#1 Silvan Inlet Aqueduct Silvan, Victoria, Australia
By BonnyBlack on 29-Aug-17. Waypoint GC7BK9F

Time to close it down.

I have been along the oshanasy Aqueduct many times over my lifetime, seen in full of water and now the crumbling remains. It was good to see water still flowing in this aqueduct.


Thanks BonnyBlack for the cache.

Found it

3rd find for the day! Clever cache

#1556
What a creative cache hide! I have seen ones like this before, but I love it when one goes to the effort. BonnyBlack I always love your caches and this one was no different. Thanks for the smile.


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TFTC! 13 November 2022 3:24:18 pm 4031
This one certainly had us going. Around in circles! But long last found it!

Clever little hide I thought it might have been lost with the latest tree clearing

Good one

Found it with jackst2000

Nice easy find !

Sneaky hide, found in good condition, even though some nearby pruning had happened.
Thanks BonnyBlack for bringing us here.

Found 7:37 am
A quick find basically a drive which was perfect on this day for me. Not been to this area before and wasn't aware of the aqueduct here. The rain had stopped by the time I arrived and apprantly this was on track to be the coldest day this year at a Max 10 degrees. Nice effort done on the hide.

Day 745 of ...
TFTC BonnyBlack

Nice little cache and close to home. Love the neat little design.found safe and sound TFTC

A great cache to finish on for the day, very creative! And I remember walking next to some of the aqueduct at a nearby reserve when I was a kid! Tyftc!

Thanks for another well hidden Cache, Bonny Black,
Another cache on my way home from work. They made me work on a Saturday! What I like best about these caches is that they educate me on how to look for caches.
Regards from Victourer.

I manage to drive past here very frequently but never have a mind to stop. Usually on the way home from work.
An unexpected early finish for the day meant i had a few hours of me time.
A decoy cache in the form of a cork in a bottle had me very interested but it turns out it was just a bottle with a cork. Ha.
Great cache very well hidden.

Very creative!
Thanks for our #200th cache

Today, I brought one of my colleagues along caching with me after we both finished work, as we were meeting with others from work for dinner at the Pig and Whistle, but we had three hours to kill.
This cache took a little longer than the others all did, and I moved around to where Pru was looking and spotted something suspicious, which she had just poked with her foot and moved on, which is what you don't realise when you are a newbie, check everything!

A clever hide! TFTC

I've been wanting to find the two aqueduct caches for a while now, and finally had a bit of time on a grey Saturday arvo.
A neat little hide this one.
TFTC BonnyBlack

Suscoe was enjoying a delightful day out in the Dandenong Ranges.
After a pleasant lunch, we set out to collect a few finds on the way north to our accommodation.
This was our first find, it would have been our second but the main road nearby had been blocks by a large semi that has dropped oil everywhere so we did a detour past here.
Thanks to BonnyBlack for this placement, a good thing to learn about.
Sad to see the memorial just down the hill a little way.

Starting to get the knack of this sort of cache. Great reason to explore the local area

Today was a great day for getting out and about. This one was worth the visit. A favourite from us. Thanks for placing it for us to find.

Another glorious day to be out and about caching.
A quick find here. A clever hide. A favourite point for the effort.
Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache, BonnyBlack

Nice camo! Blends in perfectly. Stopped to get this cache on the way from the Seville playground/waterpark (yes - it's 11 degrees and the kids couldn't resist getting wet) to the Silvan Reservoir Reserve (a park we'd never been to even though it's just on the other side of the mountain from us).

Mrs.R wanted to visit Tom Thumb so it was a good opportunity to visit this cache nearby. Thanks for the information and a nice hide.

Nice hide!

TFTC THAT WAS HARD!!

I was blissfully unaware of the aqueduct until finding the two caches either side. tftc

Just like some people don’t like short logs by cachers, we prefer caches that can fit swaps in. This one wins points, however, for effort making a nice camo. Also we have a soft spot for Aquaducts - the only reason I switched off exclude micro was SIQ#2 was done first, then we opened our search up to include this one

Tftc mr black. Nice to understand the way this aqueduct fits in the landscape- can’t believe I’d never explored it before. Wish others loved them as much as us- always so much dumped rubbish, bean bag filling, clothing etc. signed log and back on our way we go

Quick find on the way back from visiting relatives. Got my souvenir for 1/1/2020. I lived in this area many years and never knew this was here. Thanks for the cache

A quick find here with Eliott Geoson on our way to a cherry farm. Appreciate the effort made in its construction. In good condition.

Quiet around here just the way l like it and a crafty little cache hide to, great location for one thanks for highlighting this story TFTC bonnyblack

Found at 2:47 PM GAFF1.
It is always nice to see a cacher put in a bit of extra effort in making an interesting hide and providing some pertinent information about the area - really appreciated it.
Thanks BonnyBlack

Log and container replaced.

Find number 7627 at 4:23:35 pm
On such a lovely day I decided to go for a drive after work to find a cache or two.
A quick find, signed the Log, the Log is also wet, tried to dry it a little then put the Log back
Nice hide.
**Thanks for placing this cache BonnyBlack**

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TFTC!
Log was soaked however.

