Emerald Ore - Minecraft #3 Lara, Victoria, Australia
By larafolk on 01-Jul-16. Waypoint GC6JB00

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12:39A lovely walk along the levy bank to get to this spot, where I should have trusted my instincts, saving a bit of hassle and time. It was an easy grab in the end.Thanks, Larafolk.---I made it to the train just after 7 by the skin of my teeth... once my breathing and heart rate got back to normal, it was a nice leisurely trip to North Shore and a short walk.Wandering along the cliff edge gathering rubbish, chatting with your mates is not the worst way to start the day. We picked up a whole lot of crap.It was way too early to go home, so I caught the next VLine service to Lara and started walking.#9252

Found easily today

First of the Minecraft series for us.Will continue others another day.TFTC AnsMisty

Tftc love the series

Out on a caching spree with Haz101 before the Speedway at Avalon tonight

Fun find by Haz101 and Nugbus

Quick find, dont go in the long grass folks. Full of snakes. Nice cache larafolk

I was a little worried about snakes as Ive seen them along here in the past, but plucked up the courage and now show the smiley. TFTC!

A quick revisit to record the clue, as I have lost my original record.

We were very worried when we first came here as there was so many rocks but after re reading the hint we were very happy with our successful find. Thank you for the cache.

That is a very neat rock. Thanks for bringing it to our geocaching adventures!My GPS was a little off on this one, and I'm on record with previous logs as saying I'm not the biggest fan of looking for a rock among rocks. However, your clue very quickly helped me zero in on the appropriate area.One Minecraft clue remaining to collect...

Marshalls Geelong found this cache today,Quick easy find whilst on the drive home from work. Tripped over a rock or two! TFTC

After being in the You Yangs for a short period, we headed to Lara for lunch. This cache was on the way. Accurate coordinates led to a quick find, although we had to be careful getting there - bit slippery today. The cache and contents were in good condition. We collected the information for the bonus. Thanks for the cache.

Got another one. TfTC

The threat of floods has gone. The cache is dried out and good to go again.

Cache is under water due to the river flooding. Let's see how waterproof Sistema is...

Welfare check on this one. All good, clean and dry. Relocated the Emerald Ore which had been buried face down and put it on display. Happy caching.

A bit slippery with the extra growth and rain but a great find. Tftc

Grass so green, it could be called emerald Found TFTC

A day caching in Geelong had me head the back way to town picking up some caches as I went. Quick find here. Thanks for the cache

Perfect day to tackle the embankment! TFTC loving this series

Slippery in the wet, get find ty

Quick easy fine thank you

Big spider on box ahhhh

Spotted the location but a bit to wet and slippery out today. Didn’t want to end up head first in the creek

This cache had me stumped for a little bit but once I took another look from a different angle it wasn’t long before I had it in my hand.

Headed to Lara this morning to find a few caches before work.
This was the first find, neatly tucked away. Lots of places to hide, but the hint was helpful in narrowing the search.
Virtual ores is not a subject in which I am well versed, unlike the junior iTEEM members, so I will discuss the relative merits with them when I return home.
TFTC Larafolk

Hi there Larafolk, we found your cache Emerald Ore - Minecraft #3 today.

A nice, quick, find while touring around the area close to where we are camped.

Coordinate Accuracy: We found this cache near where the GPS said we should be looking.
Cache Condition: The container and log are in good shape.

Regards
Ian & Penny
(Found and logged using Cachly).

Found quickly

Returning from a beautiful wedding in Inverleigh,picked up this quick cache which I wouldn't like to do in summer...bit of a snake haven. But what a pretty walk it looks along the river. So many hidden gems,thank you for placing this cache. Will have to return to complete the series. My son loved Warcraft and it would be nice to finish this for him

Nice hiding spot! Thanks

Out caching, after a good search in the wrong tree had the cache in hand. TFTC

Somehow we have always been able to bypass the Minecraft games in our house, but at least we now have found a cache in this series. Quick stop on our way to the You Yangs, parked under a beautiful, fragrant gum tree. Carefully descended where we needed to go and managed to avoid any mishaps amongst the rocks.
Thanks for the smilie - our first "found" container in a few months of lockdowns!

