CBRR - Fickle Finger of Fate Creswick, Victoria, Australia
By Saint.Anthony on 08-Jan-16. Waypoint GC69CJQ

Since the fickle finger is rotting away its time to reture this cache.

Great cache well hidden

Me again

I love this one so “face up to it!”.

Out on the push bike to get some exercise and also find a few caches. It was pretty warm today, so I was rather wary of snakes, but happily none were to be seen.
I've not been along this line before. It's a great little ride, but it's a pitty that it no longer goes through to Allenford.
All the caches had reasonable co-ordinates and were in good condition. And happily most didn't take long to find either.

Thanks for bringing me here.

Good find

A good spot for the cache

Well I’ve never driven along a rail trail before, and if someone came the other way it would be a fun challenge to pass. Thanks for bringing us here!

Wow... 2 December! When did that happen? After finishing off the Christmas caches it was back to complete the rail trail which was partly completed last visit and a few other caches before heading home.

Geosenses took me straight to this one.

Thanks Saint.Anthony for the cache.

What a funny award
We came, faced the cache and roaming Howie snagged it quickly
Thanks for the cache

Surrounded by the frogs

Our first week away after lockdown number 2. Combining caching with gold detecting and enjoying the bush. Staying in creswick for 2 days helping the regional towns out as we travel along. TFTC

Found it

Found

Found it

Tftc

TFTC. This trail has been on our radar for a few years.We were in an around Creswick today so took the opportunity to discover this trail . It became a Saint.Anthony couple of hours. Great to be able to go out and have a bit of sunshine. All the caches on the trail were in good order.

Such a pleasant walk ... and we love it when we can find the caches nice and quickly. TFTC

Cool spot!! Thanks for the cache

TFTC

Found it

Found 30/5/20

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Tftc loving the walk today!

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Nice one

Nice little nook

Tftc

Quick and easy

A nice quick find while holidaying in Daylesford. TFTC

Heading to St. Arnaud for the mega event. Day 69 of our trip. Caching along the way. A total of 3 for the day and 1929 for the trip. TFTC

We were out and about in the Ballarat area today caching on our last day before we head back home to Tassie. We've really enjoyed our caching experiences and we were glad to be able to fill in another area on the map. TFTC

Found

Stuped me at first. Thanks

Nice

Very fickle indeed

Back after this one was replaced, I thought that I was going to have another DNF, but the hide revealed itself to me.

True to it's name this one's fate has been fickle. It has been moved? Replaced cache at the fickle finger to bring a halt to the DNFs. New hint added.

DNF for me too, despite a thorough search.

Continuing our adventures around Creswick and beyond, before making our way home to Wangaratta. What fun - a set of caches in a railway reserve. Off we go - oh no, every now and then we trip up and luck out. We searched for quite a while trying to locate this fickle finger but the fates were not on our side today. On we go...

Found previous cacher’s pen but not the cache itself!

Left our pen at the one Took us a while but we got there

Visiting get daughter from Qld. This is the first days since I arrived that there hasn’t been any rain. It’s nice to get out and find a few caches. Thanks for the hide.

We circled round and round and round this one, missing what was obviously staring us in the face. I like the way you attached this one. Thanks for placing Saint Anthony. Caching today with geomum Beckster22.

Found it.

Newstead Day 3
Todays trip was around the mining area as far south as Creswick. We came accross some amazing caches & locations, a really enjoyable day.
The weather started quite bad, rain jackets & beanies to keep warm. The unsealed roads were good to drive on as we kriss cossed the country side. Learnin a little about the area as we went.
We were able to drive our car along this trail today.
Thanks for placing this cache Saint.Anthony

Found it

Out for the day caching with barnes86 having a wonderful time. Hoping to cover some ground today and up our numbers. TFTC

Out and about for the day with wildfam, having a great time! TFTC windy day

Easy

Out for a days caching with bogonghazy and Tess to clear up a few in Creswick and the surrounding area.


A nice trail with a well made track. Thanks Saint.Anthony

The fickle finger of fate guided me along the olde railway today,
where it stretched out for a cache
TFTC.

The original fickle finger of fate can be seen painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel [:o)]

Geocaching day with our awesome geocaching friends, 2 adults and 9 children, with our family on a quest to reach 200. We got started early in the hope that we could beat the intense heat, but there wasn't much chance of that. After a bit of fiddling about on the slope, the Meadows Geohog spotted it from higher up. Thanks for the cache.

