Wandering Heroes ... D & V & L Karoonda, South Australia, Australia
By CPwanderer on 08-Jan-16. Waypoint GC69DCM

Continuing along the WH series . Have had the good fortune to catch up with D&V&L at 3 JLWE events Tftc

Out with weredunn4 in the Karoonda area continuing our effort to collect the Wandering Heroes caches plus others we come across.Slowly but surely we are inching our way along this very long power trail.All logs signed or stamped, and maintenance where possible and if required.TFTC

Tackling the Wandering Heroes series again, and surrounding caches, with Cheezel1961. All caches found and stamped. Really enjoying this series and a massive thanks too all those who created and maintain this unique trail.

We enjoyed a few days away from home, enjoying the scenery, the people we met and, of course, finding cachesThanks to all who made this and enjoyable week.

Tailem Bend Day3 Camped at the Waterfront Caravan ParkToday we continues our journey along the Heroes Trail one we had started some years ago.We chose a small section, found many good hides many reflcting the geocaching owner.Thanks CPwanderer for hiding this cache.

Day three of tackling this series. Nearly gave up yesterday as scrub very hard to negotiate and caches small and hard to locate. Today was so much better. Big black plastic tubs, ammo tins and buckets. Some are brittle but so much more fun if you can find them without tramping under, over thick matter. Thank you for the change. Hope it continues from now on. We enjoyed today. Found 70 and 6 dnf. Thank you everyone.

Out for a quick cache session in this area of the Wandering Hero trail. TFTC CPWanderer.

On my way down to Murray Bridge getting more of the Wandering heroes trail that have appeared since I was here last. Staying in Karoonda tonight.

Another cache find on our 2022 South Australian Adventure. It is a wonderful day, just perfect for geocaching.

Once again we are on the trail looking for Wandering Heroes. We are enjoying our time travelling SA. Visiting fantastic towns, ruins, beaches, and cliffs, but our favourite is the remote country. Thanks to all the COs for taking us on this geo-guided tour.

Another great container. I enjoy finding these.

Thanks for the cache CPwanderer.
Found on 12/5/2022 at 14:33.
Find #15170.

TFTC CPwanderer.We are overnighting in Karoonda. After setting up and lunch we headed out, first around town with the Adventure Lab and some others in town,. The we headed out of town to attempt some of the Wandering Heroes Trail. We found 22 of them before calling it a day.
Cache count # 13438

Cool box!

Found during a circuit from home, through Murray Bridge to Karoonda and Sherlock and back along the backroads near Tailem Bend. Thanks for the cache CPwanderer!

Found out geocaching with friends as mystery randoms

Caching with the JAMS crew finding Wandering Heroes caches. We ended up finding over 300 and hiding 2 more. We replaced a lot of containers that were broken. We had a few showers of rain early which were getting us wet but they didn't last too long and it ended up being a nice day. Thanks to all the cache owners for placing the caches.

So cool!

Spending the day caching towards Karoonda and beyond filling in our ‘Wandering Heroes’ gaps, after completing the nearby little ‘Armpit’ series.

We enjoyed learning about each of the heroes in the cache descriptions.

Many thanks for the hide CPwanderer

Thank you for this great trail. It's another lovely morning for caching. TFTC

Visiting Loxton, and picking up a few more of the Wandering Heroes series.

It's good to see some maintenance done, but still many containers are in need of maintenance or replacing. We signed the log, and replaced as found.

Many thanks for placing this cache, CPwanderer, for us and others to find.

Day 3 of our trip to SA with Wilbert67 . An early start to time day. Hoping the weather would stay at this temperature.
Good start to the day.
TFTC

Third day of our road trip. Today we are moving from Renmark south bound along the heroes series all the way to Tailem Bend. Lots of fun caches all day. The weather was a lot better then yesterday!
TFTC Wilbert67

Day 320 ( Tuesday 14th ) of our trip. Caching along the way. In Karoonda today. A total of 22 for the day and 6271 the trip. TFTC

I was enjoying another tour of the mallee today,
on me way to Adelwaide
The Wandering Heroes trail is a good way of getting aquainted with some of the team names,
I will no doubt be hearing about on me visit to the big smoke


Cache found !!
TFTC.

Generic log:
After doing a good section of the Wandering Heroes series yesterday I decided to come back today and complete more of it. All caches were found in good condition on an enjoyable day, despite the weather pushing 40 degrees.

