finds that he is hoping to log for the WA Goes Big event in 2 weeks. See a lot of you there.

TFTC! Had a days caching planned with Cravo10 as we haven't really gone out for a full day since our action packed whirlwind 3500 kilometre trip to Kalgoorlie, Leonora, Esperance, kulin and surrounds trip.

Had a sleep in this morning before we headed out on our mission to tackle a few caches on the Lep Track to Northam, with a few others along the way thrown in for good measure.

Planning the route last night i thought of the idea of a Land, Air & Seas day, with the kep track caches forming the land leg, a kayak on the Avon forming the sea leg (river) and the air leg being some tree climbing in wundowie. This was not mentioned to John in the plans as usual as he generally gets apprehensive about these "ideas", so when he turned up I just casually mentioned "I've gotta get a couple of things from the garage", that's when the face changed and I explained about the days "goals"

Anyway we had a later than usual start and tackled a bunch of the caches between mundaring and wundowie along the kep track before deviating to lake leschenaultia. The two field puzzles here chidlows well and assembly required weren't really on the days plans, as I generally have pretty poor form when it comes to field puzzles and I bring along muggle mate come geocacher Numbers Man to solve them which generally costs me a lunch.

Lake leschenaultia turned into the highlight of the day. WP2 of assembly required is probably one of the most fun geocaches I have ever come across. Such a simple task, but quite hard aswell as I struggle to follow instructions!! And chidlows well, was a bit apprehensive after reading some of the earlier logs but we had the container within about a minute of arrival, great job on that one. Tried to take all sorts of backways to grab the final for the assembly required puzzle but should have just walked from wp2, it would have been easier and not wasted thirty minutes of our time.

After completing the lake leschenaultia caches we then continued towards Northam but time was getting tight as we didn't bring any push bikes so we were walking from the car to the cache each time which was slowing Us down significantly. We eventually got to Northam a bit later than expected and grabbed some much needed supplies to refuel the body for our next leg.

We arrived at the banks of the Avon to complete the Avon a swim cache in the geo yaks, which has been on the radar for a while with all the caching growth in the area. We paddled down with a nice strong current pushing us down the river towards GZ, we took some notes from he listing and the maps as we didn't want to take the phones on the water. Was a nice quick find in a logical spot, well the only spot really. And we then paddled back against the strong current which gave the arms a good workout. Only got marginally wet, thankfully as it was a bit chilly!!

We then planned out assault on the tree climbing aspect of the day the eucalyptus cache in wundowie, unfortunately we arrived in darkness and even after coming prepared with an extremely large ladder we still couldn't reach it and didn't want to risk life or limb in the dark for just one cache, so we decided to leave it for another time

All in all another great day out, should be able fo complete the kep series on our next visit to the area which hopefully isn't too far away although the CPS series has really taken a back seat after this series was published!

Thanks to all the COs for their caches. Cheers!

Quick find here. No idea why the logbook is wet though. Make sure the lid is replaced properly guys. TFTC

Out with fam steiner. Another quick find tftc

Found with KB on Easter Sunday thanks for the cache jasenjanine

Another Friday morning, another trip to the hills for some caching.
Great morning to be out in the cool weather.
Sixth find of the morning, decided to start here and work my way towards Chidlow. Started just after 8:30am. Didn't have to be at work until 11am so plenty of time to get some finds. Log signed and was on my way. TFTC.

While our geo-hubby's were cycling through the reserve, Mrs iluvtrekking and I headed off in the car to grab The Kep caches closer to Chidlow. Rain falling steadily now so no hope of keeping dry. Surprising we saw more cyclists, horses, walkers and joggers out on the track today in the rain than we saw in beautiful sunshine yesterday. Thanks jasenjanine.

Richlink stayed over on Saturday night so that we could make and early, early start on Sunday morning.
So, with the bikes loaded we headed off in the dark to Northam, "The Kep" caches firmly in our sights. Some of the caches were accessed on foot from the nearest parking spot and others by bike. Although there was some heavy rain storms on Monday and we were wet through we found all of the caches and had a great couple of days finishing up with lunch at The Weir Hotel on Monday.

Congratulations jasenjanine, what a fantastic effort here.

I was back out after work again today to hit up more of the KEP track hides, and I picked up where I left off on Monday night. Perfect! This was just the type of hide I had in mind.

Thanks for the cache jasenjanine!

We found a few hung caches today and this was one. Thanks for the cache.

(chwiliwr team catch up log)

We decided yesterday to come out and try and do some of this series and started in Mundaring and finished up near Wooroloo when we got too tired to continue doing the long walks. After recovering a bit we went back to Mundaring and then started the caches towards the Wier from where we had started this morning getting as close as we could to GZ with the car and walking the short distances from the road to the track.

Got a few firsts along the way and had no trouble finding any of the caches.

Thanks jasenjanine for the cache and the series done so far.

Just as I parked the geomobile another vehicle passed me and did a u-yurn and followed me down the drive to the track , but thankfully it crossed the track and disappeared, cache was found soon after
TFTC

Decided yesterday to come out and try and do some of this series and started in Mundaring and finished up near Wooroloo when I got too tired to continue doing the long walks. After recovering a bit I went back to Mundaring and then started the caches towards the Wier from where I had started this morning getting as close as I could to GZ with the car and walking the short distances from the road to the track.

Got a few firsts along the way and had virtually no trouble finding any of the caches.

Thanks jasenjanine for the cache and the series done so far.

*FTF* great camouflage for this cache - great placement - coordinates spot on TFTC

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