#190 Dad's Mt. Disappointment Driving Lesson Clonbinane, Victoria, Australia
By
carkisser & JSando on 11-Jun-16. Waypoint GC6KB1J
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Hi there carkisser,
It looks like this cache might need some attention, as one or more seekers have indicated there is an issue. The cache has been temporarily disabled, so as to remove it from search listings and discourage people from visiting this location until the issues/s with this cache can be addressed.
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- **Check On The Cache:-** Visit the cache and repair and/or replace or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) indicating the cache has been checked and [**ENABLE your cache**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ). Then sit back and wait for the logs of praise to roll in.
- **Place A Write Note Log::-** Reviewers are not mind readers (unfortunately), so without your note on the cache page explaining that the site works are on-going, you have been in hospital, the area is in flood, or some other reason that has prevented attending to the cache, they can't tell what is going on.
So please just post a note to the page (within 14 days) and when a Reviewer next looks at the listing, all will be fine for a little bit longer.
**Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it. If you have a long term unavailable cache (where you don't have an actual date) please ensure you visit the page and post a note every 4 to 6 weeks, so as to keep everyone up to speed.**
- **Adopt/Archive:-** If you don't plan on fixing it then you could consider passing it on to another geocacher by asking them to [**Adopt it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=54) or alternatively, you need to [**Archive it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56), so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.
You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of those. Well, if nothing happens, then a few weeks from today, when a Reviewer next looks at the cache page, it is likely that they will, unfortunately, have to de-list (Archive) on the basis that it has been abandoned.
Honestly, I'd rather you decide so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.
**JUST A TIP:-** Have you checked out the Geocaching Dash Board designed to assist a Cache Owner in managing the caches they own? Have a read about it [**HERE.**](https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2020/07/welcome-to-the-cache-owner-dashboard/?newsletter=PM) You will find your very own dash board [**HERE**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/owner?utm_source=geocaching&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=COD).
Thanks for your cooperation,
Bunjil
[3B]
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Hi there carkisser,
It looks like this cache might need some attention, as one or more seekers have indicated there is an issue. The cache has been temporarily disabled, so as to remove it from search listings and discourage people from visiting this location until the issues/s with this cache can be addressed.
**You do need to respond in some way within 14 days, so others know you are on top of it, as well as indicating exactly what is happening with this placement - please don't let a lack of communication scuttle this listing.**
#What should you do now:-#
You have a number of choices so pick the one that applies from this handy list:-
- **Check On The Cache:-** Visit the cache and repair and/or replace or do whatever else is needed, post an [**Owner Maintenance log**](http://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=404) indicating the cache has been checked and [**ENABLE your cache**](https://support.groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=235 ). Then sit back and wait for the logs of praise to roll in.
- **Place A Write Note Log::-** Reviewers are not mind readers (unfortunately), so without your note on the cache page explaining that the site works are on-going, you have been in hospital, the area is in flood, or some other reason that has prevented attending to the cache, they can't tell what is going on.
So please just post a note to the page (within 14 days) and when a Reviewer next looks at the listing, all will be fine for a little bit longer.
**Be sure to indicate the actual date that you expect to have it fixed so that everyone knows you are on top of it. If you have a long term unavailable cache (where you don't have an actual date) please ensure you visit the page and post a note every 4 to 6 weeks, so as to keep everyone up to speed.**
- **Adopt/Archive:-** If you don't plan on fixing it then you could consider passing it on to another geocacher by asking them to [**Adopt it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=54) or alternatively, you need to [**Archive it**](https://www.geocaching.com/help/index.php?pg=kb.chapter&id=38&pgid=56), so it is removed from searches and someone else can have the spot. Don't forget to remove any remnants of your previously enjoyed cache too.
You might wonder what happens if you don't pick one of those. Well, if nothing happens, then a few weeks from today, when a Reviewer next looks at the cache page, it is likely that they will, unfortunately, have to de-list (Archive) on the basis that it has been abandoned.
Honestly, I'd rather you decide so please do something before then. Please don't send me an email but instead follow the information/advice posted above.
**JUST A TIP:-** Have you checked out the Geocaching Dash Board designed to assist a Cache Owner in managing the caches they own? Have a read about it [**HERE.**](https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2020/07/welcome-to-the-cache-owner-dashboard/?newsletter=PM) You will find your very own dash board [**HERE**](https://www.geocaching.com/play/owner?utm_source=geocaching&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=COD).
Thanks for your cooperation,
Bunjil
[3B]
Good sized caches, with accurate coordinates and good hints are making for a pleasant drive and an enjoyable day. Thank you for the effort you have put in to setting this trail for all to enjoy. Log is only just usable.
Today was my day to finish off the challenge caches on Mt. Disappointment and grab a few of those trad caches as we drove past. This is the second time up here for the challenges and today we were determined to get the job done. However we picked the worst day possible it was bitterly cold and blowing a gale. Every 5 minutes we would get a burst of rain then 5 minutes of sun just before the next shower of rain. Occasionally we got pelted with rice size hail which was fine as it just bounced off and we didn’t get wet. It really was a bit of fun.
The wind had picked up so bad that on the way out we had to stop and help a truck driver to remove a falling tree on the road.
The wind had picked up so bad that on the way out we had to stop and help a truck driver to remove a falling tree on the road.
Headed south from Brisbane to attended the Whittlesea mega. Depending on the log size and who I was with this is signed as nikid1, ND1 or TQ5 (team Queensland).
Second day up this way and we thought we might as well grab a few more of this series.
TFTC and impressive trail carkisser
Second day up this way and we thought we might as well grab a few more of this series.
TFTC and impressive trail carkisser
Some of these were in better condition than others, the recent rains have taken their mark sadly but signed the best we could as we walked past.
With the Whittlesea Mega, its GPS maze and a number of events on over the weekend, GreyHams and myself set of for our four-day caching trip. Perhaps one of our trips with not much of a plan but we seemed to fill the days fully and ticked of what we had in mind.
The trip down was one that followed the most sensible route... past lots of virtuals and definitely not the most direct, perfect! With a number of AL's as we passed and a few caches of interest we arrived at Whittlesea in time for the evenings event.
Saturday's forecast wasn't the most favourable for caching but the challenge series at Mt disappointment was of interest, and it's a challenge series after all so what's a little rain! We did get lucky really and a few showers blew through but for the most part it was dry enough. It was a long walk and a huge push, but we made it back to the car, a little broken and sore but it was a great series and worth the suffering! (There was suffering!) The day also saw us through the maze, a few AL's, caches and events.