A group effort today working our way along the creswick to bloomfeild rail reserve, with AlbertMedows and his family and one of the WildFam and one bewildered muggle, all up about 11 of us all scrabbling around looking for caches on a very hot day. we walked half the track and noticed how good the track is and thought let’s drive it, Park the kids under a tree and headed back for the cars.

Really cool hide we went round and round in circles before finally one of the group got the angle right to locate it, Thanks for another one

Definitely lost or blown away. Replaced cache with new container and replacement log. Bring a pen.

A DNF for us - maybe out of reach??

This took longer than it should have. We searched and searched and searched some more. Eventually the sopping wet little blighter was located. Unfortunately we didn't have the appropriate swag with us but this will probably need a new log. It was so wet we had to peel it open and sit it on our screens to be able to stamp. A pen would have torn it to pieces. Thanks for the cache.

With the title of this cache we were searching with our fingers. Then in a joint effort, I was hugged the right tree, whilst OHC spotted it from the higher ground and Mrs Papi was able to do the final reach. Although the logbook was wet, we were able to ink our names in.

#6358
Out today on a road trip with Mrs Papi4506 & 4B Ninjas.
Logbook is quite damp. I spotted it and Kez reached up to grab it.
Cheers Saint.Anthony

Find #1831 for me. Found at 2:20 pm after leaving the kids with Mum in Ballarat. Well, rain was forecast and it was pretty cold and a little windy, but I was lucky with the weather as the sun shone down on me while I walked the 900m to the cache after parking the car back at Barbys Road. Once at GZ the cache title led me to the right place then I read the hint. Ah, yes, I could even just see it from the path! Unfortunately the log sheet was soaking wet and couldn't be signed. I did, however, have a spare log-sheet on me which I signed and placed in a small zip-lock bag for extra protection. I left the old log in the container for the CO to either collect or discard. Thanks for the cache and the series Saint.Anthony!

Finally with a day just for myself while i was home with 2 weeks long service leave , i took the geodog and myself out for some cache hunting around the Creswick area.
The satellites weren't being nice here for me but with a bit of intuition and with the cache name leading towards the hide i managed to find this one. Unfortunately the logbook was soaking wet and i was only just able to be make some sort of mark in it. Photos taken for proof of find if required. Thx St. A

easy find

Went crawling then realized that was not the right
When actually looked at the coordinates we found it
TFTC

The third day in Ballarat and surrounds with BettyBoo3747.
Today we went to Creswick and tackled the CBRR and CDLGM series and any others we passed. We then travelled across to Mt Beckworth for a few challenges.
We had fun on the rail corridor doing the CBRR caches. Good to see so much maintenance done and all caches in good condition.
We guessed this one on approach - just a short reach.
Thanks, Robmc.

#14104. Day 3 touring the area around Creswick with Robmc. Back through Miners Rest to Creswick and a visit to the CBRR series and the CDLGM series and then off to Mt Beckworth to finish the day. Ballarat weather was kind to us today, no gale force winds and plenty of sunshine - very nice.

We spied the finger and soon had the cache to hand. I am surprised that you have had to replace so many caches along this quiet trail recently.

Thanks Saint.Anthony

TFTC. Signed and returned.
Hubby finally got to get one cache.
He was the only one that could reach.
What a enjoying day we are having.
Having a great 70 th birthday

Found the finger, but no cache..

What has the world come to. Seven missing caches on this trail. Have replaced them.

Good container for swaps

How are short people supposed to find this!!!!!

Luckily I had the reach for this one, as kenare is a bit short of stature. Lol. Cigc. Tftc

Another nice find along the trail. Tftc

Out with Youban for a pre-dinner cache run to pick up a few in this series. Quick find for Youban. Tftc!!!

With Dty73. Another well named hide. Sent Mr Geo in to retrieve this one. Kutgw

Found Trackable in this cache which was not recorded as being there. Have taken to move it along. TFTC

Great cache and VERY well hidden!! TFTC.

We could have been cooped up, keeping warm but instead we thought we would head over to Creswick and see if we could put a dent in all those caches filling the map. So the sisters got to work on solving the Christmas tree and this was the primary goal for the day along with a couple of other puzzles we had solved previously.

