N G Sheppard Gate - Sheppard Road Eldorado, Victoria, Australia
By BettyBoo3747 on 16-Jun-16. Waypoint GC6KTPN

Decided to dust the bike off and complete some more of this series. It was a warm day with a nice breeze every now and then. Enjoyed my ride with only one DNF for the day. One more trip, and I should have then series knocked over. Spotted 2 snakes today, small brown at the start and a huge red belly on the way back there out and about with the change in temp. Back in the car now and collected this one TFTC!

After lunch at the pub, we continued on caching for the day, finding the last few drivebys in the area. Quick find here. TFTC

Thanks

Quick drive by thanks

Another fast easy find.Again had been evicted. Has been rehungTFTC

We are heading back to Chiltern after finding a few caches around Tarrawingee. This was a quick stop and the cache found without a problem. Thanks to BettyBoos3747 for the cache.

No sun this morning but still shining brightly!

I was a little concerned about a mega search here but found it quickly,I took a nice pic from here looking across the paddocks
Thanks for the cache

In The area for the Rutherglen Mega and found this cache.

Logs have been stamped/signed GUSHBSTDTT to sve space on the log

Thanks to BettyBoo3747 for placing and maintaining this cache.

TFTC

In The area for the Rutherglen Mega and found this cache.

Logs have been stamped/signed GUSHBSTDTT to sve space on the log

Thanks to BettyBoo3747 for placing and maintaining this cache.

TFTC

Found as part of GUSHBSTDTT

In the area for the Rutherglen Mega Event.

To save space on logs we have signed or stamped with GUSHBSTDTT for all teams initials.
TFTC

10/04/23
This is find number: 8445
Streak Day: 2671

In The area for the Rutherglen Mega and found this cache.

Logs have been stamped/signed GUSHBSTDTT to sve space on the log

Thanks to BettyBoo3747 for placing and maintaining this cache.

TFTC

Find number 8479

The Booos are in the area for The Rutherglen Event.

To save space on logs we have signed or stamped with GUSHBSTDTT for all teams initials.



Thanks for placing this cache

A fancy gate eh, an insight into what the homestead looks like or just someone doing what they love?
Thanks for the hide .

We are enjoying our drive round the lovely back country this afternoon admiring the fauna and flora in between finding the caches. TFTC # 19,012

Found on our Rutherglen Mega trip, all logs signed as SPINZ (Sidewaze, Paddle Chick, Isis58 and Nanzie from NZ). Sorry about the cut and paste logs. TFTC

#13272

This is my first trip outside New Zealand caching and enjoyed getting this cache with Team SPINZ tftc

Found previously with BlackOpal2005. We thought it was time to create our own accounts.

6 July 2022
2:14 pm
2321

Hi BettyBoo3747, I found N G Sheppard Gate - Sheppard Road today.

Many thanks BettyBoo3747 for providing and maintaining this game piece for our enjoyment.

Lovely view of Mt Buffalo. TFTC

Found it TFTC

Today we found N G Sheppard Gate - Sheppard Road on our travels. We had to stop for an old, cool gate. Although the search seemed to be the blind leading the blind! Both looking at the correct spot but making the wrong assumption. A quick PAF and we had a d’oh as it should have bitten us!

Thanks BettyBoo3747 for being part of our geocaching fun.

Attending the Wangaratta Mega weekend with the ladies of FurfacesLL, we collected heaps of caches and saw many scenic views along the way. Today we were back on the bike trail, we had a mix of heat, rain, humidity, mozzies and flies.

Picking up where we left off on Friday and it was time to continue our travels. It was a great day out on the trail with lots of laughter along the way. Some finds were nice and quick and some took a little longer, but in the end, we found most.

Thanks to the CO for the cache placement for us to all enjoy. Thanks to the FFLL ladies for a fun filled trip away

Day 4 of the Wangaratta Mega with Rapidlywild.

Today we decided to head early to try and beat the heat and call into Beechworth first to do one of the labs there and then it was back onto the trail with the bikes.

Back on the trail and thankfully when we started it was still cool, but it looked like it would be a very warm one.

All caches were found along the journey unless otherwise mentioned.
Great trail and glad we took the time out to make the journey.
Another one done while doing the trail nearby. Quick find here

Thanks for the hide and maintaining BettyBoo3747

On the hunting trail again with SeasonedBird, Liz & Bruce. Another great day for caching. TFTC BettyBoo3747
Find #8369 at 13:36.

Found out caching with Wollaston, Liz&Bruce at Wangaratta Mega.