With the prep of the puzzles prior to the weekend it was a group approach of the solving team, the Whittlesea Canberra Caching Group, logs signed WCCG for the Sunday. So great to head out with this group, a great trail of such variety of caches and locations. The huge storm overnight made it a little tricky with so much extra water about, a few downed trees, wet feet, some walks and a couple of leaches (was that just on me!) Great to collect these caches, or at least most of the ones we could.
It's not a caching trip without collecting new LGA's and we did manage a few extras, into Melbourne and its surrounds, feeling a bit stiff and sore from our huge walk it was a limp about for the rest of the weekend but cache on, we did!
Monday saw us back at the Mega for another event, a chance to finish of the AL's and a few last caches. Our journey home taking us through a few new LGA's, more virtuals, and caches of interest. A great weekend away, we filled all the days to the fullest. Many thanks to the Committee for organising and to all the CO's in the region and as we travelled about for your caches.
With the Whittlesea Mega, its GPS maze and a number of events on over the weekend, GreyHams and myself set of for our four-day caching trip. Perhaps one of our trips with not much of a plan but we seemed to fill the days fully and ticked of what we had in mind.
The trip down was one that followed the most sensible route... past lots of virtuals and definitely not the most direct, perfect! With a number of AL's as we passed and a few caches of interest we arrived at Whittlesea in time for the evenings event.
Saturday's forecast wasn't the most favourable for caching but the challenge series at Mt disappointment was of interest, and it's a challenge series after all so what's a little rain! We did get lucky really and a few showers blew through but for the most part it was dry enough. It was a long walk and a huge push, but we made it back to the car, a little broken and sore but it was a great series and worth the suffering! (There was suffering!) The day also saw us through the maze, a few AL's, caches and events.
With the prep of the puzzles prior to the weekend it was a group approach of the solving team, the Whittlesea Canberra Caching Group, logs signed WCCG for the Sunday. So great to head out with this group, a great trail of such variety of caches and locations. The huge storm overnight made it a little tricky with so much extra water about, a few downed trees, wet feet, some walks and a couple of leaches (was that just on me!) Great to collect these caches, or at least most of the ones we could.
It's not a caching trip without collecting new LGA's and we did manage a few extras, into Melbourne and its surrounds, feeling a bit stiff and sore from our huge walk it was a limp about for the rest of the weekend but cache on, we did!
Monday saw us back at the Mega for another event, a chance to finish of the AL's and a few last caches. Our journey home taking us through a few new LGA's, more virtuals, and caches of interest. A great weekend away, we filled all the days to the fullest. Many thanks to the Committee for organising and to all the CO's in the region and as we travelled about for your caches.
These logs were sometimes ok, sometimes completely mush
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Another road trip adventure with Aquilus1 as we venture off from Canberra to go to the Whittlesea Mega. The major lure of course was the GPS Maze (we have attended 5 of these now!).
We went the longish way on Friday so as to collect virtuals and labs a little further west, its a shame that several of the labs could only be done travelling north..... at least we have WP1 done!
The weather was all a bit crap, with crazy wind, rain and swamps everywhere being a feature of the trip.
A huge day on Saturday of 30,000 steps around the new challenge trail at Mt Disappointment was not disappointing.....but it really hurt! We truly became "Limpy & Gimpy" as we hobbled around the showgrounds & did the maze afterwards. The glory!!!
Lucky for us Sunday was a day with mostly park & grabs in convoy, the result of a huge team effort to solve the WCW GeoArt at Whittlesea. I did venture out of the car to clear roads of fallen trees and even stood under a waterfall to retrieve a cache....the things we do! Have to shout out Albida for daring to take on the crazy steep track in his 4WD and Minniek for crossing the log!
Of course we didn't ignore counties as its always one of our major focuses. We ventured south into Melbourne late on the Sunday to collect several, as well as virtuals. I will never forget just how many mozzies were in the loo with me at the MCG!
Monday was a cleanup day with labs, another event and wherigo in Whittlesea (scroll down to the bottom to read the heavily edited logs!
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On the trip back we went a different route to collect some other counties and cool old caches. Car developed a slow leak which meant us putting air in it every 100-150km's, but it got us home!!
HUGE thank you for all the cache owners, if we signed your cache it was because it had a quality we were really chasing. BIG apologies to all other cache owners, we had SO MANY more we wanted to sign, but of course there just isn't enough time.
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Another road trip adventure with Aquilus1 as we venture off from Canberra to go to the Whittlesea Mega. The major lure of course was the GPS Maze (we have attended 5 of these now!).
We went the longish way on Friday so as to collect virtuals and labs a little further west, its a shame that several of the labs could only be done travelling north..... at least we have WP1 done!
The weather was all a bit crap, with crazy wind, rain and swamps everywhere being a feature of the trip.
A huge day on Saturday of 30,000 steps around the new challenge trail at Mt Disappointment was not disappointing.....but it really hurt! We truly became "Limpy & Gimpy" as we hobbled around the showgrounds & did the maze afterwards. The glory!!!
Lucky for us Sunday was a day with mostly park & grabs in convoy, the result of a huge team effort to solve the WCW GeoArt at Whittlesea. I did venture out of the car to clear roads of fallen trees and even stood under a waterfall to retrieve a cache....the things we do! Have to shout out Albida for daring to take on the crazy steep track in his 4WD and Minniek for crossing the log!
Of course we didn't ignore counties as its always one of our major focuses. We ventured south into Melbourne late on the Sunday to collect several, as well as virtuals. I will never forget just how many mozzies were in the loo with me at the MCG!
Monday was a cleanup day with labs, another event and wherigo in Whittlesea (scroll down to the bottom to read the heavily edited logs!
)On the trip back we went a different route to collect some other counties and cool old caches. Car developed a slow leak which meant us putting air in it every 100-150km's, but it got us home!!
HUGE thank you for all the cache owners, if we signed your cache it was because it had a quality we were really chasing. BIG apologies to all other cache owners, we had SO MANY more we wanted to sign, but of course there just isn't enough time.
Found and signed dsd or darksidedan or AB or Adventure Boys to save space in the logbook. Thanks for the cache and the Adventure
Adventure boys!
We found in peace.
#nosuchthingas [ftf]
#190 Dad's Mt. Disappointment Driving Lesson
3444
16 November 2022
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In the spirit of reconciliation I would like to acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
We found in peace.
