#8 'CLIFTON SPRINGS' - G2ANGLESEA Freshwater Creek, Victoria, Australia
By Geocaching.Geelong on 21-Feb-16. Waypoint GC6BQKH

Another good hide on an epic series tftc

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Thank You for all who have found this cache
-COs

cleaning up those straggler caches not found/attempted on previous visits from Adelaide with granddaughter in tow. She was the eyes for this one.
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What an amazing day! We wanted to get 100+ done in a day. We've had to cancel twice due to horrible rainy weather. Today was freezing initially but ended up bright and sunny. A great trail of caches. Thanks to the cache owners for keeping it open for us for an extra week or so after we asked. A location we wouldn't otherwise have gone to. We went with Flaggys. The kids took turns most of the way racing each other to the caches. It was very funny watching them.

Aiming for the whole series this queens birthday ling weekend with boydclan before its archived. Thank you to the cache owners.

This weekend dehands and I aimed to complete the G2A series, Thelma and Louise style! It's taken some time to organise a weekend where we were both free, so having a Queen in need of a birthday holiday has been perfect! Loved this series, ans there's nothing better than a string of smilies. Thanks to all involved in setting it up.

Find No. 2189. Found at 3.29pm

Down in Anglesea/Torquay area for the Long Weekend to take Geodog Penny back to the beach, finish off the G2Anglesea trail and grab a few others along the way.

After completing section #24 to #42, we are now on the last leg of the trail doing #23 to #1 (going backwards). The section is on a quieter road than the others so therefore Geodog Penny could get out of the van and have a walk around at most of them, which she loves doing.

Found, signed log and onto the next one we went.

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Out for a day's caching with blingg
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Out for the day to get as many of this series as possible, most were easy finds with a few requiring a search of the surrounds.,
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Well life is really busy this past few month and TrailStevo and I who normally cache 10-12 times a month found ourselves on our second only outing this month. We headed out earlier than usual Sunday adventure as we were going to be exploring 2 hours from home. Ariive at GZ no.1 at 16.10 and proceeded to follow the trail south. We know if we get on a good run on trails like this 25 cache/hr is achievable and we were well on target after the first hour. After reaching the T junction we continued on south where we intended to cache our way to dinner in Anglesea. Picked up a prior solved puzzle on the way through and the Chocolataire multicache, wasn’t open unfortunately . We continued on the Anglesea (now 7pm) where the Charcoal Chicken place was just about to close, but luck us they mad us a Snitzel Burger and Chips and gravy which was much needed because I was starving!
Smashed the food down and headed back to the T junction for our home straight 30-40 cache heading east and home. Did get stopped by one local on this stretch as we were looking for the letterbox cache. They were not impressed with the Geocachers loitering in the area. We said we understood her concerns, then proceeded to continue geocaching….oops! Was a fun evening out, and thanks to all the CO’s for the massive effort in hiding and maintain this series. Found 100 cache in the end and finished up at 9.45pm for the drive. Thanks for getting us out of the house.
PS. Collected the clues, have no idea what to do with them.

Road trip. Saw this series and decided to pick up as many as I could with Gunks. Managed to stay dryish and enjoyed a food break at Anglesea. TFTC.

Out and about in this great area - little drizzle but that won't deter the spirits. Hoping to finish all this series. Most were easy find fun two days. TFTC

The plan to do the G2A trail had been vaguely on the horizon since GemmaSistema & I had found a handful during Mega weekend 18 months ago. With news of it disappearing soon, we fast tracked our plans. After quite a few scheduling conflicts, I never thought it was going to happen but at the last minute we managed to free up this day, threw in a Wozzle and Perpetually Lost and off we went! After a dreadful drive from home to meet the others in Ballarat, I was glad to relinquish my driver status to passenger.
Signing our names was of course going to take too long so we used an acronym PBWG affectionately referred to during the day as Peanut Butter With Gelly so that we didn't forget the order (I may have read far too many American junior books as a child)...
The rain stayed away, the chocolate shop provided a yummy ice cream lunch (not sure if that was intentional or not) and we managed to easily complete our goal of 100 in a day for a previously signed challenge cache.
We nabbed quite a few extras as well. As I had found a few previously, 108 was my number from a total 116 caches visited.
A great day spent with friends grabbing a variety of cache types, a quick beach visit, lots of laughs and a lot more yellow on our maps.
Thanks to all who contributed.

On a mission with GemmaSistema, Becca85 and Perpetuallylost to get at least 100 caches in a day to count towards a challenge cache we decided to hit up this series when we heard of its impending demise. Thanks to all teams for the effort put into this series, we had a ball.