Container condition good
Log condition - new popped in, lots of room

Thanks to CO’s for taking time to set out and maintain hides and for showing us your very special part of the world

Log signed in first open spot with stamp

TFTC BettyBoo3747

Find # 5985

Out with Wollaston and SeasonedBird today. This is one of the caches we targeted and found thankyou for giving us the opportunity to explore. New log placed to replace full one.

I loved the old gate. Imagine the stories it could tell, if only it could speak! A quick find, Budgie went left, I went right but there can only be one winner.
Thanks again BettyBoo3747

I had been set to attend another Victorian Mega but the damn pandemic began and for obvious reasons one was cancelled and one was postponed. I was pleased the postponed Wangaratta event went ahead but have to admit I was still apprehensive about the COVID situation. Although attending all events, (except 1 of the CITOs) keeping distance was still a priority. I had a great time touring with 1TOOLMAN and Budgietas although there was an empty void where SSR should have been.
As well as Wangaratta, we visited The Paps, Mt Buller, Benalla, Glenrowan, Winton and even popped in to Lex country, having dinner at Brady’s Railway Hotel. Our find numbers were low but our laugh count was high so I call that a win!

Found this cache as part of a run of 100 caches that included a few of the HSS caches, the gourment series and the Ned Kelly Helmet Series. We found this cache after the element series completing a loop back around towards beechworth

TFTC

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The Mega in Victoria I had always planned to attend, but due to covid changes I was concerned, I wouldn’t be able to due to work commitments. As these commitments cleared up, I planned to go over and catch up with GoosenEgg, Stainless Steel Rat, and 1Toolman while in Wangaratta for a day caching to attempt to find 100 in one day. As things turned out Stainless Steel Rat was unable to go, so I was invited to join GoosenEgg and 1Toolman for the entire period. 1Toolman collected us from the airport and we immediately drove to Victoria’s 1st Geocache. From there during the 4 days, we visited Wangaratta, Mt Buller, Albury, Wodonga, Benella, Glenrowan, and Beechworth (although we didn’t make the bakery much to 1Toolmans disgust)

The trip was less about numbers and more about visiting places that I had only driven through before. We did manage to complete the Ned Kelly Helmet series and find a great Earthcache at Murmungee Lookout and another cache at “The Paps” which gave tremendous views of the area. The GPS maze, which I must say was one of the greatest attractions was also attended as with another cacher I was first through on the Saturday Morning at 8.15. It was great to get this icon on my profile.

Of the trip, it was certainly hot and humid, but we really didn’t get rained on in any serious way, with the major storm passing through at night time, otherwise it was just hot or very hot depending on the time of the day.

TFTC

13 January 2022 11:27 am

Day 2 of my Mega trip after camping out at Pioneer Creek last night I woke up early to go out and get as many caches before it starts to heat up. Caching from there moving towards beechworth then headed back toward Wangaratta where I will cache throughout the afternoon. Eitherways thanks for the cache and being a part of the day.

What incredible gates! Love the detail here. Neat piece of history! Many thanks.

Found this a couple months ago but didnt have a pen. My grandfather made this gate and it remains my parents property, so it's nice to see ppl appreciating the gates.

I had to go into Wangaratta to pick up a purchase for my mum's van and afterwards I made my way over to the Event OCR - it's finally done in Eldorado. I was hoping to finally meet the CO BettyBoo3747 which I did. Afterwards as I made my slow drive back to Porepunkah, I stopped at a few of the CO's caches along the way.

This was not a road my Tarago liked at all but where there is a cache, my Tarago will go. A quick find was made at GZ.

The cache is in good condition. The logbook is almost full - it has 6 blank spaces left to sign however looking at the frequency of dates this one gets found, it should be ok for a while yet.

Thank you for the cache here BettyBoo3747

Found in plain sight. Put back where it should be.

This gate was made by my Grandfather Norman George. This is 1 of 2 gates he made. Great to see ppl are getting enjoyment out of it and appreciate the skill to make it.

Impressive personalised gate. Not too long to find but with the grass almost as high as the gate it might have taken forever!
Thanks BettyBoo for enticing me out here.

After getting a few FTFs today we thought we’d pick up a couple of others on our way back home. Glad the weather held out (rain wise) even if it didn’t get above about 9 degrees all day! TFTC

Didn’t take us too long to find.
More nice views towards Mt Buffalo
TFTC

Thanks bettyboo for the cache. Sad we lost our pen and couldn’t sign the log!

Found later in the day after Huffleclaws and co. It made sense that it should be there to us. Found on a detour from the rail trail. Thank you for the hide.

Found with TLW and VK3GS TFTC while on a nice bike ride with the Geokids!

Was hanging out in the open
Put back where we think it should go

Wasn't returned to its location when we found it. Very clever cache though.