TFTC

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Great day out with my Granny

Boys having so much fun. TFTC

A quick find while staying in Karoonda for a few days.TFTC

Hi there CPwanderer.

We found your cache **"WH ... D & V & L"** today. (This makes our find count 21725).

Today we headed out from Wellington to attempt the Wandering Heroes series caches we haven't yet done, as well as any others we came across on our travels.. We thoroughly enjoyed today's cache finds, but please excuse our boilerplate logs - we know it's not really a good excuse, but we find it difficult to craft individual logs when we attempt so many similar caches in a day. [:(!]

We found 49 caches today & DNF'd 0. Thanks for placing this cache here, without geocaching as our guide we would never have found so many interesting places on our travels.

**Coordinate Accuracy:** We found most caches within a few metres of where our GPS said we should be looking. [:(!] (We did have to look a little further afield for some though). [:(!]
**Cache Condition:** The containers and log books were mostly in good shape.
**Took:** Nothing
**Left:** Smiley Badge in the majority of caches.

Thanks for the hunt today,

Regards

Ian & Penny

The caching numbers continue to grow while out hunting with goingplaces2. The Wandering Heroes series was today's job, as well as some others and there were still plenty to find. Thank you to each CO for their contribution to the caching game. It's lots of fun.

This was another day with ilook4geo and chasing those Wandering Heroes. It was a very assorted as far as containers and logs go. Some were in excellent condition and some containers had almost totally disintegrated. Most were somewhere between these extremes.
Each found log had two more lots of initials added somewhere on its pages before we headed off again. Thank you to CPwanderer for adding this cache to the series.

Wander we did. A great series that I am slowly, oh so very slowly collecting. Clever containers highlighting the heroes of the game. TFTC

A fun find for another wanderer.

Thanks CPwanderer and clear skies from TeamAstro. ️ Cache the planet!

found with jacknor. Came up today to find my newly published wandering hero's cache and stop at the puzzles and if time do the multi's as well. At least the dust storm has finally stopped now and the thunder storm has yet to start. quick find. I did meet the D & V & L team at the 2016 June long weekend event.

sir_spectre wanted to come down and find his wandering hero's cache.He invited me along for the trip. We stopped at the puzzles and did 1 multi before the dust storm got worse and made driving down to 60 km's for a while before making it to his cache. Then the thunderstorm hit and it bucketed down with rain till we drove back to the lost hero's trail and we completed that with almost no rainfall. quick find.

A great day out with GoodLook collecting more of the wandering heroes that we didn’t collect 2 weeks ago. Overall we found majority of the caches in good quality and had to replaced 1 with the CO permission.
Signed all log books with the fabulous randoms stamp.
TFTC to all the CO for the placement of the caches

Second full day on the Wandering Heroes trail with woolwood9 this trip.
Enjoyed getting some more of them found.

Soon located this one, thanks for putting this cache out.
SL

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

Today was a day of WH caches and a list was prepared. Triple M played David Bowie’s Heroes on the way here which was very appropriate. Lots of wildlife seen today and seemed to have 4 seasons in the day but had a fun trip with only 1 dnf. Unfortunately a few of the caches at the end had perished but on the whole the trail was in good condition. It was good to see hero caches for a lot of cachers I have now met since being in Adelaide. TFTC

Sti on the back roads locati g cachds as we go. Quick find with 3LG, Hevwalker and Ismartis. TFTC

Ventured out & about today with 3LG, Ismartis & earthlight...
The light was fading so we had to get these last caches quickly...
yes we could have used a torch but we were testing our dusk eyes
TFTC CPwanderer

Great drive along this quiet road, plenty of wildlife to keep us company. TFTC

Found by Mary & David at 1705. A lovely tribute to friends who helped you out when you needed it most. We have yet to meet them. Our thanks to CPwanderer.

After stopping at Karoonda for breakfast, we decided to push on as rain showers pass constantly. Thanks to the CO for the placement here, a nice easy find was made.

TFTC

Good find

A quick find. Enjoying this series of caches and the thought that goes into them thank you !

13:43
From our base in Meningie, we enjoyed a great day of caching in the SE of SA.
We wandered among some more recent heroes, caught up with a few geo - pets and learnt a little more history of this part of Australia.
It was fantastic to find caches which reflected the peculiarities of the hero such as this, most deserving of a favourite point!

