TCT - Possum Attack Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
By Team Loesch on 27-Jul-17. Waypoint GC79JAX

We are on a caravanning trip around Australia seeing the sights and finding a few caches along the way. Today we had arrived in town and need to get the car serviced and we were going to visit the caravan show. After dropping the car off, We got the bikes out and I headed out to find some caches and then head to show a bit later. I looked on the way to the show but didn't locate it but on the return my partner located thus one.Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache.

Small and sweet

So JMelb is now officially a Senior also, so we decided to take advantage of the Seniors week of free regional travel during Seniors Month and our choce of destination was Traralgon We had decided rather than catch a local train into the city on our line and then the regional one out on this line that we would instead drive to Pakenham and catch the Traralgon train from there. All was good until we got off the freeway and started heading in to Pakenham .... at 40km an hour and traffic banked up! Then as we turned off onto Railway Ave, we were stopped by a worklady saying this road was blocked off for roadworks only and we had to go around the other way.... time was ticking over and as we eventually found another approach to the station we saw the train arrive .... and leave!! Botherrrrr! It would be another hour until the next train!!! So we decided instead to head to Nar Nar Goon Station and find a couple of caches before the next train was due! lol We then made sure we were at the station in plenty of time to catch the next train and so we arrived at Traralgon just before 12. We decided to go to the bakery to get some lunch and then headed across to Victory Park to eat it by the river. We then set off to do some of these caches and this was first. It took us a while to find this one as the GPS was leading us into the garden. However on reading back on logs we found one which gave us a nudge as to where we should be looking and then found the cache. TFTC Loesch - GJMMelb

Parked Far from grey in the long parking bays. Went for a shop and quickly picked this up pn the way back all ok TFTC

Meet the local then proceeded to locate the cache. Tftc

lol after putting my hand blind in one and finding a lake I pottered around a bit more and found the cache. Waiting for my little one to finish a bday party at the butter factory. Ive tagged this route to bring my kids later. TFTC

12:28This was the second find of the day in the beautiful sunshine, found fairly quickly after standing on the edge of the rougher stuff and looking in the right direction. Once I spotted this feature, I knew where to feel about.Thanks, Team Loesch.--- Another trip out to the end of the Myki zone with a muggle mate.This time, it was Gippsland, which gave my travelling companion a bit of a lie in because he could join the train at Caulfield. So I bagsed a bay of four at Southern Cross.After the trip out, it was good to get a leg stretch along the creek.#9047

It was a little bit tricky but really cute to find

Good spot I am to short

Will put photo up

#4623I first heard and then saw the bats. I watched them for a while. Then made my way to go where I spotted 2 cute possums. Circled twice before locating cache. Thank you

Not found, but I didn't really look - see photo.

Coordinates were a bit off but eventually found the little container as well as two possums who we rudely awakened. Didnt have a pen. TFTC!

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Found it, thank you!

Lots of possums spotted

After a visit to the Geokiddos Nan at a nearby, Care facility, we called in here making the trip back home. Geogirl found the signs for this one as soon as we got to GZ.

TFTC JENPETEH, The H,s , South Africans living in Tassie GeoCaching our way around Australia and loving it

Found, great hiding spot

Bit tricky - good spot!

Ah yes we'll hidden

Found it! Adventuring with TubeLords

With the SummitBoos, in possum attack. TFTC

TFTC

Had no intention of looking for caches but I was walking through this beautiful park and decided to stop and enjoy for a moment. But I didn’t have a pen so I took a photo of the cache

DNF here
Hunter

Amazing location, and easy to find.

After much looking and GPS putting us on Macca's roof repeatedly. Grubbing in the mud, eaten by mozzie because it wouldn't locate properly. We finally found it. Maaaate!!! Awesome Hiding spot. Thank you.... You owe me new sneakers

Harder than it should have been. Nice day for a ride. TFTH

Finally found after multiple DNFs!

Nice quick find in a lovely park. TFTC!

We enjoyed our walk here along the creek.
A lovely park which we have passed quite a few times over the years but never paused to enjoy.
Thanks to Team Loesch.

Ms G is defo getting the hang of this

I had organised for a weekend in Gippsland... with Saturday allocated to caching... with Sale being the focal point for the day... to visit the grave of Allan McLean for the Victorian Premiers Wherigo... Having completed the "all important" Wherigo task, I was back to Traralgon for the night... and still looking for caches.

Having walked as far as **TCT - Crossing**, I decided to keep on going to this cache. With the indicated GZ wandering around a bit, it took me a little while to find... but I got there in the end.

Thanks **Team Loesch** for the cache.

A very clever hiding spot, easy find. Unfortunately we didn't have a pen to write in the log but have taken a pic instead. TFTC

Oooh be careful so Mrs Spidey don't bite you, use a stick, tftc!

Tftf

Oof maybe next time.

Ayyee just came back after 45 mins and found it instantly. TFTC!