#nosuchthingas [ftf]
#190 Dad's Mt. Disappointment Driving Lesson
3444
16 November 2022
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In the spirit of reconciliation I would like to acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
Spending the day grabbing the rest of these Mt Disa caches, quick grab here. TFTC
I have been intending to have a go at finding the caches on this iconic geocaching route for a while now. Today was the day, well to make a start anyway .. generally the coords and hints were spot on, unfortunately a small number of the caches we found were a bit damp but I still managed to make my mark…next time I will bring spares. We were surprised with the amount of people here, dirt bike riders, shooters 4WDers and campers… and of course geocachers. A few caches we had to give a miss due to muggle activity but got them on the way back. Apologies in advance for the generic logs! Thanks to carkisser and JSando for the series .. I can’t imagine how much work was put into the series .. much appreciated! We will be back to get the rest.. but maybe not on Easter weekend
An afternoon out in the area with +Wife and the GeoMutts.
HIPS
After eating our lunch and paying a visit to Mt. Disappointment we headed on down for some more driving lessons.
Thanks for the cache carkisser & JSando.
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We’re all going to Whittlesea to participate in Victoria’s next Mega!
Are you coming to join in the fun?
***[The](https://coord.info/GC8EW40)
[Whittlesea](https://coord.info/GC8EW40)
[Event 2022](https://coord.info/GC8EW40)
[19th / 20th November 2022](https://coord.info/GC8EW40) - [GC8EW40](https://coord.info/GC8EW40) - Whittlesea - Victoria***
HIPS
After eating our lunch and paying a visit to Mt. Disappointment we headed on down for some more driving lessons.
Thanks for the cache carkisser & JSando.
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We’re all going to Whittlesea to participate in Victoria’s next Mega!
Are you coming to join in the fun?
***[The](https://coord.info/GC8EW40)
[Whittlesea](https://coord.info/GC8EW40)
[Event 2022](https://coord.info/GC8EW40)
[19th / 20th November 2022](https://coord.info/GC8EW40) - [GC8EW40](https://coord.info/GC8EW40) - Whittlesea - Victoria***
TFTC, a great day out picking up another segment of these caches! A quick and easy find. The sunshine made for a great drive today!
Great day out with Bogonghazy on our way to Mansfield. Goal was to find 200 caches and we did.
Beautiful day and thank you for placing the caches. Will be back to finish them off.
Beautiful day and thank you for placing the caches. Will be back to finish them off.
Needing to be in Mansfield early tomorrow, LittleBoss2 and I decided to head to Mt Disappointment to try to grab some of these amazing caches dedicated to Carkisser's Dad.
We had a great day where the aim was to see if LB2 could nab 200 caches in a day, which she did. So many great caches, accurate coords and great hints made for a very successful day with only one dnf.
Our thanks to Carkisser and JSando for making our day so special
We had a great day where the aim was to see if LB2 could nab 200 caches in a day, which she did. So many great caches, accurate coords and great hints made for a very successful day with only one dnf.
Our thanks to Carkisser and JSando for making our day so special
Blue skies and sunshine so decided to scoot up the mountain today Rough tally was 73 finds and a stray DNF So apols for generic logs. I did some maintenance for the PT COs and replaced a couple of missing caches and logbooks. Personal notes have been included for the gnarly caches
TFTC carkisser & JSando
TFTC carkisser & JSando
We are back again this afternoon for a few more in their series. Most of the caches were found quite quickly - almost park and grabs. My apologies for a generic log. Thanks to carkisser & JSando for the series.
Find number 9409 at 12:47:04 pm on Saturday the 24 April 2021
Came up this morning to do some maintenance on my Letterbox just down the road, figured I might as well grab a few more of these caches along the way.
Most caches were found in good condition but a few were damp or wet. Didn't look for any of the disabled ones.
Still wondering if this power trail is going to grow again?
**Thanks for placing this cache carkisser**
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We’re all going to Wangaratta to participate in Victoria’s next Mega!
*Are you coming to join in the fun?*
[**The Wangaratta Event 2021**](https://coord.info/GC8EW45)
*13th & 14th November 2021 - GC8EW45 - Wangaratta - Victoria*
Came up this morning to do some maintenance on my Letterbox just down the road, figured I might as well grab a few more of these caches along the way.
Most caches were found in good condition but a few were damp or wet. Didn't look for any of the disabled ones.
Still wondering if this power trail is going to grow again?
**Thanks for placing this cache carkisser**
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We’re all going to Wangaratta to participate in Victoria’s next Mega!
*Are you coming to join in the fun?*
[**The Wangaratta Event 2021**](https://coord.info/GC8EW45)
*13th & 14th November 2021 - GC8EW45 - Wangaratta - Victoria*
Started the day with the aim of getting my 100th find. Got that quickly and finished the day with 27 total finds. Thanks Carkisser & JSando
Our eyes were playing tricks on us here and we thought we had spotted containers in every location! Perhaps it's time for a cool drink in the shade. TFTC
Finally, a weekend with no kids and (momentarily) lifted ISO restrictions. We’ve known about this epic series since we started caching a few years ago but have never made the trek from South Gippsland. We started on Saturday 20th at about 11.30am and cached steadily until dark, which was pretty early given it was Winter Solstice. The campsites were all full with dirt bikers, so we found a quiet spot in the bush to camp. A wet night ensured followed by an early start and we got back to the caches again. We only had until mid morning, but over the two days we found a total of approx 152 caches.
Apologies in advance for the generic logs! There were only a few DNF’s and we’ll log those separately. Caches were otherwise in excellent condition and the coords and hints were spot on.
Thanks so much to carkisser and JSando for this extraordinary series! We applaud the effort that you have put into placing and maintaining these caches We look forward to coming back and finding the rest
After finding the PoGo cache on top of Mt Dissapointment we decided to nab a few of these caches on the way back down. These have been on our list for a while but were waiting for summer when we can camp there. The etching on the top of the containers was awesome! Such effort - thank you. Sorry for the general logs as we nabbed these quickly to get off the mountain as it was covered in fog and rain.
Thanks carkisser and jsando for the hides! All caches were in good shape.
Thanks carkisser and jsando for the hides! All caches were in good shape.
I’m back for the 3rd time roaming the streets of Mt Disappointment in an attempt to double my finds to 1000 by 29 Feb. Ridiculous! considering I was at #400 17Nov and #500 28Dec.
TFTC carkisser and jSando
TFTC carkisser and jSando
With permission of the team member who was in the local hospital we decided on a day our this time with a goal of collecting 150 finds for the day which will if achieved will be our best caching day and after spending the day collecting cache after cache we ended with 151 finds and 3 DNFs so it was a rely good outing today.
Sorry it is copy and paste logs most were nice quick finds some proved a little more difficult however most we very easy finds and some require a little attention from the owner for wet logs with it being a good day as it was cool to start and didn't get over hot during the day we managed to make the goal of 150 finds with 1 extra just to be sure.
Thanks carkisser & JSando for placing this series for us to make such an assault to collect so many caches on one day.