We ventured into Melbourne. We purchased a Sprinter to turn into our home on wheels. Driving back to St Leonard's, we had a few caches we wanted to pick up in Lara. The Minecraft series amongst them. We parked and crossed the road, and then carefully picked our way down the hill to GZ. We quickly found the cache and picked our way up the hill to the car. The cache was in excellent condition. Thank you for this cache larafolk.

Found eventually as the navigate arrow pointed to the wrong tree! Good find, just make lots of noise in case of snakes Thanks for hiding it

Nice and quick find on my way to work! TFTC

This is our 100th find! TFTC ️

Initially stopping on the wrong side of the river but then after a short walk there it was. All good with the cache and Rehidden for the next find. TFTC

Even though we thought we followed the geotrail, it led us up the garden path. Thanks for the cache.

Nice hide. Tftc

Spot on coords led to an easy find. TFTC

Didn't find the right way in but no matter. When I got there the cache was slightly exposed but soon fixed that.

Good hiding
TFTC

When I saw there was an event at Leopold it gave me the excuse I needed to head to the area and find a few of the puzzle caches I had in the solve pile and pick up any others that were on route, I had a great day caching the area and attending the event where I caught up with some good mates.

Thanks Larafolk for the cache.

Found with McAdies and Geo_Eddie.
We were here for the Geelong event day.
Thanks for hiding the geocache for us to find today.

Find#6800
5:09 PM
December 14, 2019
Finally found one, after a dry 30 minutes. This place is crawling with rabbits but the cache is doing well.
Thanks for the fun larafolk

Foind after a short walk.
Kids were again excited for a minecraft cache.

Found this geocache with my family while in Geelong for the event day.
A nice hide here too.
Thanks for hiding it for us to find.
I love minecraft!

Very peaceful - TFTC

Yep good cache
TFTC

Tftgc

Found

Found

Found on Tuesday 20 August 2019 at 18:01:23

After my prior DNF I quickly swung past here. The fresh growth of clover disguised the real terrain which resulted in a near rolled ankle more than once. A quick find, a snap of the clue and I was on my way, unfortunately without time to visit the last cache I need in this series (DNF aside). I’ll be back...

Thanks larafolk for placing this Small Traditional - this is find 1441 for BFMC

Found by The Empire
I wandered around, the wrong way, over rocks and in deep grass before making this find - it was a bit slippery and a little tricky! Thanks for the cache larafolk.
- M

The recent rains have encouraged the oxalis growing on the bank which may have temporarily upped the terrain rating here. What rating is "oh, drat, I nearly twisted my ankle!" ?
As noted by a previous finder, I made the wrong approach and had to withdraw and reconsider my options but the cache was found soon enough and I have my first clue for the minecraft mystery! Now to find the time to find the rest.

Thanks

Tftc

Made his find on a mini cleanup of Lara.
Your geocache is much appreciated Lara folk

Found while out night caching TFTC nice hide

Combining two of my likes Birding and caching.
TFTC

The Dogs first find too Lovely spot

A long day of caching as I continue to add some more points to the current challenge Thus took me from the Bellarine via Breakwater and Highton before heading to Lara and Little River resulting in another 18 smiles on my map. An easy find once I’d negotiated the wobbly rocks, then needed to repeat the exercise to collect the clue. TFTC larafolk

Quickly spotted in what is currently a very dry area. TFTC

Quick grab on my lunch break. Working from home today. Not sure what I’m going to do once I get through all these local caches! Quick find on this hot afternoon. Tftc

A nice quick find, thankfully as the mozzies are
Awful.
TFTC .

Doing a few caches after visiting Serendip that we did enjoying visiting. Geohubby was up to finding this well hidden cache.
TFTC larafolk

found today,not as hot as last visit so slid down and found it
TYFC

it was a hot night near the water,so i did not go down,as i was on my own
will try again on a cooler day

A weekend away with FWBs. This is a generic log to help me catch up with the long overdue logging of my found caches. Please note that each cache and location can be remembered but due to time restraints unable to personalize each log. The date logged may also differ to day found. Thank you for sharing this location for us.
JABs.

Quick pick up here with the car still running. Saw something big and slithery run under the sign. Either bluey or a fat snake! Tftc!

TFTC. Signed and returned.