Out on a Christmas break with sir_spectre, exploring southern Victoria grabbing lots of smilies, finding caches in LGA's and of course signing a few more challenges.
Thanks for placing this cache for us to find.

stopped to get a new victorian LGA. quick find.
Left with Mogni the day before Christmas to go down to Mount Gambier for Christmas Day. Then on the 27th left for Victoria. Plan A was to go to the Ottway Rangers, complete the Geo tour in Ballarat and then head to Geelong and take the Queenscliff ferry over to Sorrento then grabbing new LGA's on route to almost the New South Wales/Victoria border and the old 2001 cache near there. Also attending a community day event, a CITO and a couple of other events as well. Then head in to the high country and come back to SA in 11 days. Things didn't go to plan. Turns out that one of my almost new tyres was defective ( side wall blown out ) and blew in the ottway ranges on a narrow road in the rainforest, Drove to Melton to stay overnight and get a new tyre there, tyre machine broken and the other 5 tyre companies not open so off to geelong for a new tyre ( and some caches on the way and in geelong ) . The event we where going to attend in geelong didn't turn out, he was late by ALOT to his own event.Then to ballarat to same day since we had a b&b booked for the next few nights. Planned on getting the ferry at 1200 and ended up on the 400 pm ferry but we did attend a event and CITO in geelong. Then we drive into the rear end of a thunder storm with forecast 20 mm dropping for the next few days. Cancel the high country and change targets to letterbox D/T for fizzy grid only using letterboxes and same wirh the multi fizzy grid plus fizzy grid only using victorian caches plus any challenge caches we where near. Plus getting a few more victorian 2001 caches. And finally any caches that had 40 more more favourite points. Only got soaked to the bone for a couple of days but the water on the tracks was noticeable. On the return home tried to get the rest of the missing LGA's around the Melbourne CBD i missed in the last mega. Still a fun trip was had if not the planned one.

Look before you leap. Saw a hollow and stuck my hand in and it was full of sludgy water. Yuck. On another note. Found the cache in a different spot altogether. Still worth the smiley face. Log signed TFTC

Tftc cleverly hidden

Nice one near a spider web

Walk up find. Think we got lucky

lovely location but lots of muggles

Found with O319 on our way to Melbourne

Quick find with SJG66 TFTC

Very clever!! Possum was in fact home TFTC

Great spot to walk around. Glad I didn’t have to go down the bank!

A nice hide to find after a long drive. Tftc

Found it - also found the possum it was black ️

Possum

Tftc there was an actual possum sleeping in the other tree

#207

No possum attack here, no magpies either. Came unscathed and set for the rest of my trip

Nice Park. Nice hide. All good.

I found a possum hiding in a different tree Wells wandering around checking my coordinates thank you for the cache excellent hide

Found! Got screamed at by a possum at midnight when we got it haha. Very spooky.

Back in place to be found

Unfortunately this cache has been taken again.
We will replace ASAP

Found a possum eating pears

Searched for this one twice but was unable to spy it..it could well be that the Camo is too good for me 1/2 misses for the day.

Barked up every tree, not sure if my height was working against me for this one.

We looked behind some bark and wasn’t there big time kill as well

Looked for quite a while but couldn't find it.

Nope

Tftc Team Loesch. A bit of time to kill between end of work and a birthday dinner at the Green Olive. A fine day and open ground so time nab some more Traralgon caches.
A quick find, log and cache in good condition.

Pretty sure I’ve looked for this before and couldn’t find it. FINALLY FOUND IT. Tftc. What a devious hide

Down here for a short holiday with tag along and out and about riding. We came down on the train with our bikes.
while he moved on I stopped to search. Late logging sorry.
Thanks for this hunt Team Loesch

Tfc

Found it! We got very distracted by a cute possum in the tree just next door

Thanks for the cache, we had a great time

Nice quick find lots of spider webs tho
TFTC

Tftc

Found it fantastic hide

This is a fantastic little hide. TFTC

Tftc

Cool hide! Found after some pizza and f&c's in the park on our way home from camping. TFTC

Found! Thanks!

Abit harder

Bit of a fight to find this one first but lost out this time! Good hide - TFTC!

Nice easy one that I had my hands on pretty much straight away. 1-all. TFTC

Love the stash

Got to be brave with this one

So cute!

Nice and easy find for a rippa Sunday arvo. Found old mate having a snooze aswell! TFTC

Second find for the day. Made a new possum friend. TFTC

I vowed to return, and return I did today - and finally found the cache! Thank you!

Out for afternoon walk along the creek track. A cute possum in the tree just next door. Thanks for a great series Team Loesch.

We looked for a long time, but no luck today. We did find a possum, very cute. We’ll be back!

I like it! Took a bit of a search, however eventually landed on the right spot for this tricky hide. Spider Web hint helped. Thanks!

I Just had time to go from Newman Park north to the end of the TCT run on a cold windy afternoon but fortunately the rain held off until I was on my way back. Thanks Team Loesch.

Quick find on a lunch stop. A local pointed out a possum in the very same tree. Thanks Team Loesch

sneaky and devious hide this cool morning. tftc

We found this cache today on our Very Wet Bairnsdale to Melbourne Road Trip. We would have liked to have completed the whole series but as rainy as it is, we will just have to settle for this one. Thanks from D & HA B-A.

On Sunday we decided to tackle the Traralgon Creek Trail with the dogs and three geokids. We enjoyed our walk, the many playgrounds along the way, and all the clever caches. An impromptu discovery of an ice-cream truck at the northern end of the trail was a welcome treat for all. Thanks so much for bringing us here and for all the hides

Searched all the trees by the lamp post closest to the gps coordinates but cnf

After much searching we were able to locate, this one can be very tricky to find.

ery deceiving took me a bit at night
Barking up the tree

Love this hide ️

This cache is still in the correct location, some camo has been added by an 8 leg friend.

Thanks to wonderingwombat88 for offering to check on their walk as well

Keep on looking

CJJAHC