Sorry it is copy and paste logs most were nice quick finds some proved a little more difficult however most we very easy finds and some require a little attention from the owner for wet logs with it being a good day as it was cool to start and didn't get over hot during the day we managed to make the goal of 150 finds with 1 extra just to be sure.
Thanks carkisser & JSando for placing this series for us to make such an assault to collect so many caches on one day.
Last one for the day as it was starting to get dark. This one took longer again but my wife found it just as I was about to give up. TFTC carkisser & JSando. Now I know how easy these are I will have to bring my wife back and do some more another time.
Today I headed out to complete the Mt Disappointment Driving Lesson series of caches. I really enjoyed coming up here again and its a really amazing place to take your time to find the caches and take in the serenity of the area. I'm pretty sure I found all of the remaining caches in the series and finally cache #62 which had become my Mt Disappointment nemesis.
It's an amazing area to explore and if you get the chance to camp the night as well I highly recommend it. There's plenty great areas to pitch a tent.
Thanks for the caches and for bringing me up here again.
It's an amazing area to explore and if you get the chance to camp the night as well I highly recommend it. There's plenty great areas to pitch a tent.
Thanks for the caches and for bringing me up here again.
After a lot of planning over the last few months, the day had finally come to get stuck into this series. I followed the route I had worked out without being sidetracked and everything went pretty much as I had hoped. I made my first find at 7:10am and the last for the day at 6:15pm. By 7 o’clock I was sitting in the Red Lion in Kilmore enjoying a cold beer and thinking back over a most enjoyable day. There was of course the odd DNF along the way as well. The weather was kind to me which helped a lot as well. A big thanks to carkisser & JSando for placing this and maintain this series. Cheers and TFTC
If you are not in a hurry then this is a nice little detour not too far off the Hume so here I am chipping away in chunks at Dads Driving Lessons which likely wasn’t a marathon done in one hit. Good day before the rain comes with little traffic - just a few wood collectors foraging around. All caches spotted quickly apart from one although a few a wee bit damp. TFTC series - I’ll be back for more sometime!
Dad decided to take a drive on a quiet country road and collect a few (hundred) caches today tomorrow and the next day. Mt Disappointment here I come. Find #[email protected]
Saturday 6th April 2019
Dad’s Mt Disappointment Driving Lesson Run Number Two.
Well after a much later than anticipated start the Inspectorrex team got to work where we left off. Starting at cache # 138 and made it thru to cache #227 which was the end of a string and a long to go back to get to #228. As light was fading fast Along with a couple of side caches not related to this series. Apologies for the generic logging however these caches were all logged in the evening after the days caching was completed. A very big thankyou to carkisser and JSando for setting up and maintaining this wonderful power series. We will be back in May to complete some more of the series.
Thanks for the Caches from the Inspectorrex team.
Dad’s Mt Disappointment Driving Lesson Run Number Two.
Well after a much later than anticipated start the Inspectorrex team got to work where we left off. Starting at cache # 138 and made it thru to cache #227 which was the end of a string and a long to go back to get to #228. As light was fading fast Along with a couple of side caches not related to this series. Apologies for the generic logging however these caches were all logged in the evening after the days caching was completed. A very big thankyou to carkisser and JSando for setting up and maintaining this wonderful power series. We will be back in May to complete some more of the series.
Thanks for the Caches from the Inspectorrex team.
Found with BorisB&Natasha and Bounty Trackers. We signed the log with our stamp Geo Nerds.
On a fun weekend with these two doing as many of these caches as we can while here. TFTC we had a great time. Stayed at Flowerdale pub overnight back for some more fun today.
On a fun weekend with these two doing as many of these caches as we can while here. TFTC we had a great time. Stayed at Flowerdale pub overnight back for some more fun today.
After rain called play last night it was back on the road with Gonefishen07 and Bounty Trackers for an early morning start.
Thoroughly enjoyed the caches, the area and the company.
Thanks for placing these caches
Thoroughly enjoyed the caches, the area and the company.
Thanks for placing these caches
2 day caching trip with Sioux & Leesa we have stamped log with our Geo Nerds stamp for Bounty Trackers, Borisb&natasha & Gonefishen.
Thanks for the cache.
Thanks for the cache.
On the way to our overnight camping spot this cache was a nice quick find once at Ground Zero. We signed the log book and then replaced as found. Thanks so much for the cache and greetings from Zimbabwe
Quick find,thanks for a great series and bringing us to this interesting area.TFTC
The disappointment was palpable now as I followed the caches along the Mt Disappointment Road 
I wasn't disappointed by a DNF here
Cache found on the same side of the road as I was traveling,
for once
TFTC
I wasn't disappointed by a DNF here
Cache found on the same side of the road as I was traveling,
for once
TFTC
Great day out with Team Justice, successfully completing this wonderful series in a day. The challenge has appealed to us for a long time, and it was incredibly satisfying to be able to complete it. Throughout the day we often marveled at the size and quantity of the containers you must have had at home in order to lay these out. Thanks so much carkisser for this astonishingly ambitious and well executed series. We loved it!
A plan was hatched with Clint & Abby over 12 months ago when we saw these caches come out over time. We could get 100, nah, let’s get them all and soon after a few drinks we decided to attempt the lot in 1 day. Time passed and somehow we found ourselves talking about it at a recent event (yes, and more drinks). Let’s do it after Christmas, ok. So, we meet in Wallan at 6am to begin the long day.
We had a few ideas to speed up our caching given we were trying to find 300+ caches in a day and that our previous record was about 60 in a day so this was going to be tough. We put the GPS and pens on lanyards do we could keep our hands few when getting the cache and didn’t have to pick up or get things out of our pockets. We did shifts of 1 hour, so one person did the driving, ate, re-hydrated and relaxed, while the other cached for the hour. The driver also provided the clue up front between caches as the cacher counted the distance down to the cache.
Now to the clues. Tree, stump, log, rock! We were getting a good chuckle over the clues, ‘beside tree’, we are in a forest! We found some of the ‘logs’ were not yet logs (i.e. trees), but they were close most of the time. We thought there might be some sort of random clue generator sometimes.
To the numbers. 330 caches attempted in 10 hours and 22 minutes. We had 7 DNFs and a total of 323 finds. This meant an average find time (including DNFs) of 1 minute, 53 seconds. We were quite amazed at the speed we could go and how quick you could find, sign and move on. It also comes down to the great containers laid out by carkisser for this power trail. Nice and large, and easy to find and extract the logs. We only came across one Eclipse time late in the day. Our biggest hour of finds was our 5th hour of 42 finds. This averaged out at 1 minute and 25 seconds per cache.