Nice easy find

TFTC. This one was a little trickier but was able to find it with the hint

I surprised myself by managing to get to and from GZ without injury! TNLN, TFTC larafolk

Great idea for a series. A fun first find. Thanks

By now jimbo_80 and I were quite keen to get as many as the mystery clues as possible while nearby. This cache revealed itself after a surprisingly protracted search. Thanks again larafolk!

Back in the car after finding Spawn Egg, BendSinister had a look for the other Minecraft caches, and this was the closest. We made our way here and then on the walk down to GZ - uh-oh, lots of rocks. Those kinds of hides are always tricky!
We got searching and concentrated on the items mentioned in the hint, but there was no cache. I stopped to check other logs and to see when it was last found, then BS checked from a different angle and said "found it". Log signed and another clue gathered. We're really enjoying this series! Thanks for the cache larafolk

In the area for the last of the pre Christmas events and had a bit of time to spare before tea so I used it wisely and found a few caches.
Parked near GZ and after a short stroll I came across the rocks that lead to GZ.
With a few gingerly steps I made it down and soon had the cache in hand.
Thanks larafolk TFTC

Somewhat rough terrain, make sure to avoid the branches

Our aim today was to add some more smiley faces to our map of the Lara area. The first feature of interest that was looked at was the wrong one, of course, but we had more luck at the second one. After duties were completed, all was put back into place and hidden again with the local camo. Thanks to larafolk for another cache in the Minecgaft series.

Found while out on this beautiful day with BeardedHill and perricheeseburger - TFTC

Good find on a beautiful day TFTC

Back at it again with Peri and Smashed find 1 for this beautiful day!! Peri was the finder of this one!! Nice hide!!!! TFTC!!!!

Found it before heading to work nearby.
Thanks larafolk.

Yep break neck rocks

Unfortunately couldn't find this cache this time. Tried for while but it got quite dark!

A quick grab after parking a short distance away. We slipped our way over the rocks to GZ and soon spotted the cache after noticing a card from the container laying on the ground. Got another clue before the mozzies carried us off. TFTC

Needed to grab one for the souvenir today and with the sun lowering and the darkness set in, it was the closest one we headed to. Thanks Larafolk for helping us get this virtual souvenir.
TFTC

We were keen to grab a few more clues from this series with we still had the yak with us for one of the bonus hides. So despite the rain we headed over. No real issue making the finds or signing the logs despite the rain coming down. TFTC

Quick and easy find.

Another ticked of the list for today.

TFTC

Geokids looooove Minecraft - they weren't here today though. Found the hide no problems, but when I opened it up and saw the number it reminded me that I've visited a few caches in this series and can't remember where I've been recording each number: oops! TFTC

Fulldeck was right in there.....
With blood coming from parts of his body he didn't give up. Tftc

Found after a vigorous search. Had blood coming from various wounds until I located the elusive cache tftc.

Found by Mary & David at 1047. Another day in our streak. Grandson Aiden tagged along today. Found it ok after a short search. He loved the cache guardian. Our thanks to larafolk.

Attending an event and cleaning up some caches in the area with Happy pants, omegaman1971 and Yoshi Warriors. Signed logs as DRAG Team. Enjoyed making this find.
Thanks larafolk for placing & maintaining the cache for us to find.
#4168

Found this afternoon while in the area grabbing a few caches with omegaman1971, Happy Feet and Yoshi Warriors. We managed to park not far past the gz and headed back to make a quick find. Thanks larafolk for the cache.

In Geelong for the Christmas Events and some caching with Happy pants, Happy Feet 1 & Omegaman1971. We signed logs as DRAG Team.
I wish my kids enjoyed caching as much as they love playing Minecraft. Fortunately didn't encounter any slithery muggles in the long grass. TFTC larafolk.

*3/12/16, Found @ 4:52 pm, Find # 6065.*

While in the area for one of the Geelong Christmas events, I decided to see if I could complete this Minecraft series.
This was the next one on the list, so off I went.
I arrived at GZ and wondered what I was in for but after a quick look at the hint I was relieved and went about finding the cache, a short time later I was signing the log.

**Thanks to larafolk for placing this cache.**

omegaman1971
In the area for some Christmas Spirit and caching fun.
with Happy pants,Happy Feet and Yoshi Warriors (Team DRAG)Yoshi Warriors braved the long grass and terrain for the find. Cheers for the cache