We found this cache today at 4:45pm. Really lovely feel around this time in the evening. Pity about the fence as it looks like it would be a nice walk for a nice cache series. Thanks from D & HA B-A.

Oh, what a clever hide. The container was full of water but the log paper hadn’t dissolved. I think the container had been on its side, so I reoriented it. Nice one!

Didn't think it fair to do number 2 without number 1, but we just couldn't find it!

Found

Meeting some friends to go cherry picking out this way so I made sure to stop in on at least one cache on the way home. A nice quick find here of the clever caching container, thanks for the hide Bonny Black.

Loved this one! Thanks for the effort and bringing me here exploring the area

Out and about to grab a couple of caches on a bright sunny afternoon. I never realized this aqueduct existed . An awesome view of Mt donabuang from the road that leads to this cache . Parked the car and searched and thought wow that's a well constructed cache. Deserves a favorite . Thanks BonnyBlack

This is one of the cooler caches in this area. Nothing better than finding a cache that has had some thought and effort put in. Fav from me TFTC

Initially my GPS couldn't decide which side of the road I should be on, then it made up its mind. I spotted something and soon found the cache, with impressive construction. Nobody passed by the whole time I was here.
Thanks BonnyBlack

I don’t know why I never logged this one. I found this months ago while heading to a mates house on queens rd. Tftc. Took 5 mins to put my hand onto the cache.

A clever hide. I looked at several other places before looking at this one.

Tftc. Great area to cache.

Quick find good construction and my TBs paid a visit

Found this afternoon. Nice hide. tftc.

Out with ShortStop00 and EmmaSunshine00. It was good to get out with the young ones again and gain a few more smileys. TFTC

Ahh, a nice easy find! Now off to do some more Christmas chores. Its getting so close now!

Nice hide down a quiet road. Log was signed and returned. Thanks for the cache BonnyBlack.

After doing quick maintenance on Loganberry. We dropped past this cache. she was quick and easy.
With Zedaycee and Angelique Anja.

great cache. though I would look out for bugs, especially spiders!!!

Awesome cache!!! I sent ShortStop00 in to kill the big spider... I refused to deal with it (I stay right back. I do NOT do spiders).We also had to ward off a flock of slaters (woodlice). Great cache! Not many muggles around. TFTC!!

Found it great hide bug problem lots of BUGS

Found on a day of caching with our UK cousin, we knew it close to home but decided to wait until they visited us and do some together. TFTC

NQF here on a much better weather day. This is Australia lol! TFTC and greetings from the UK

Great cache and hide - super interesting aqueduct too, I would have never discovered this even though I live 10 mins away. Thanks for bringing me here on this gorgeous day! TFTC

TFTC. A quick find .. thinking logically from the beginning today

Thursday night escape, so Trailstevo we off out collecting a fe lose cache in the area. Started really well and nailed 4 (5 for Trailstevo), then thinking we would sneak to others in quickly on the way home we failed badly twice. Thought we were going to be home early but rocked up home after midnight. Nice. Anyway, great to get out. TFTC Bonnyblack, less hills than usual

Another night another cache expedition. Picked up a few traditionals and a couple of multis. Tftc

Find

Out and about for the day with Echidna44. Thought we would clear out some in the east and check out the views from here. Interesting tracking of the aqueduct. Thanks for bringing us here. Nicely constructed find. Took TB left TB

Out with xambo4u, this was our 2nd last for the day before heading home.
A short search soon had the very cleverly crafted cache in hand. This is an area l have not been to before and has lots of strawberries being grown. Thanks BonnyBlack

Was expecting a challenge here, sounded tricky but one of the geo kids found it before I could even get close! Clever hide, thanks for the effort with this one! Dropped off a small TB.

Great work on the contruction, thanks for taking the time and effort into making and placing this cache!

With an hour or so free before school pick up l managed to catch up with a caching pal and knock off a few caches in the area. We arrived at the gz and only on closer reading of the description did we realise what we should be searching for and the well constructed cache was in hand soon after, nice work BonnyBlack! TFTC Worth a favourite from me.

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In the area with Happy pants for a catch up and a few caches.
After a few moments found the well made container.
Favorite point for sure.
Cheers for the cache

FTF @ 9.05pm
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I couldn't just visit #2 without stopping at #1 too. It just wouldn't be right! Lol.
Initially, I didn't like my chances here as there was some regular traffic as I arrived. Fortunately, it was an anomaly and nothing else came this way during my visit.
It was dark here. But that doesn't really excuse my struggles to find the cache.
Maybe I didn't bring my geo-sense tonight.
Or maybe there was something else at play here...
I was eventually signing in when I heard the unmistakable splash of the fierce 'platy-dile' down in the aqueduct. And that's when I understood the need for the new black cyclone fence. It wasn't to keep people out - it was to keep the savage duck-billed predator IN!
Cheers to you, BonnyBlack. You know I loved this visit. It put a big smile on my platy-dile!
Very well played, indeed!

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