Bit hard to be discrete here with all the animals yelling out at our presence.
Very cold, sometimes we had wet feet but all good fun - thanks Saint.Anthony

We continued our way along the trail, to the tune of barking dogs and bleating lambs. TFTC

Found while on a geocaching day with the Sisterhood. We wanted to try and get some more of Creswick crossed off the list. TNLNSL TFTC Saint.Anthony.
~ Crazy Creels

After enjoying our last visit to the area, we decide to head back again this morning. Last time we were here, it was hot and sticky. Today the sun was shining and a lovely cool breeze was blowing. Once again we had a ball, touring this beautiful town and surrounds. Thanks to all the hard work from the CO's. TFTC Saint.Anthony

TFTC

Visiting Creswick again for some Fishin and Caching. Our last time here was Nov 2016 and during that two weeks learned heaps and scored some 70+ caches to add to our tally. We thought we had cleaned out most of the Creswick caches. Not so. On returning home we became Premium Members and succeeded in exposing about another 80+ in this lovely area. Yehaaa.

This visit to Creswick was for a relatively short period. (3 days) Lots more still to collect from this wonderfully historic town. Thanks Creswick, and thanks also to the CO's and their hard work.

Hoping you will forgive the generic logs.

Thanks for the cache Saint.Anthony and all your maintenance.

Took Nothing and left Nothing (TNLN)

This cache was spotted fairly easily, signed and replaced. TFTC

Found with Mi5sie as we enjoyed a walk along the trail, this one was uncovered and on view, after log was signed and cache replaced in the same place we made sure it was not on view, Thanks Saint Anthony for the cache and the fun

Flippin' Heck that wind is icy.! This cache was in view and easily spotted. Cherad and I covered it over better after signing the log. TFTC

Nice day for a wander along the trail and sign a few caches as well. Found and signed and returned. TFTC

Was in the area and hoping for some quick drive bys while dodging rain drops!!

Haven't had much luck on the rest of the track but managed to find this one

Will be back when I'm better equipted (with a gps that's not flat!) to find the rest.
TFTC

**Smile # *4727* / Traditional # *3573***

I planned a trip up through this area with a day off work and while the geo family were busy with other things. I wanted to check out some of the gold mining back roads around Creswick. I was ready to go with the geo vehicle packed with plenty of snacks and water for what was going to be a hot day out. I was wondering weather I should take the non geo mobile down here today but thought why not, thankfully the road was kind to to my car. The clue wasn't really a clue again here but I found this one quickly today. Stamped and replaced as found.

**Thanks for placing this trad cache Saint Anthony**
**Cache container and log in fine condition**
**Took nothing, Left nothing**

09:23
We started our second day of caching around Creswick, with a bike ride along the Creswick - Broomfield Rail Reserve. A nice quick find here, probably helped by the micro on steroids!

**FEEDBACK TO CO:** This is the biggest 'Micro' we have come across in a long time.

Our thanks to Saint.Anthony for placing this cache.
17746.

Found with misschief 18 - lovely area, great views. Thanks. Misschief18 cleaned up the wet container etc

Container was wet inside so removed the contents-some rusty and another dripping with orange dye. Wiped out the container and put the damp log into a snap lock bag. TFTC

The Empire and I quickly had this in our hands, logged and returned to its hiding spot, whilst out on day around Creswick and surrounds. Some nice views spotted along the tracks as we journeyed through the area today. My thanks to Saint.Anthony for the cache and the series. Cheers, Leese

Found by The Empire with sully1
We were glad to be able to make these drive-bys as the mercury reached 27-28 degrees. Luckily there were no other cars on the trail today and other than some sheep, no interruptions. Thanks for the cache Saint.Anthony.
- M

Having had to DNF a few caches earlier in the day we decided to pick up a few extra ones by using the phone, as these had not ben loaded into our GPS. This was a nice quick and easy one. Thank you to Saint Anthony for the opportunity to add some more to the list for the day.

I detoured on my drive from Melbourne to Ballarat to visit Creswick and I'm glad I did. Plenty of caches to find and a scenic little town to explore. Thanks for the cache.

With children at School and Kinder and a few free hours to explore, becca85 and I headed to Creswick to grab some more smileys. Good start to Summer and the last month of the year. TFTC.

With children at School and Kinder and a day off work for us both, Wonder Woman W.W and I headed to Creswick for the day.
Not bad weather for the first day of Summer (I even got sunburnt!) & a successful day exploring more of this great little area. TFTC

Came up from the south to have a try at collecting a few caches while having a
look about at the same time. Found it retrieved it signed it and replaced it.
Thanks Saint Anthony for this cache.

Find number 5735 at 6:29:00 pm
Travelling home from a couple of days work in Maryborough I took some time out for some R&R, a leg stretch and a cache or two.
The log on this one was a little damp but still signable.
**Thanks for placing this cache Saint.Anthony**

From the name I had a bit of a chuckle when I saw the hiding location.
Good caches along the old railway. SL