Dad's Old Car Overland Corner, South Australia, Australia
By Greenos on 19-Apr-16. Waypoint GC6G0PT

Find number 14552 at 2:17:38pm on Sunday the 27 October 2024We're on our way to WA Goes Big, travelling from Croydon (Melbourne, Victoria) with a caravan in tow and making a leisurely caching holiday across the Nullarbor and back.Well, WA Goes Big is done for another year and we are on our way home again now, via Perth, Kalgoorlie and the Nullarbor but slowly over the next five weeks Today, our last day in Berri we're on the go again checking out Barmera, Waikerie and surrounds whilst grabbing the odd cache along the way.A quick find and off we go again...**Thanks for placing this cache Greenos**---*WOW, so much happening at home in Victoria*Dont forget to log your will attend for Victorias first ever Block Party in March 2025, the [**The Sunbury Event**](https://coord.info/GCAP417).Theres also all those lists of amazing geocaches at [Geocaching Victorias List webpage]( https://geocachingvictoria.com.au/information/great-caching-lists), go check them out.

Easy

Tyftc

Found 12.9.24Thanks

Motorhoming around in winter and finding a cache here and there. We had just been to the Overland Corner Hotel for lunch and stopped to get this on the way past.TFTC

Coordinates changed from:S 34 9.852 E 140 23.124Coordinates changed to:S 34 9.848 E 140 23.126Distance from original: 23.7 feet or 7.2 meters.Cache replaced and coordinates updated.

Cache replaced and coordinates updated.

Planning to replace within the next 2 weeks (school holidays)

Havent been able to get out that way to replace it. Will aim to head out there within the next 28 days.

Visited the site (unplanned visit) and was unable to find the cache. Did not have a replacement with me. Will aim to return to the site within 1 month to replace.

Will head out there within the next week or so to check following 2 back to back DNFs and the fence being replaced.

we just had to do this one as loved the story and just had to see the car! But sadly a DNF for us.

Nothing here. Fence is brand new?

Found by The Empire + HOur journey began in Mildura, a city that had charmed us with its riverside beauty and vibrant culture. The landscape transitioned from riverine plains to arid expanses. Our journey continued to unfold as we crossed the border into South Australia. The shift in landscapes, culture, and atmosphere marked a new chapter in our adventure, as we left New South Wales behind and embraced the unique offerings of South Australia.Our expedition through South Australia led us to the enchanting town of Morgan, nestled along the meandering banks of the mighty Murray River. This picturesque riverside destination promised a unique blend of history, natural beauty, and tranquil charm. As H slept, I ducked off the side of the road here and there to grab some quick finds. Thanks for the cache Greenos.- M

Heading home to Sydney from Wallaroo and trying to get a cache in every town as I go...

Found it! Love the old car!

Pulled over for this quick find while caching this little corner. Not much left of dad's car these days but a cool story to go with the cache

Great story and cache! Luckily I checked the geocaches in the area when I had stopped waiting fkr my partner on her run across Australia (#RunAustralia) and found this cache was only a kilometre away! Road was a bit busy so be careful where you pull over, but after reading the story how could I not try and get this one! Thanks for the cache and the tale of the car

Found

Log full. Couldn’t find a car. TFTC

Easy find, tftc , with jeffner5556

Sarge5556 found this one. Had to sign over someone else. Needs paper. Tftc

Quick find, an Australian Iconic Holden. TFTC

Nice

Thanks for the cache

Well it was time to start the long drive home from rural SA to the ACT. I decided to stop in Eudunda when I seen the information about it being the home town of Colin Thiele, who is actually my great uncle! I had no idea this was his birth town and the town is dedicated to him. I absolutely loved the short time I spent here, and it sure did pull on the heartstrings seeing the statue for him and all the write ups about him. I must spend more time here next time I am coming through Time to continue on the road.

No issues locating this one, signed and replaced as found.

Thanks for the cache placement Greenos

Day 1 of trip to Melbourne for my niece wedding on Saturday. Return home next week via Great Ocean Road. Tftc

While travelling through the area we picked up a few caches along the way and this was one of them.