Thanks 'CPwanderer' for placing caches for everyone's enjoyment.
21259

After completing the ROTF trail we decided to clean up all the new Wandering heroes that have been published since we were last out here, A nice quick find on this one. TFTC

Escaped for a caching afternoon with Purrfect Di.
We thought we'd have a nice drive, get away from home and clean up some further afield.
With a late start it wasn't big numbers, but quality instead
Another good team honoured.
Thanks CPwanderer for placing this cache and for leading us here for another fun smiley

A weekend of caching with Freddo through the Mallee and Riverland.

Quick find.

TFTC

Another quick find on the WH trail. Love this quiet side track.

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one of the list

TTBLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH CPwnderer [^]

Found

At the beginning of our annual geoholiday and glad to be back on the trail. Quick find. TFTC

Out for the day finding Wandering Heroes and any other caches nearby [8].
Nice to see some more durable containers out here . TNLNSL.
Thanks CPwanderer.

Today we explored Karoonda and surrounds using Geocaching as a guide and picking up a few caches on the way with Roostaman and this was one of them. An easy find at GZ.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

**# 19711** Found on the SA leg of our 2017 escape trip.
A cloudy Spring day for a drive to and around Karoonda with Tassie Trekkers.
Not many muggles around here today, and mostly good quick finds.
Thanks for the cache CPwanderer,
***Roostaman***

What a difference a day makes!
Yesterday it was hot and windy, today cloudy skies rain and hail!
Goodlook and I made our way to do about 40 of the Wandering Heroes caches that have cropped up since my last visit up here about 3 years ago.
Some of the containers are showing their age others endure well.
Still mindful of widlife when I spotted an enourmous dead snake beside the road later on.
Thanks to all the cache owners who continue to populate this trail

We first met D & V & L back in 2014 at the JLWE at Mundulla and they make you smile each time we see them. Their enjoyment of caching is catching. SL TFTC

Found with FerociousFlea on our 2017 June Long Weekend Wandering Heroes Caching Run. Totals included 155 on Saturday, 176 on Sunday and 6 early Monday, making for 337 caches in a little over 48 hours.

Thanks to all of the cache owners and caching teams that have this series named after them. Thanks also to those who make the effort to maintain other's caches so that people like us can do these caching runs. Apologies for the generic logs...

TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
Beaker

Found with Beaker on a long weekend caching run... 337 caches in 2.5 days! Broke some personal records, had very little sleep, lots of caffeine, a few minor injuries and a heap of fun! Some great caches found, well done to everyone involved. Thanks

We stayed at Lameroo last night with the intention of finding a few more in the Wandering Heroes series (our fifth visit)
A chance call from Goodlook had us meeting up in Karoonda and then after enjoying a coffee we headed out to do some more in this ever growing series.
We had a fantastic day finding the various containers and left a few favorite points along the way

We haven't had the pleasure of meeting this team nor have we done any of their caches but we hope to change that in the future. It's good to see enthusiastic people join our game

Thanks CPwanderer for adding to this fantastic series.

Out with mogni and brisal5 caching some Karoonda Rd caches not already done. Picked up this cache. Thanks CP.

I was in Adelaide for work and decided I needed to assist in the maintenance of the numerous caches along the trail. With the assistance and good company of brisal5 and Aussie Mary we wandered down the road. Of course there are still so many to find as well.
Thank you for placing this cache.

Out with mogni and Aussie M&M on a maintainance run along the Wandering Heroes Trail. Another Maintenance car with CPwanderer and Gizmo's Gang also out and about. Of course we had to pick up a few that we hadn't done also.
I was with CP and beta tested this cache when it was placed so had no trouble locating it when we returned today.
Thanks CPwanderer for the cache.

with a weekend off a few cache we did find
thank you CPwanderer for placing the cache

Another quick find on our way home from Loxton doing the cache on the southside of the highway now.
Love a big cache...

TNLNSL
Thanks for the cache CPwanderer

Haven't been along this trail for a long while so headed back to find the new caches and the old ones not yet found by me.

TFTC CPwanderer

We found this cache today at 11:01am as number 4 of 65 on our Karoonda Road Run V.

Run I - 27/9/2008 - Well before Wandering Heroes and yielded just 11 caches.
Run II - 29/9/2008 - Final 6 caches taking out some friends to see geocaching
Run III - 28/12/2012 - 160 Caches Loxton to Karoonda, then back from Tailem Bend end
Run IV - 28/12/2015 - 161 Caches completing the series as it was from Murray Bridge to Karoonda
Run V - 30/12/2016 - 65 Caches Karoonda to Veitch

Dirt Road still good to here. Thanks from D & H B-A.