2:39pm

Made the quick stop on my way out of the bush to ride the rail trail into Beechworth.
Took a little bit longer to find as it wasn’t hanging the way I thought it would be.
Nice decorative gate you usually see to the entrance of the homestead on a property, looks a little out of place as an entrance to a hay shed.

TFTC , cheers.

Good find

Found by The Empire + H
On our way into Eldorado to check out a couple of earthcaches. We picked up these caches along the way. Thanks for the cache BettyBoo3747.
- M

Quick park and grab with Jackez74 TFTC

Enjoyed reading the history of this area. A quick and easy find with Matho64. TFTC

Nice story.

Found it

Easy find ))

Tiny

TFTC great day for a few caches

Off the mountain and out of the valley for a change. On the way to Melbs with yet another detour but what’s new! Time to collect this little pocket of caches before the next rain event makes it too soggy an outing. TFTC

Headed out for a caching trip with husband and no kids!! Today's mission was to recover the stolen jewels in the latest challenge. After initially looking at the wrong end, I soon had cache found.

Tftc

Tftc
Wonderful. My 100 th find. Yah

Found while out on a caching trip up through Benalla and Wangaratta and the Winton Wetlands.
Thanks for the cache.

While the initial plans were for a long weekend south-east on Mount Howitt the latest forecasts of harsh weather had us detouring north to Mt Buffalo instead. It was a good alternative - the weather was kinder, and a few days later we managed to get to Mt Howitt after all.
After meeting up at the Winton Wetlands earlier today and a hearty dinner at the Eldorado pub it was off to strike more caching gold along these trails at night.

Even in the dark we could clearly see this very distinctive Sheppard gate.
Thanks BettyBoo3747.

With a big day of hiking behind us it was time to enjoy a few drive-bys as we made our way to our overnight campground in a round about way With torches being our best friend we managed to grab 20 or so on the trail including a DNF .
Thanks very much BettyBoo3747 for the great effort you always put into your caches.

After spending the day driving up from Geelong and hiking it was time for some drive bys on the way to the camp ground. Smashed out a bunch of these on the way to our glorious little camp site at whourley. Tftc!

Cruising through here late at night with the cache crew and made a quick and easy find. Cheers Betty boo!

found it

Driving home from WANGARATTA this evening, on a few roads we have not yet travelled. Unrealistic target on a hot afternoon, but we did manage to fit in 10 caches, with only one DNF over a combination of BettyBoo, Harrowang, Bingley and RobMC caches.

Quick find in obvious spot for us today. Watched by cow guardian, thanks BettyBoo

Out caching with our cousin,smallest cache we’ve found so far

First day of my leave and after doing family things in the morning (and braving the last of the Christmas shopping) I had an afternoon to do some caching (and listen to a few a CDs without complaints from the back). I am hoping to crack 1000 for the year (suspect I will just be short) and so thought I would try a few more of the HSS series and then get a few more down in that part of the world. Left the geohound at home as it would be mainly a park and grab day - and some of the roads I planned were likely busy.

The damage from the recent storms in the Everton/Tarwingee area was quite surprising - there were a lot of fences missing (but hopefully in s few weeks it will have greened up, and lots of full dams). In the end it was a Jamin Appleford, BettyBoo3747 and Harrowang day with a couple of others thrown. Ended up with 25 for the day (including 13 from 13 from the free throw line which must be up there with the best days in this series - starting to really take shape now) and 3DNFs - I suspect 2 are missing, the other might have needed a harder look.

Thanks to all the COs - all were in good working order unless specified. Off to Orange for Christmas - might get a few more but might need to see if I can sneak back this way on the 31st to achieve the target.

The cache was very obvious here so had signed quickly. Put it it "back in its hole" so hopefully is a bit more challenging for the next searcher.
TFTC BettyBoo3747

This was another amazing gate, this time making part of the surrounding of a neat hay shed in it’s own paddock. The paddock is well mown and one of the tidiest hayshed paddocks I’ve ever seen. The cache was quickly found in its hiding place, then we got onto photographing the gate.

What an amazing set of gates! Very clever hide. Again.....many thanks

Love the gates and the hide, so giving this a favourite. TFTC

Only one place it could be... Co-ords spot on. TFTC

As we drove past yesterday I noticed something amiss here. Back today and yep the cache was in full view for the world to see. Now back in its hiding place.

TFTC

Thanks. Took longer than it should have.

After visiting the Seven Oaks Rd. gate we ventured up to see this one at Sheppard Rd.
Unlike the previous finders there was no-one about here, not even a car passed the whole time we were there. Looks like a prime spot to raise livestock.
That was great, as we could take in the amazing panorama here, as the weather had broken and the sun was shining now, as well as the serenity. Looking towards Wangaratta and beyond, you could sit here for ages and appreciate this spot.
Once we dragged ourselves from the view, we pottered around a bit looking for the hide, before coming across it in the end.
SL at 2.30pm. All safe and sound.
One more before the trek back. TFTC BettyBoo3747.