I had spent Easter holidays at Angelsea this year but as the wife and daughter lean more towards the muggle side of the ledger I hadn't worried too much about doing this series at that time. But when that news came out that it was time to archive this series I thought my chance to find any of them had gone. Later on the FB pages GemmaSistema and Becca85 were conversing how they would love to do it before they were shut down. They also wanted Wozzle68 to join in the fun too. I asked them that if they decided to do it I would love to join in.
So plans were made early this week to meet up and have a crack at 100 caches for the day with these and other caches we may happen to drive near. So today was the day we decided to find as many as we could. With Wozzle driving, Bec navigating and Gemma and myself running we were ready to go. The other thing was how can we sign the logs quickly to keep us moving along. So we put our initials together and Becca85 says "Peanut Butter With Gelly" so our team name is PBWG!
It was a great day, lots of laughs and stories, we only had one DNF which wasn't part of this series, a visit to the beach with an EC, and ice cream at the chocolate shop for lunch! Personally I smashed out a new daily cache record with about 115 caches for the day.
Thx to everyone involved with this series. A great day had by us all!

A big day of caching was planned today to chase down and find the caches in the Geelong 2 Anglesea trail. We also managed to find a few extras along the way! The team consisted of PerpetuallyLost, becca85, wozzle68 and GemmaSistema (Peanut Butter With Gelly is how we signed the log - or PBWG)! We had a fab time. Some great laughs and chatter along the way and some neat hides and great views. Thanks so much for all your efforts in placing these caches for us to find and enjoy.

TFTC. Signed and returned.

Found

We were worried about the weather after all the rain and storms recently, but the morning showed a gorgeous day and the BOM showed no rain on the horizon so it was on.

At this cache it was my turn to guess the right spot from the car and I was right! Sometimes you can predict the hiding spot. At other times you can’t. It often depends on what things are around the site. If there’s mainly short grass and one tree or stump it’s fairly likely that that object is your target but sometimes COs can be really devious.

Quick and easy find.
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Found It.......This series has been on our radar for far too long as we where unable to attend the Mega in Anglesea we just put it on the back burner but with the notice of it being archived we decided to make an assault on it while we where on holidays. So with the jobs around the house getting completed (slowly) we decided to head down here to make a start. After breakfast with the GPS loaded we set off in the howling wind and driving rain to the start where the weather lifted a bit for us (still blowing a gale but no rain) and we set off collecting caches as we drove the quiet back roads. A massive thanks to everyone who put this trail together as it would have been quite a task as well as hosting the Mega as well we will be giving a Fav point at the beginning and at the end of the trail sorry about the cut and paste

I really don’t like copied and pasted logs but this series will be disabled soon and no one will have to read through them....

Thanks to all the CO’s who take the time to place these hides and maintain them!!!

After I read that these were being archived. I thought I had better get going and find them all.So while my husband is away fishing and my daughter is at work it was time for me to start catching. TFTC

Quick find

TFTC and series for all to enjoy

Logged as Skk.
Sean.75, kenare and I decided we were long over due for a chocolaterrie fix so we decided that we would go a different way and grab some caches as we went. tftc

Great day out with my girls, kenare and kenbryl, on our way to the Chocolaterie. Chocolate and Caching = Good times Tftc

Logged as SKK.
Sean.75, kenbryl and I decided the other that we were going to cache our way to the chocolaterrie!! Laughs, chocolate and caches!! Win win. Tftc

Found, TFTC

Nice quick find here, first I've found to buck the overall container trend in this series.

TNLN TFTC

Great hide, wasn’t what I expected TFTC

Stardate 01042018, our mission to visit all the planets in our system, in a planetary pursuit to explore the Geocaching universe.

Although we do not have time today to complete the trail, we endeavour to get enough to help our planetary pursuit.

Logbook signed, and off we fly to our next destination warp speed.
thanks to Geocaching.Geelong for this cache. all in good order
TNLNSL sorry for cut and paste text, 60 caches to log

TFTC great day out hunting lost treasures with the geokid

Found with SmashedSpud!! Quick easy find!! TFTC!!!!

Found with BeardedHill - great hide. TFTC

TFTC! Thank you good hide

Straightforward find, T4TC

On my way home from a short beach holiday and had to make a few final stops along the way. I've gathered a few along this trail in fits and starts. Today I didn't have much time but managed to add a few more to the found list. Thanks for the cache.

Had an hour or so to kill so decided to start this trail off, managed to knock off 10 or so with 1 DNF. Micro logs were signed as BFMC. Missed this one initially but picked it up on the return trip. TFTC's

Off I go to Melbourne! Down from Canberra for a caching trip around the Mega!

So the Mega had ended BUT more caching had to be done!