Was over this way on a FTF hunt so after that took the opportunity to target my few unfound Wandering Heroes caches and this was one of them.
Thanks for the cache CPwanderer

Spending a couple of days in Karoonda grabbing a few more of the Wandering Heroes trail.
Cache all good.
Thanks CPwanderer for the cache

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A quick and easy drive by as we cache our way through this series. Thanks for bringing us here and thanks for the cache.

Heading out to attempt to clear the Wandering Heroes series again. I think I have done it for now. TFTC.

Submitted via Garmin Oregon 7xx

Out for a afternoon drive with the sun clearing the clouds it was a nice afternoon to pick up a few of the new heroes TFTC CPwanderer

Ups... I missed to log this find for a looooong time ago

This was as usual, a long caching day. We found many different types of caches and many new places for us to see and explore, with the company of Locus Cache., we did have a lot of fun, claimed some walls, got wet, saw many different types of birds and took lot of pictures

TFTFun

Andy Colombia and I set out and the day's goal was for them to do their Wandering Heroes cache.
Somewhere along the way, that goal got delayed by the Geo Pets series which they had not yet found and then some random caches that I hadn't yet found
We all had fun, although I think I had more than them as I got to watch them finding caches
My total was 17 finds while I think theirs was closer to 50

Unless mentioned otherwise, please know that your cache and log book was in good condition.

If you want excitement overnight at a JLWE... camp near this team Seriously though, we're glad that some in the caching community took good care of you! [^]
A great family and it's always lovely to see them and have a chat and Brodie sure likes Miss L's pats

TNLN. SL. TFTC CPwanderer

Found It!
I have meet this team at a number of events over the years but I'm still not sure how to pronounce their grammatically incorrect name!
TFTC

A nice quick find, caching after work.

Quick and easy find.
Found cache while riding home from the Border Track.
Love finding these containers in the bush!
TFTC!

Another weekend and Mrs Gizmo was once again dragging the male team members out caching.
Having recently completed OTD May and the Oz Mega & Signal geo art, she now has her sights set on the Wandering Heroes.

Today we drove to Karoonda with the aim of filling in some gaps in our Wandering Heroes map and also finding some other nearby caches.

We met D & V (minus L) at the 2015 GIFF event. Congratulations on your Wandering Heroes status.

We always enjoy finding caches in this series. The hides are all so unique in representing the honoured team.

TFTC CPwanderer

Ismartis and I decided on a day caching some of the Wandering Heroes and a few extras in her quest to reach 3000 finds and to put down a new cache for another Wandering Hero. [^]

We started off from Tailem Bend and headed to Karoonda and beyond and had a great day managing 77 finds for me and 4 DNF's.

Some of the caches were badly in need of repair and some were very well put together but all in all it was a fun day with most of the caches easy to find.

Thanks for the cache CPwanderer.

Came out to this cache dense neck of the woods with JJ52 today to get a few numbers to get me closer to my 3000th cache and place a new Wandering Heroes cache as well .

The weather was great for caching, cool with no rain, and we had a really good run on the Wandering Heroes with me getting 75 finds for the day & 4 DNF's and JJ52 picking up a couple of extras .

Then once darkness hit we headed in and enjoyed a really good meal at the Tailem Bend Riverside Hotel . What a nice way to finish off a great day and refresh ourselves for the trip home.

A quick find here, TFTC CPwanderer

Oh wow, what a trail ! The WEEO and I flew down from Canberra to cache this trail and around MB and my wonderful Auntie put us up (future cacher there too ). We made it all the way to Loxton in 2 days but were shagged by the end. The caches were mostly fab and gave us a laugh along the way.

Thanks to all you cachers in the MB area for the great work in putting this together, you guys rock!

What a great trail, the weather is fine, the birds are singing and we are "in the groove". Thanks to all the cachers who put this trail together, we are having a ball and have not missed a beat, so far. 3-Kings and I have come all the way from NSW to experience this trail and it was well worth it. TFTC

Oh wow, what a trail ! The WEEO and I flew down from Canberra to cache this trail and around MB and my wonderful Auntie put us up (future cacher there too ). We made it all the way to Loxton in 2 days but were shagged by the end. The caches were mostly fab and gave us a laugh along the way.

Thanks to all you cachers in the MB area for the great work in putting this together, you guys rock!

A trip to Adelaide had Slink1 and I caching all the way every chance we had there and back . Many thanks to CPwanderer for the cache TNLN TFTC SL.