TFTC!
Quick park and grab with Shellumbus and RedLeader&Fox2.

Trying to be sly while there are muggles working near by.... we failed
Tftc with Indianagleeson red leader and fox 2

Nice little hide. The farmer was moving some cattle around so we hid behind the hay shed and only had a minute to make the find. Luckily there are few options so the log was signed and returned in no time. Found with indianagleeson and shellumbus. TFTC.

Went on a caching mission today as I do most days to a tour around Chiltern where I am staying. Found this cache among some others. All caches were in working order. TFTC..

Wadonga to Everton. Arriving into BettyBoo3747 Territory
After setting up camp in the caravan park we went for a drive around the area to find a few more in the area. This took us around many coutry roads & into farming terriotry.
A good variety of containers & hide. Some easy & others a little challenging.
Thanks for placing this cache BettyBoo3747

[:(!] Thanks for an awesome effort.

I like it

Another one of the list

TNLNSL TFTC/TFTH/TFBUH BettyBoo3747 [^]

After the recent DNF I called by to check this one. The cache was indeed missing. It has been replaced with a different micro in a slightly different position.

Coordinates changed from:
S 36° 20.763 E 146° 29.694

Coordinates changed to:
S 36° 20.760 E 146° 29.694

Distance from original: 18.3 feet or 5.6 meters.

Out doing a maintenance check on this one and it was indeed missing. Have replaced with a different micro in a different position.

After about 25 minutes of searching and checking previous logs we were not successful. We noticed thst all along the fence line has been whipper-snipped recently. Thanks anyway BettyBoo for the cache. Hope it is still there and just cache blindness on our part.

The rain's stopped for a while, so we thought we would take the opportunity to grab a few caches on our way to visit El Dorado.
Love the old gates with the fancywork on top. Quite impressive for a paddock entry!
TFTC

Slightly off but makes for a great day

Not quite in the place the gps said. But did find it eventually.

TFTC. When we were out finding some caches on Friday we noticed a small triangle of caches that we fad not previously found. We had better put that to rights, so this morning we went out in the Geof-vehicle specifically to complete finds. Love the gates.

Had a good search for this one but we eventually found it. Another great old gate.

Took longer than it should have... We all thought each other had looked there! Found by MrsClazza. SL and replaced as found. Tftc

Me keenness for cache finds had taken me well away from the rail trail today,
on me bike ride
And here I was baking in the sun looking for a cache [xx(]
No shade here !! [:o]

The gate is a work of art though [^]
And after a bit of a poke around,
I did find the cache,
a little ways off from where me GPS was pointing

TFTC !!

Good news !!
It's all downhill,
and downwind from here to where I abandoned the geomobile,
at Tarawingee Station

See !!
Not so stupid after all

Found on a visit to the North East for New Years.
Hot conditions meant it was hard work going around but the caching was great fun.
This one took a but as we parked further away and approached a bit differently. Got it in the end.
Thanks for the hide here.

Found with McAdies and jelly_bean14.
We were up in the North East visiting family and had a few days out caching.
Thanks for the hide here.

Found with McAdies and Geo_Eddie.
We enjoyed a few HOT days around here caching.
Nice hide and scenery too.
Thanks for the hide here.

This was a day out and about in the country side finding some caches.
All members of the team were present for the search and was found without hassle.
TFTC. Sorry for the late log.

A quick find and a pretty place to stop. Tftc.

I looked where the GPS was pointing - nothing. I checked the useful hint. I saw that different finders had had differing results from their GPS's so I extended the search a little and found the cache easily.

#9390 Found and Logged at 9:22:00 AM
One of 38 caches on my 4nd day of caching around Beechworth spending the week so hope to find many more
Thanks for the cache BettyBoo3747
Lgoody

Suscoe was enjoying a day caching with Phetlern to the east of Wangaratta today.
A delightful area, such long grass everywhere we went.
We had lots of fun caching together along these roads and trails.
The paddocks seemed in great condition and the cattle all looked happy.
Thanks to BettyBoo3747 for placing this cache out here.

With our base camp set up in Wangaratta, we set out up the valley in the very good company of Suscoe. The weather was ideal, there were very few muggles about and we thoroughly enjoyed the mountain scenery, the views and of course the number and variety of geo-hides the GPS'r led us to.
The lovely old gate was completely hidden behind the grass.

Our thanks to BettyBoo3747 for placing this cache.
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