I've had this series on the radar for ages so it was time to collect I had a great time on the trail-the roads were quiet, the hides were relatively easy finds (although a few were a bit of a challenge!), and it was nice a nice cool day

Apologies for the generic logs!

Thanks for hide, Geocaching.Geelong

10014 Found and Logged at 7:32:00 AM
One of 75 cachers for the day on the trails from Geelong to Anglesea
Thanks For The Cache Geocaching.Geelong
Lgoody

Hubby found this one. TFTC

What better way is there to use a public holiday than to come here and turn this cache into a smilie


Thanks Geocaching.Geelong

With both of us having the day free, abl973 and I headed here to explore the area and pick up a number of caches. The weather stayed clear on what ultimately turned out to be a mostly clear sunny day.
Thanks to Geocaching.Geelong.

Another giggle at the camo by my half muggle mum whom is helping me today. Couldnt reach this one with my chair. Log was signed.

Nice quiet spot. Cache found. Tftc

A great afternoon to be turning the caches on this trail into a smiley TFTC

TFTC.. easy find

Set out alone today in a bid to get some quick numbers and this was the ideal series. The weather was horrendous with gale force winds but I was able to safely negotiate most of the attempted caches with a smiley face. The caches were in great condition, well hidden with co-ords spot on. What else could you ask for?
Thanks to Geocaching.Geelong for creating such a great trail. Will be back for the remainder soon - on a better weather day. TFTC's.

I was out this side of town running some shopping errands all by myself and wanted to extend the peace and quiet a little bit longer. The sun had managed to come out for a few minutes between the drizzle, showers and rain so what is a girl to do but go and find some caches!

I didn't want to get caught out in the next bout of precipitation so I decided to make a start on this series - a nice empty country road and not too taxing so no more than a few minutes of searching per cache - today was about making it fast and fun and getting some fresh air.

Log signed and cache replaced in it's cosy hiding spot.

Thanks Geocaching.Geelong

jandaw's 560th find

Bigger then what I thought it would be but easy to find still

My mum came to visit me on the way back from taking my sister back to university in Melbourne so I roped her into doing some of this power trail after having come to the conclusion that power trails are best done with someone else driving rather than having to park the car every time. Overall, it was a very successful day that culminated in some lovely ice cream near the end of the power trail. I will do more of the trail next time she is over. I think the container may have been changed since the original listing and is now small rather than XS. Easy find once I stopped looking in the wrong places. TFTC.

Found today with MrSnoop

Found today with OzzieBear

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Found while out caching with teamashy. Signed log and returned as found. TFTC

Found it! First find! So exciting!!

Final full day around Torquay and the major aim was to complete the G2 Anglesea trail. Cold and very blowy today but at least it isn't raining. Most of these caches found without the GPS by just following the geotrail from the car.
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09:20, 1 July 2017, #780.

After attending the Geocaching.Geelong Canada Day Event with the geo-wife, what better way to fill in the day than clean up some of the G2A series. I had already started at the bottom end last year over a couple of visits, including after the Surf Coast Mega.

The cache is in good condition.

SL. TFTC Geocaching.Geelong.

Found it

Found on a one month road trip around Australia. Sorry for the generic log. TNLNSL TFTC

Few Galahs near this hide .. Bird muggles !!!!

Heading for the hills on a cool but sunny Sunday. Going to hear Phil Manning at Gosling Creek Winery. Time to catch some caches on the way ... took a top!, left a geonickel, SL, TFTC!

I spent the afternoon heading down the trail before making my way to Queenscliff to catch the ferry to Sorrento. The road was nice and quiet and I really enjoyed myself, finding pretty much everything I looked for. Thanks to all of those involved in setting up and maintaining this series. Cheers and TFTC

AutumnTree and I having been eyeing the Geelong to Anglesea Trail off since it was first placed - finally it looked like finding 100 caches in a day was achievable! It has just been a matter of determining an appropriate day - and today was it! AutumnCS was available and so came along as well. We found 114 and had 3 DNFs, were attacked by giant spiders and lots of spiky prickle bushes, said hello to cows, sheep, horses and alpacas, had lots of fun and now we're a bit tired.

Most logs signed as MDATAC for efficiency because we thought we would be tight on time.

Find number 107 for the day, accompanies by the echoing sound of the farmer at the previous cache dispatching rabbits. This one we just walked straight up to - it was harder to open than to find.

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MaggieDot, AutumnCS and I came out today to complete a “100 caches in a day” challenge. In the end we finished with 114 caches which we are very happy with. Thanks to Geocaching Geelong for this series.