A quick trip to Adelaide provided another great opportunity to pick-up caches every chance we could all the way over and back . Many thanks to CPwanderer for the cache TNLN TFTC SL.

This team has been caching since 2013 with over 900 finds to their name. They have also hidden 4 caches and recently held their first event. We first met this enthusiastic and friendly team briefly at The International Geocaching Day event hosted by locus cache in August 2014. We next encountered them at the CITO St Kilda held by the McKee Clan in August 2015 and again at locus cache’s International Geocaching Day event in August 2015.

We thoroughly enjoyed finding their cache A Time of Reflection (GC5AHBG) with ridethegeowalrus while on our last visit to SA and look forward to finding the others, particularly GC59K1E Wood and Puzzle which has 18 favorites at the present time, when we are next in SA.

The sun had set and our car GPS indicated that it was officially night time. Accurate coordinates led to a quick find. of another well decorated cache container. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks CPWanderer for another cache.

Travelling around Australia.

Back in SA for a few weeks and loving it already. Magnificent weather that has been turned on for us.

How do they say [?] When in Rome ........ Well when in the Australian PowerTrail State do some Power trails [:o)]

We moved along to Karoonda with the intention of discovering ourselves and some GeoFriends. Somehow the list just kept growing and growing and before we knew it we were attempting 90odd caches today.

But importantly we found yours. Pleased to say we have met this team at several events. Always happy to chat and maybe even swap a pathtag.


TFTC CPwanderer

A fun find at night after discovering a "Wandering Heroes..." about me close by

Thanks CPwanderer, your caches are a wonderful tribute to various geocachers....and so beautifully creative! [^]

Found at 11:36 by Olga.
Nice big cache, as they all should be
Parrothead's log is not in the logbook
Thanks CPwanderer

Time 9:50:00 AM
Cache # 122 of 221 for this long weekend.

The Parrot was on a roll to try and get closer to the 10, 000 mark as this last 500 seems to be taking forever.
Unfortunately the knee didn't hold out and I had to retire from the field.
If you have stitches in your knee you really should cover them over before pushing though bushes.

I had a fantastic time cashing down some trails that have been in GSAK for far to log,

I worked on the Oz Mega, OTD, Geopets and Wandering heroes series over 2 days.

On a caching expedition in the Mallee with geo-wife today and mopping up a couple of series. Thanks CP.

What can we say? this was a surprise and an unexpected honour to have a cache put out in our name. Many thanks CPWanderer. We started caching at the end of 2013 as a way of keeping L occupied over the school holidays, little expecting the many friendships that have been formed over the last couple of years. At the time this cache was published we were sitting on 870 odd finds and decided on the spot that this cache would be our 900th. The tricky bit was finding a Saturday with nothing on so we could make the trip, finally the day arrived we headed out careful to find just the right number and boom here we are.
We have popped in a few of our pathtags for the next few finders.
Many thanks again, a favourite point coming your way

FTF Thank you CPwanderer for the FTF prize the Catkids loved it. Our apologies to D&V&L for only just beating you there we did feel bad, we actually thought it had already been found until arriving. Thank you again CPwanderer for putting out this cache the effort is much appreciated. We really enjoy our family days out caching we get out as much as we can. Today we did the Geopets run and a few others and attacked a few of the Wandering heroes from the other end while heading home. TFTC

TB drop only

After a few months of planning, and trial runs I finally attempted and complete my goal of doing a 24 hour SOLO cache run!!!

One Man, One Day, 441 caches found!

I booked two nights at Murray bridge and arrived at 8:00 pm. Attempted without success to sleep until 11:30 pm then got up and went to the location of the first cache. As the clock turned to midnight I began.

Speed through the Oz Mega 2014 Trail with only a handful of DNFs, then picked a few up along the highway until I got to the GeoPets trail.

After this I cut through to Wandering Heroes and completed up to the "OTS: May" trail. Went along this and came back into Tailem Bend for lunch and fuel and few in town. Was beginning to get weary but proceeded back to where I left off in the Wandering Heroes.

From here on in I just completed as many of these as I could up through Karoonda in the hot hot mid 30's day until midnight stuck a few kms east of town.

441 finds was the total count and now I just had to drive back to Murray Bridge. Easier said then done after being awake for practically 40 hours. Hit the hotel pillow at 1:20 am and was out within seconds.

Thanks for all the wonderful caches around this area, and sorry for generic logs.