Overall, we had a great time as it was a challenge to push ourselves to get all these caches. We loved the layout and the effort to place all these caches. Thanks so much to carkisser for the caches.
FBTJ #2543
We had a few ideas to speed up our caching given we were trying to find 300+ caches in a day and that our previous record was about 60 in a day so this was going to be tough. We put the GPS and pens on lanyards do we could keep our hands few when getting the cache and didn’t have to pick up or get things out of our pockets. We did shifts of 1 hour, so one person did the driving, ate, re-hydrated and relaxed, while the other cached for the hour. The driver also provided the clue up front between caches as the cacher counted the distance down to the cache.
Now to the clues. Tree, stump, log, rock! We were getting a good chuckle over the clues, ‘beside tree’, we are in a forest! We found some of the ‘logs’ were not yet logs (i.e. trees), but they were close most of the time. We thought there might be some sort of random clue generator sometimes.
To the numbers. 330 caches attempted in 10 hours and 22 minutes. We had 7 DNFs and a total of 323 finds. This meant an average find time (including DNFs) of 1 minute, 53 seconds. We were quite amazed at the speed we could go and how quick you could find, sign and move on. It also comes down to the great containers laid out by carkisser for this power trail. Nice and large, and easy to find and extract the logs. We only came across one Eclipse time late in the day. Our biggest hour of finds was our 5th hour of 42 finds. This averaged out at 1 minute and 25 seconds per cache.
Overall, we had a great time as it was a challenge to push ourselves to get all these caches. We loved the layout and the effort to place all these caches. Thanks so much to carkisser for the caches.
FBTJ #2543
Heading over for the Mega, stopped by for a few of these.
Left my 'H' scrawl, as a mark for this powertrail...
TNLNSL
Thanks
Left my 'H' scrawl, as a mark for this powertrail...
TNLNSL
Thanks
I'm in Melbourne for a few day's with Horsesrule1990, heading to the event and to pick up as many caches as possible. Once the Melbourne Mega raps up we will head to the Gold Coast , for a few day hitting all the fun parks. Then heading back to Western Australia, and back to Work. Would like to thank everyone for there caches and there efforts hiding then for us to find.all Tftc.
Over for Parkville Event started early this Morning after I landed in Melbourne, with Becknmonts and Loulou0212 we saw some beautiful scenery, great fun completing this series in 1 day
After Becknmonts and I picked gabs1963 up from the airport we headed out to start our day, a beautiful quick stop at Melbourne’s first before we headed to start this trail, thanks so much for putting theses caches out, I really enjoyed them - definitely a first for me getting my geo car off the road and on some dirt - TFTC carkisser
I had a great day out today after LouLou0212 and myself picked Gabs1963 up for the airport. We headed to “Melbourne’s First” and then onto this trail as Gabs1963 has cached our her 450km radius, so she wanted some “easy numbers”. Thanks so much for placing this trail carkisser
16/11/2018 I needed some numbers to get my milestone of 21000 finds so headed out to Mt Disappointment to grab 100 or so of the power trail caches. Only a few DNF's thanks to tree fellers and dozers. TFTC.
We arrived in the area with a particular plan and that was to do the Dad's Mt Disappointment Driving Lesson trail. All caches were found or replaced (with the permission of the owner) Some still need the logs replaced but we ran out of supplies.
This trail was done with Hans and Linda, the jumping in and out of the car was shared, the driving was shared, lunch was had on the trail where ever we found a place that appealed to us.
Some shots were fired near one of the caches which startled the crap out of us. We did not think that you were allowed to shoot here. The roads were a mixture of good, bad and ugly. Thankfully it was dry it did try very hard to rain but all we saw was not enough to wet the car or us.
We apologise for the generic logs, this does not mean we thought any less of this series. We appreciate the effort that has gone into placing this trail and maintaining it, this is why we were more than happy to help with some maintenance.
SL TFTC
This trail was done with Hans and Linda, the jumping in and out of the car was shared, the driving was shared, lunch was had on the trail where ever we found a place that appealed to us.
Some shots were fired near one of the caches which startled the crap out of us. We did not think that you were allowed to shoot here. The roads were a mixture of good, bad and ugly. Thankfully it was dry it did try very hard to rain but all we saw was not enough to wet the car or us.
We apologise for the generic logs, this does not mean we thought any less of this series. We appreciate the effort that has gone into placing this trail and maintaining it, this is why we were more than happy to help with some maintenance.
SL TFTC
TFTC. Our friends Jackie and Dennis (Muff1)had invited us to join them in making an assault on Mt Disappointment. We drove up on Sunday to Kilmore to join them. After putting a dent in the Mt Disappointment trail yesterday, our aim today was to finish the trail. We had an added incentive. We were close to 5000 finds and there was the pooibility we could track 200 finds for the day. The weather forecast did not look great but the weatherman was wrong . Muff1 had spoken to the CO and made arrangements to replace any caches that were missing. They will contact they CO with details of any issues we found along the way. We had a great time . We replaced 7 missing caches. We had never visited this area before and the trail gave us an appreciation of the area. Thank you carkisser & JSando for a great series.
Away for a long weekend of caching with Freddo and Four Fun.
Over 300 caches in 4 days means that the logs will be mainly generic.
The main target of our mission was to finish off the Mt Disappointment series. We achieved our target along with other caches as we headed east and then west.
My apologies for the generic logs.
TFTC
Over 300 caches in 4 days means that the logs will be mainly generic.
The main target of our mission was to finish off the Mt Disappointment series. We achieved our target along with other caches as we headed east and then west.
My apologies for the generic logs.
TFTC
Away for an extended long weekend of caching with Freddo and Team Waldron.
This wasour main target for the weekend, the Dad's Driving Series, and it was definately a fun exercise collecting the series as well as a few other fun finds along the way
Cheers & TFTH carkisser
This wasour main target for the weekend, the Dad's Driving Series, and it was definately a fun exercise collecting the series as well as a few other fun finds along the way
Cheers & TFTH carkisser
Logging a find as part of the 4FW crew for this giant series. A lot of work has gone into putting this series together. Thanks to Dad and your helpers. All caches were found and logged. The driving was a lots of fun on a beautiful day.
AndyB84 and myself had plans to hit the Mt Disappointment trail and today that plan was realised.
We Arrived at the first cache around 9:45am and called it a day at 4:45pm before making one final sneaky find at the servo on the way home.
I had no idea what to expect in terms of numbers. My biggest day previously was 55 so I wanted to beat that. The next goal was 120 and looking bigger was 150.
We eventually ended on 129 finds for the day, doubling AndyB84's found count in a single day.