An interesting read, wow!! Caches and contents were very good.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Found itttt

My last day of my 5 day Geocaching long weekend away. This would be Find Number 14 of 21 for the day.

The rain managed to stop just long enough for me to grab the cache.

TFTC Greenos

Time to head for home but not without some serious geocaching on the way, with Jolly0.

With Jolly0 leading the way, we made this unexpected stop for a cache she had already found. Fascinating story. TFTC Greenos

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As I stood and signed the log I could see the story playing out. TFTC

Yep. It’s old and was a car. Lol TFTC

Time to stretch my legs.

After a most relaxing couple of days on the Proud Mary cruising on the river, it was time to track down some caches. But first an overnight stay in Karoonda to recharge for an early start and then head off on another adventure.

The plan is to grab caches in the last few LGA for me to complete that challenge.

TFTC Greenos
Keep smiling

Nice easy one on the long drive. Thanks!!

Found out caching with Beaker and The Tritonz
TFTC

Found with Kellmik and The Tritonz during our Easter Riverland Rampage!
TNLNSL
TFTC
TTFN
Beaker

*Found with [Geooh GO](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobiltal.geoohGO)*

A quick find here, thank you very much.

A cool story and the rest of the car is still there.

#3832

Day 5 was Port Augusta to Mildura. An early start had me watching the sunrise over The Remarkables. Another amazing day on the road. Thank you!

Tftc

Great story of early times. Dad was lucky to find a park there!

Thats quite a story! TFTC greenos!

TFTC

Caching has fallen by the wayside with everything that has been going on, work, lockdowns, blah, blah...so we needed to get away for a bit of R&R after lockdown so headed to Loch Luna for the weekend to refresh and cache!. An epic day today with 30 fnds and 3 DNF's. A Quick find, but not what was expected.... TFTC

Take two. It's amazing what you find when you brush a bit of sand away. Well not sure how long the car has been in its current position but a nice place for a cache. TFTC

At first we thought we found it but we were wrong

We are out on a camping trip as the land vehicle with a couple of yachts travelling up the river.
Doing a few caches whilst travelling between camp spots.
Just loved the story behind this cache. Gets a favourite point.
Thanks Greenos.

Thanks for the cache!!! Love the FJ

Team Honda off on a journey for a week to escape the Covid madness and chase Yellow Faces to reduce the city stresses.
Thanks to the caching community to ensure we have plenty to search for. If it were not for them, we would not be at this hide today.
TFTC TNLN

Found with The X-Trailers as we headed to Queensland via the riverland. Cache all ok. TFTC

Car definately has seen better days
Found with Earthlight
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TFTC
That ain't no way to treat dad's old car.....

A quick find while caching around Morgan.TFTC

No wheels. Posted it. Cycling east

Heading west to visit family and escape up into the Flinders. A quick stop here to check out old wreck. Thanks for the hide.

Good spot with a cool story

All good. Hope dad survived! TFTC

Checked the log and put the geocache back where it’s supposed to be.

Family day out with kids doing some geos and munzees. Tftc

Found

TFTC easy find certainly dry out there

A quick find, Thanks for the cache, Oh I found a bit of rust on the car, might want to get it fixed, might devalued the car on a trade in. TFTHSL Cheers

After much walking around in circles and nearly driving off one last try and I found it.
I should have gone with my gut feeling to start with.

TFTC

Found! You will need a pen!

Great story told, easy to find.

Smallest one iv ever found a lil tricky bit another geo ticked for my local town

Small and tricky to find

What a great story.
TFTC

Cool

Today I found this cache together with barbarine by our journey in direction Port Augusta. Thank you for the hide. Greetings from Germany

Together with finderus today I viseted this cache by the trip from Mildura to Port Augusta. Thank You for the cache and greetings from Dresden in Germany

Stopping by on our way to Mildura. Was great to read the story about this old cars life. Glad that your dad came out of it all ok. Sounds like the car has had a colourful life since it stopped here! Definitely something interesting to spot on this long stretch of road! The cache is in good condition. Thanks for placing this cache here.

Thanks for the cache. My first car was an F J.

One owner, low Km. Bargain price.