As Autumntree and MaggieDot has mention we were on a mission a mission to do 100 in a day. Geokids organised to go with Maggiedot’s partner with their kids earlier then off to school and then after school activities. Planning for a long day.
In the end we were able to stop at the chocolate shop for lunch and also finished before night fall. Initially there was a lot of running to find the cache and lots of traffic then we slowed down and everyone seem to disappear (work time had begun). We were sure we crossed paths with other caches however the logs weren’t signed and then the one following was the postman (which we crossed paths a number of times). Also at 99 for the day (which was school pick up time) we got asked by a muggle if we were OK. A bit had not to say what we were doing, and they seemed interested (we were right out front of their house) and they said we always see people stopping and searching then going off. Lol. They will be watching you all now.
Anyway. Lots of fun had, along with the spiders, spider webs, ants, cows, sheep, horses, alpacas and of course the thing we all love (not) that prickle bush.
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Last one of these for the day TFTC

On my way to a craft retreat an hour from here, so I had to grab some caches, since I never get to this side of town. Not a soul to be seen as I worked my way through some of these before continuing on my way. Thanks!

Another one down - this will boost my numbers! Thanks

Out with sassieold55 to do more of the series TFTC

Its lovely fresh air day to drive and met other geo car with Crank1, Pwala and Whitepaws9.

Perfect weather. Arrived Angelsea for G2A Series with Crank1, Laker63 &
Whitepaws9. Thanks girls for the great day. Also thanks to Geocaching.Geelong for the cache.

Had a fabulous day caching with Laker63,Crank1 and Pwala along G2A series run.
Most found 1 DNF and 1 unavailable..
Thanks for the series caches.

7038
Accompanied with pwala, whitepaws9, laker63
Caching day
Beautiful weather
Found it
Thanks Geocaching.Geelong

We are staying in St Leonards for a few days and it was great to be able to do this cache series. We enjoyed the varied hides. Thanks to Geocaching.Geelong for placement of this cache and adding to our enjoyment of the area.

Geelong Day 2
Setting up camp at the showgrounds.
Early this morning we headed out to start the G2Anglesea track
Nice quiet country roads, most were quickly found.
Thanks for placing this cache

Easy find not hidden very well

Today's mission: get Tiffgould to 100 finds. TFTC

We had a plan this afternoon and that was to get to our 2000th find. With that in mind we needed a few quick finds before we headed to cache that we had chosen as our 2000th (GC6FBFW Area 51). So with 15 finds needed to get to 1999 Sims_family mum suggested heading down to the Anglesea trail. Great idea some simple find that the kids can also participate in and some more of the trail that we have been slowly chipping away at.
Four of the Sims_family kids made some find and that kept everyone happy.

Thank you all the CO's involved with Geocaching.Geelong for providing the trail

Browsing the area for fun and started looking! Tftc
JH & SB

Nice quick easy find. Tftc

Nice and bright cache! TFTC!

Surprised to see a nice size container and put in a trade just for fun. Thanks for this one. Going to detour to do High Five nearby. Must be feeling adventurous.

Eighth find in the G2ANGLESEA series for the day !

Find #57 of 103 for the day on our attack of the powertrail.

Quick, easy find.

Thanks for the cache.

We came across the ferry Friday night, and staying in Anglesea to cache the area. This was our 57th find for the day, and another quick and easy find.
Thanks for the fun

Today Washboard and I headed off to complete this series as far as Angelsea; thanks to Geocaching Geelong for creating and maintaining the series. Most were quick finds on a perfect caching day, dry and not too warm. As we both have very long caching names we did use shortened versions on this occasion. Most were quick finds along quiet roads. Thanks for the fun.

On view. Hot on the trail of going places.

Just enough time this morning to pick up some caches before attending an Australia Day evevnt. We found all the ones we looked for and there were no problems with any of them.Many thanks to Geocaching.Geelong for this series and we hope that one day we will be able to look for more of the series.

And evening of caching. Quick and easy finds. TFTC

U Bewdy 300 for this year. This series has made it easier for me to accomplish my target. Now just have to complete the series. Log book full to overflowing. Tftc

New logbook in place.

We had 30 caches left to be found on the trail and thought it a good idea to tidy them up and enter 2017 with a clean slate. All 30 were found, a couple of non-trail caches as bookend finds to boot, two happy cachers.
Thanks for the placement!
Our name is the first in the brand-new logbook.

We needed about 50 more caches before the end of the year and this 'little'series certainly would make life very easy. Headed out after work and managed about 25 with a few odd ones along the way. Geo trails made the lack of GPS coverage (not sure why) even easier. Thanks for the series GG, enjoyed the tour and reading the history, haven't finished yet but will. Have dropped some PATHTAGS at various caches along the way for the next hunters. Definitely appreciate the energy put into this series.

On a road trip G2A to get to 2000 finds on Friday 30 December 12.27pm