Pretty stoked with the effort. We cracked a cold one each on number 101 for the day.
Most caches were found easily with good coordinates. Some had wet logs, one was missing a lid and there were a few DNF's near the start of the trail as well.
The road was well maintained, we brought AndyB84's ute but my Magna would have been fine on these roads.
We signed most of the logs as A & K to save time.
Thanks for the caches
#2823
Since moving from New Zealand in 2016 I have been enjoying the area, exploring and finding caches.
So far I’ve knocked off 4 of the states. VIC, SA, NSW and A.C.T all multiple times.
No two areas are the same here and almost every place I go to is stunning. The beauty of caching is that it takes you to so many places you would never usually find.
Thank you to all the cachers out there for hiding and maintaining their caches. Especially to those who put so much effort into creating unique and fun hides.
I enjoy finding well maintained caches in fun and unique cache containers. No one likes finding a mint tin – but a find is a find after all
Well she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin' that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah, and if she had to die
Tryin' she, had one little promise
She was gonna keep
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl
Well, It was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony
She could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441
Like waves crashin' on the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God it's so painful, when
Something that's so close
And still so far out of reach
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl
Well I'm a-runnin' down the road try'n to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me
One says she's a friend of mine
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy
Well, I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flat-bed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me
We may lose and we may win, though we will never be here again
So open up I'm climbin' in, so take it easy
Well, I'm a runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble on my mind
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover, she's so hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy
Come on baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me
Oh, we got it easy
We oughta take it easy
We Arrived at the first cache around 9:45am and called it a day at 4:45pm before making one final sneaky find at the servo on the way home.
I had no idea what to expect in terms of numbers. My biggest day previously was 55 so I wanted to beat that. The next goal was 120 and looking bigger was 150.
We eventually ended on 129 finds for the day, doubling AndyB84's found count in a single day.
Pretty stoked with the effort. We cracked a cold one each on number 101 for the day.
Most caches were found easily with good coordinates. Some had wet logs, one was missing a lid and there were a few DNF's near the start of the trail as well.
The road was well maintained, we brought AndyB84's ute but my Magna would have been fine on these roads.
We signed most of the logs as A & K to save time.
Thanks for the caches
#2823
Since moving from New Zealand in 2016 I have been enjoying the area, exploring and finding caches.
So far I’ve knocked off 4 of the states. VIC, SA, NSW and A.C.T all multiple times.
No two areas are the same here and almost every place I go to is stunning. The beauty of caching is that it takes you to so many places you would never usually find.
Thank you to all the cachers out there for hiding and maintaining their caches. Especially to those who put so much effort into creating unique and fun hides.
I enjoy finding well maintained caches in fun and unique cache containers. No one likes finding a mint tin – but a find is a find after all
Well she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin' that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah, and if she had to die
Tryin' she, had one little promise
She was gonna keep
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl
Well, It was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony
She could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441
Like waves crashin' on the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God it's so painful, when
Something that's so close
And still so far out of reach
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl
Well I'm a-runnin' down the road try'n to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me
One says she's a friend of mine
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy
Well, I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flat-bed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me
We may lose and we may win, though we will never be here again
So open up I'm climbin' in, so take it easy
Well, I'm a runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble on my mind
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover, she's so hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy
Come on baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me
Oh, we got it easy
We oughta take it easy
Wow! What a day. KmanNZ and I were out to find big numbers, however I never thought I would double all my previous finds.
WE got to the first cache at around 945am and kept going through to 345pm when the rain finally hit. All in all, we managed to find 127 along this trail and grabbed a quick one on the way home at the service center.
We signed the caches A & K to save time.
I would like to thank KmanNZ for supplying the beers which we cracked on our 100th find for the day.
Thank you to carkisser & JSando for placing this series. We had a great day.
#165
WE got to the first cache at around 945am and kept going through to 345pm when the rain finally hit. All in all, we managed to find 127 along this trail and grabbed a quick one on the way home at the service center.
We signed the caches A & K to save time.
I would like to thank KmanNZ for supplying the beers which we cracked on our 100th find for the day.
Thank you to carkisser & JSando for placing this series. We had a great day.
#165
#3130 A big day of caching with the aim to collect big numbers and collect a bunch of souvenirs. The geohounds tagged along for the adventure. A cool day with the temperature floating around 7-9 degrees, but much fun had. A handful of dnfs but lots of finds. We found the coords to be pretty good, a few damp logsheets but no trouble signing. Thanks for all the effort carkisser and JSando.
Our 10th find for the day coming at 1109am.
Our 10th find for the day coming at 1109am.
Back up at Mt. Disappointment today finding caches with the LalorBrennan's. In total there were 4 adults and 5 children under 10. I know that most people would think that we were mad to spend a cold, wet and windy day up on the mountain with so many young kids but we have always had fun up here, so much fun that none of cared what the weather was like.
In all I think we found 107 caches (it may be 106 but I am always the optimist), with only a single DNF. But the numbers have never mattered to us. All that matters is the kids, and us oldies had an absolute ball.
It was also nice to get out with the LalorBrennan's, after all it was them who introduced us to this great game. As my kids are now (their words, not mine), experts in geocaching it was fun listening to them instruct the others kids, especially the younger two, on the finer points in our great game.
To carkisser and JSando, I feel our thanks are never enough for all the hard work you put into our great game. You know that we always try and and give you a great log but I am really sorry this time for the generic cut and paste job. Certainly the drinks are on me next time we catch up. On our next visit to the mountain I will make it up to you guys.
In all I think we found 107 caches (it may be 106 but I am always the optimist), with only a single DNF. But the numbers have never mattered to us. All that matters is the kids, and us oldies had an absolute ball.
It was also nice to get out with the LalorBrennan's, after all it was them who introduced us to this great game. As my kids are now (their words, not mine), experts in geocaching it was fun listening to them instruct the others kids, especially the younger two, on the finer points in our great game.
To carkisser and JSando, I feel our thanks are never enough for all the hard work you put into our great game. You know that we always try and and give you a great log but I am really sorry this time for the generic cut and paste job. Certainly the drinks are on me next time we catch up. On our next visit to the mountain I will make it up to you guys.
Out with Smepster and Darcy on this miserable winter day getting a nature fix plus some smileys TFTC
This one, as well as the last two were left uncovered Sad that people doing power trails have no respect for the caches and contents.
Hume and Hovell were wrong. 
This place should be called Mt Rewarding. 
This was my 3rd visit here with Cybergran V and with the days haul of 102 finds (including 3 randoms) we now have 199 of this series completed and (when logged) all 13 virtual souvenirs currently on offer in the bag. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou carkisser & JSando for this amazing opportunity to crank the numbers when most needed.