Thanks for the cache Greenos.
Found on 13 Mar 2019 at 1:09 pm.
Find #8289

I think a little body filler and back to good. Thanks for the hide.

Nice.
Replaced logbook as other one was full. If we meet up sometime at an event I'll return it to you.tftc

Nice little drive by TFTC

Thanks for the cache!

A quick find on the way to somewhere else

Another quick find. Log will need replacing as it is now full. Tftc

Having 2 weeks off over Chistmas and New Year's gave me the chance to head home to Adelaide for the 1st time in a year! [^]
Such a nice feeling [^] to be heading back to spend some quality time with some much loved [:X] SA people

Today, Christmas Eve, Moneydork, Rex and I headed out caching and as per most usual Moneydork cache trips, I had no idea where we might end up
We did end up at Nuriootpa where we caught up with SnappyTomCats and grabbed some caching supplies before we all tried to find a cache at the Nuriootpa library but .... sadly the library was shut (Google was NOT our friend!) and so we missed out There was 1 more DNF due to cache blindness this time and 30 cache finds for me while Moneydork only managed a few .
A HOT [xx(] and HUGE [xx(] day out and yes, I did utter the words 'no more, it's too hot to be walking out in the bush finding caches[xx(][xx(][xx(]' and they were literally park and grabs too [xx(]
Then it was back to Berri to pick up Tounga [^] before we then headed to Loxton to attend the Christmas Lights event [^]

As I have been about 8 months behind in logging, I'm resorting to template logs to catch up.
My heartfelt thanks to the COs who have placed some tricky, funny, exercise required, scary, interesting and devious caches in some amazing spots! [^]
Rex and I have had some amazing adventures and enjoyed some incredible moments thanks to this fantastic hobby

TNLN. SL. TFTC Greenos

Found during our galavant along the Goyder. We started in Crystal Brook and headed along the whole highway to the end, overnighting in Barmera with family. We saw a few recently deserted cars along this end of the highway. Thanks for showing us this one.

Awesome little hidey hole cool back story

A nice quick find, your log is almost full , tftc

Found with dty73 and youban on the way home from the Yorke Peninsula. Log signed as DTY (dty73 Tankengine youban). Thanks g

As this is a generic log comments relevant to this cache will be placed at the end. On a caching trip with Dty73 & Tankengine to Yorke Peninsula. Team signed as DTY. Thank you all the cache owners who have put so much effort in placing and maintaining these caches. Heading back home and doing a few caches on the way. Left this one for our homeward trip. Easier from this side of the road. Kutgw

We have a small team travelling to The Yorke Peninsula from Canberra. It was decided by the group before we left that our team name would be DTY, although I act like the boss, I rarely am and so the initials actually stand for - dty73, Tankengine & Youban.

Today was the last day of our caching holiday and so we headed from the Yorke Peninsula this morning back to Mildura for the night, before heading to Canberra the next day.

We had read all about this one in the way past when we came over, but we were on a tighter time limit. So now on the way home we decided to pick this one up. A straightforward find with only a few places left on the log. Nice story and spot for a park and grab. Tftc Greenos!!!

Quick find. Think this wreck has been used for target practice. TFTC

Quick find at GZ. Needs some TLC.

Starting my great trip up the middle with a couple of muggle friends.
Just picking up random caches while I can without upsetting them to much.
An interesting read on the old car in the paddock poor old FJ they were a great car.
Thanks Greenos TFTC.

Found

dont think you dad has driven it for a while found and signed TFTC

That is a lovely tale to explain why at least one Oz car wreck is where it is
Makes a refreshing change from stolen and torched [^]

TFTC nearby.

nice old bomb..
tftc

The Big Western Australia trip in 2018. Day 43. The travel is speeding up as I head home. Today I went from Hawker to Mildura via Burra.

This was one of several quick roadside caches I was able to do toda

Thanks.

25429.19 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & 2013 Compass Rose Huitzilopochtli Limited A#274

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I had this one earmarked as it’s within a county I needed to pick up, but also because of the back story. As I walked towards the wreck, I contemplated where it would be hidden, until I realized I didn’t have to go through the fence. An intriguing bit of history, particularly because of its personal and localized nature.

TFTC Greenos