This place should be called Mt Rewarding. This was my 3rd visit here with Cybergran V and with the days haul of 102 finds (including 3 randoms) we now have 199 of this series completed and (when logged) all 13 virtual souvenirs currently on offer in the bag. Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou carkisser & JSando for this amazing opportunity to crank the numbers when most needed. Found on 1 Jul 2018 at 1:57 pm.
Since today was not raining I decided to head up here to complete a couple of challenges I was working on and the whole family decided to come. This speeded up a few of the searches instead of being by myself. We only had 3 hours but managed to get just over 50 finds in and a lunch break so it worked out well.
It wasn't too busy up here today with cars passing by but a lot of dirt bikes and trailers parked everywhere. Even a couple of people getting some free firewood in the old logging areas. A couple of bushwalkers as well and even a couple of guys testing out there petrol powered remote control cars.
We had a couple of DNF's probably because of the limited time we had...if we had found nothing in a couple of minutes we moved on just so we could complete the 50 I needed today.
Amazing change of scenery from number one up into the forest section and I wanted to find more but the kids were getting bored and we also needed to get back for my wife to work in our restaurant.
Half way along the section we were doing we noticed a few logs from people earlier in the day, never caught up with them at any stage though. (Sorry about the generic log)
Thanks carkisser & JSando for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.
Since today was not raining I decided to head up here to complete a couple of challenges I was working on and the whole family decided to come. This speeded up a few of the searches instead of being by myself. We only had 3 hours but managed to get just over 50 finds in and a lunch break so it worked out well.
It wasn't too busy up here today with cars passing by but a lot of dirt bikes and trailers parked everywhere. Even a couple of people getting some free firewood in the old logging areas. A couple of bushwalkers as well and even a couple of guys testing out there petrol powered remote control cars.
We had a couple of DNF's probably because of the limited time we had...if we had found nothing in a couple of minutes we moved on just so we could complete the 50 I needed today.
Amazing change of scenery from number one up into the forest section and I wanted to find more but the kids were getting bored and we also needed to get back for my wife to work in our restaurant.
Half way along the section we were doing we noticed a few logs from people earlier in the day, never caught up with them at any stage though. (Sorry about the generic log)
Thanks carkisser & JSando for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.
This was one epic series, it had it all, easy finds, tougher finds, lots of dirt road driving, steep hills, bush bashing, open logged forest, deep dense forests and a leech or 2 to throw in the mix. Both me and TheSkype traveled from the ACT to cache in Victoria and this series certainly is one to bump up the tally which I personally believe is only for die-hard cachers. Do not bring a newbie here, it might get tough, zap their mind and they might never want to cache again. We camped at Andersons Garden campground and this was our base for the 3 days we spent caching. Thanks again pleasure to do business and explore this historic part of Victoria. TFTC. Day 2
#2576 Found with the Green-martian, both visiting from Canberra. Geocached in a 4x4 Outback for over 16 hours, over 3 days. Averaged 20 finds per hour hitting 30 finds an hour between #206 to #235. Found a total of 323 caches with several DNFs. What a marvel it was finding this series. All park n grabs with the car and GPS covered in dust. Weather was warm for April. Thanks carkisser & JSando for this epic series of caches.
Late log, sorry. Teamed up with Team Boomajarril during the school holidays with Floss the geo-dog in the back of the 4WD. An awesome day with 60 finds and 2 DNF's.
We love this series so a big thankyou to the CO’s for your time and effort in keeping up the maintenance. Teamed up with CorianderConnected during the school holidays with 4 kids in the back and the geodog (Floss). Signed log as CC & TB. With 60 finds & 2 DNF was an awesome day that we had been looking forward to for months.
# 55 for the day @ 2:15pm. OS found it first and did the little dance.
# 55 for the day @ 2:15pm. OS found it first and did the little dance.
We decided to have a stab at 100 caches in a day and we did not arrive at the first GZ until 1310. We had a bit of a struggle in the beginning but ended with a good run. We thank the cache owner for the effort. 102 caches in total where number 244 was my 2000th cache. Thanx
On a mission to take 100 caches today. Tenth at 1.25 PM (no pressure). Thanks to the cache owner for the effort. Trackable visited
Easter Sunday and out on a Planetary Pursuit to earn 10 souvenirs. So what better way to obtain these by hitting this power trail. Teamed with Geo husband to make these finds. TFTC
During a little warm-up here earlier this week I found about 65 caches in one afternoon. Today I returned for a full day effort, starting at 8am and stopping at 6:30pm having covered about 100km. Without rushing too much (all logs were signed and dated in full, caches rehidden properly, and photos taken of every GZ and logsheet) I ended up with 230+ finds for the day which is a surprising record for me .
Other than a shaky start near the residences (5 DNFs in the first 11) the rest went pretty well as I searched for them in numbered sequence from #1 to #240.
All were found easily other than #4,7,9,10,11,15,37,62,79,142 and 158.
It was nice and quiet on the trail all day - just saw 2 other cars and 2 police patrols on a mild dry sunny day. Perfect caching conditions.
Thanks for the cache and the series, carkisser and JSando.
190 is the largest number with the property that it and its distinct prime factors are palindromic in Roman numerals.
Fortunately finding the cache was easier than trying to decipher that.
.Other than a shaky start near the residences (5 DNFs in the first 11) the rest went pretty well as I searched for them in numbered sequence from #1 to #240.
All were found easily other than #4,7,9,10,11,15,37,62,79,142 and 158.
It was nice and quiet on the trail all day - just saw 2 other cars and 2 police patrols on a mild dry sunny day. Perfect caching conditions.
Thanks for the cache and the series, carkisser and JSando.
190 is the largest number with the property that it and its distinct prime factors are palindromic in Roman numerals.
Fortunately finding the cache was easier than trying to decipher that.
Decided to keep driving to see if the parking situation improved and less traffic. YAy it did so back on the hunt tftc and the series sorry to sound like whingers in last logs but the hound is to stupid in traffic!
Thanks carkisser and Jsando for another day of fun and adventure at Mt Disappointment.
It was an absolutely beautiful day for caching, not too cold and not too hot in the shade of the forest.
We had been meaning to get back up here for a while but with the added incentive of a limited edition pathtag only for those completing Dad’s Mt Disappointment Driving Lesson we packed the car early this morning and headed north.
The plan was to hit Mt Disappointment and try to break our previous record of 61 caches in a day (set you know where!).
Being very OCD , we like doing things in order, so we aimed to pick up our 2 previous DNF’s and then continue on where we had left off last visit at #181.
We set off early (for us!) and we were on the trail by 10.30..but you know what they say about well laid plans… it wasn’t going to be the day to break our record.
We managed to pick up one of the DNFs and not the other and complete 42 more of the trail by 1:30pm, before Mrs P noticed one of the tyres on the geomobile was a little flat. Thinking we had a slow leak we thought we had better head into town and pump it up.
We got off the mountain and stopped to see how things were holding up, but by now the air was gushing out and we had a genuine flat.
The handy Mrs P, plowfive’s cache builder, soon had the tyre changed (well not soon really as we had to empty the back of the car of plowfive's caching supplies, changes of clothes, water, drinks, food.. to lower the spare down) , with only a little help from Mr P.
Even changing the tyre was fun, the first we have had to change ourselves in this car which we have had for over 10 years!
We had a great day despite not getting our personal best caches in a day. We will of course be back sometime soon to put another dent in it.
Apologies for the cut and paste log today, but to spice things up we will post a picture taken somewhere on the trail today for every log.
Thanks for such a well maintained fun power trail!
It was an absolutely beautiful day for caching, not too cold and not too hot in the shade of the forest.
We had been meaning to get back up here for a while but with the added incentive of a limited edition pathtag only for those completing Dad’s Mt Disappointment Driving Lesson we packed the car early this morning and headed north.
The plan was to hit Mt Disappointment and try to break our previous record of 61 caches in a day (set you know where!).
Being very OCD , we like doing things in order, so we aimed to pick up our 2 previous DNF’s and then continue on where we had left off last visit at #181.
We set off early (for us!) and we were on the trail by 10.30..but you know what they say about well laid plans… it wasn’t going to be the day to break our record.
We managed to pick up one of the DNFs and not the other and complete 42 more of the trail by 1:30pm, before Mrs P noticed one of the tyres on the geomobile was a little flat. Thinking we had a slow leak we thought we had better head into town and pump it up.
We got off the mountain and stopped to see how things were holding up, but by now the air was gushing out and we had a genuine flat.
The handy Mrs P, plowfive’s cache builder, soon had the tyre changed (well not soon really as we had to empty the back of the car of plowfive's caching supplies, changes of clothes, water, drinks, food.. to lower the spare down) , with only a little help from Mr P.
Even changing the tyre was fun, the first we have had to change ourselves in this car which we have had for over 10 years!
We had a great day despite not getting our personal best caches in a day. We will of course be back sometime soon to put another dent in it.
Apologies for the cut and paste log today, but to spice things up we will post a picture taken somewhere on the trail today for every log.
Thanks for such a well maintained fun power trail!
A big day out on the Mt Disa trail. No snakes, no trucks and not to many locals made it easy to park on the side of the road. Only downside was parking way to close to a couple of dead kangaroos. Eeew the smell was horrendous. The gps bounced around a little so most GZ were about 5m out, nothing the hint couldn't resolve. Once into the logged areas the hints became a little less reliable. Overall a great day out logging my 800th find. TFTC series, looking forward to our next day out.
I was in the area to get one I missed the other day and as I was here I thought I would get a few more and as it was going to be hot tomorrow I knew I would not be back for a couple of days.
Just continuing on with the series and getting a few as I find time to do them.
These ones are out of sequence but I will eventually get them all.
I love this area and I could not imagine learning to drive around these roads.
Nice and quiet on the roads this afternoon and these were all pretty well straight forward finds, I still love the art work on the lids.
Thanks carkisser & JSando TFTC.
Just continuing on with the series and getting a few as I find time to do them.
These ones are out of sequence but I will eventually get them all.
I love this area and I could not imagine learning to drive around these roads.
Nice and quiet on the roads this afternoon and these were all pretty well straight forward finds, I still love the art work on the lids.
Thanks carkisser & JSando TFTC.
With 2peasinapod2012, back again to carry on where we left of a year ago
so when we are finished we will write our final log.
thanks carkisser & JSando
so when we are finished we will write our final log.
thanks carkisser & JSando
My geowife and I decided that a few caches to celebrate new years day was a good idea. TFTC.
12:13, 28 December, 2017. #1140.
With a date to tick off the caching calendar and the need to knock up just a few more to have found as many caches in 2017 as I had found in all my four previous years of caching it was time to pay Mt. Disappointment another visit. It wasn't a serious assault today, just a minor hit for some quick number building.
The geo-wife and I started where we left off last time, at #27 with her driving and me in and out of the car like a jack-in-the-box. Goal for the day was to find 18 caches to get my total to 1134. We overachieved a little with the total for the day being 44
. We could have found more, but had set a time limit, which we stuck to despite the temptation to keep going for that one more cache 
.
The OCD side of me would normally want to keep running the numbers in sequence, but today the alternate logic of cleaning up the little off-shoot before going on in numeric sequence kicked in and I did the run from #181 to #194 before resuming the sequence at #41.
There was a bit of a trend with damp logs in today's hunt and this cache was one of them. Otherwise, the cache is in good condition.
TNLNSL. TFTC and the series carkisser and JSando.
With a date to tick off the caching calendar and the need to knock up just a few more to have found as many caches in 2017 as I had found in all my four previous years of caching it was time to pay Mt. Disappointment another visit. It wasn't a serious assault today, just a minor hit for some quick number building.
The geo-wife and I started where we left off last time, at #27 with her driving and me in and out of the car like a jack-in-the-box. Goal for the day was to find 18 caches to get my total to 1134. We overachieved a little with the total for the day being 44
. We could have found more, but had set a time limit, which we stuck to despite the temptation to keep going for that one more cache .The OCD side of me would normally want to keep running the numbers in sequence, but today the alternate logic of cleaning up the little off-shoot before going on in numeric sequence kicked in and I did the run from #181 to #194 before resuming the sequence at #41.
There was a bit of a trend with damp logs in today's hunt and this cache was one of them. Otherwise, the cache is in good condition.
TNLNSL. TFTC and the series carkisser and JSando.
Staying at Kilmore, we tackled the rest of the Dad's Mt. Disappointment Driving Lesson series, dodging the rain clouds, thunder and lightning that added to the adventure.
This took us through the country side of the Mount Disappointment area, up and down the gravel roads where we met a few 4x4 and motor bike muggles having fun in the area as well.
Most were quick finds but some were not. Cache and contents were in excellent condition.
Thanks carkisser & JSando for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment. Appreciate the time and effort gone into this series.
This took us through the country side of the Mount Disappointment area, up and down the gravel roads where we met a few 4x4 and motor bike muggles having fun in the area as well.
Most were quick finds but some were not. Cache and contents were in excellent condition.
Thanks carkisser & JSando for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment. Appreciate the time and effort gone into this series.
