Parkville Multi 3 - C.S.L. Parkville, Victoria, Australia
By Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers) on 18-Dec-17. Waypoint GC7G5MN

All Parkville Caches have now been collected and archived.
Thanks to all the puzzle writers for their efforts, and the committee for their organization.
Lastly to all the finders, we hope you enjoyed the caches on Melbourne's bike trails.
Wiser than Owls.

Since the the Parkville Mega caches were published last year I've been on these trails many times, covering well over 100km in their pursuit. First the crazy FTF chases when the puzzles and challenges were gradually released, followed by a few more considered loops. Last year I was out here doing the bulk of the geoart with The Easter Bunnies, and this year there was a solo winter trip followed by a massive team effort last week with Jacko, Tritonz and Anikano trying to visit (revisiting, mostly) all 120 caches in one day. With the axe finally falling on the Parkville Mega caches there was time to do just one more cleanup round today to avenge any previous DNFs and clarify any uncertainties in my records (since I am over a year behind in my logging ).
The final tally is 115 finds with seemingly no DNFs due to my searching skills (1 archived, 1 skipped accidentally, 1 GZ structure gone, and 2 DNFs which are now reported as missing by previous finders). There was also 1 challenge cache which I found but do not qualify for (a 200-day streak - the only challenge in the series which I do not qualify for and probably never will as streaks are a pursuit I am not keen to ever do).
Thanks to all the COs who put in the effort creating, placing and maintaining these caches.

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I was not aware of the history and developments of WP1, but around the tall grass of GZ I was quite aware of the need and uses for such research.
A quick find, back on the cycles and back to the car.
Thanks for the interesting background, Team Crackers.

With the Parkville caches close to their expiration date a small team was put together to tackle the hides as our hometown celebrated a public holiday for the Geelong Cup. Our bikes were taken off the racks, helmets put on, sunscreen applied and we were off on this very warm day, riding our way through Melbourne and this series. Lots of laughs were had with ThePacman, anikano and Jacko83 as each cache was searched for, found and signed.
Thanks Wiser than Owls (Team Crackers) for the placement for us and others to enjoy for the Parkville Mega.

We had a great deal of fun helping set up these multi's as part of the Parkville event and learnt a little bit more about an area we don't normally cache in.

As beta testers we signed the log books and are now logging them as finds

Thanks to everyone involved in helping set up these caches.

Trying to round up a few more of the Parkville cache series before they disappear permanently later this year. This was a spot I'd been close to before but I didn't have the info for the final at that time. Luckily my preparation eventually pays off and having collected the details at the posted coordinates some time ago I was able to head straight to this one today. I approached form a slightly unusual angle which was probably a good thing as the area was busy with pipe laying contractors busy at work today. I was increasing less confident as I counted down GZ almost right to where they were working. One of the workers approached me and I calmly explained what I was looking for and that a nearby tree was my target and he was happy to let me be. After a short search I had the cache in hand and was able to head back out of the work area. Took nothing, left nothing, signed log and visited some trackables. Thanks for the multi cache Team Crackers and to all the Geocaching Victoria team for the work on the series of caches for the Parkville mega event.

Find number 7472 at 4:10:37 pm
On the way home from working out west for the day, the trip home is looking like taking a little longer than it took to get out here
I have sort of been here before, from the other end of the park and I remember exiting up a steep hill. I taking the easy way back today.
Quick find.
**Thanks for placing this cache Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers)**

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Founding a Sunday afternoon walk along the river with our 10-month old geo-pup. TFTC

Found on 9 Jun 2019 at 12:35 pm.
A little while ago I heard a rumour that these Parkville Puzzles and Challenges were going to be archived in some months time so I got my bike out today to finish off these puzzles and challenges and a few that I DNF'ed last time I was here. Another great day for a winter's day as well, didn't even need my bike gloves today.

This is the third trip to look for this one and each time we didn't quite get as far as the next waypoint so today I was finally close enough and made the find.
Thanks Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers) for the cache, the adventure, the hunt and the fun.

I've been targeting multis lately for a different challenge cache (need 200, still a away to go but getting closer). As I happened to be in the area this evening I walked towards this one and found a few others along the way. It was starting to get towards dusk by this point but luckilyI found it pretty quickly. TFTC

Re-dropping TB

Awesome!
Good to know about it.
TFTC

Found on Monday 29 April 2019 at 14:18:30

Another parkville multi i’ve been sitting on since the event until such time I could get to GZ. Thanks for the informative multi, left a tb.

Thanks Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers) for placing this Small Multi-Cache - this is find 1042 for BFMC

Another Parkville cache signed off, even though it's a safe bet I'll never sign off on all of them as some are out in Woop Woop, some are extremely diffucult challenges, and others are extremely difficult physically.

It was nice to finally turn this DNF into a smiley; when I worked out the coords last year I figured I kept getting them wrong because it placed me all the way out in the west but it turned out I was correct from the beginning. At GZ I had no difficulty finding the cache. 6 for 8 on the evening now...

Today was my last in Victoria before catching the ferry to Tasmania to visit family and friends for a couple of weeks.

Most of the day was spent finding caches in as many of the LGAs in and around Melbourne as I could. I mainly focussed on puzzles and challenge caches, but also grabbed a few traditionals, multis and a letterbox where I could or It worked better.

This multi was completed when I stopped nearby to complete some challenge caches.

Thanks Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers) for the cache.

Got the required info on Saturday, while doing maintenance on my nearby cache, and had to do some adjustments to the final cords on my satnav to find that I could NOT walk to the final, Monday was a nice day to finish this off, but still had to walk about 3 klms

22:53
A nice walk on a path in the cool of night, rounding off a night out with the boys... gotta work off the lovely pizza I enjoyed somehow.

This cache had been on the "awaiting a visit" list since the early part of the year. A friend of ours worked in the building near the start coordinates, and I was a little surprised that the final point wasn't up my way, near their other site.

Thanks, Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers).

#4309

Accompanied with pwala, kangas11 and crank1 for the day.
signed the log "C.P.K.E"
Thanks for the cache and hunt.

Out to cache day to finish off the Parkville series around here with Crank1, Everlasting and Kangas11. Thanks for the multi and cache.

Accompanied with pwala kangas11 everlasting
Found it
Thanks for the cache

Day 8 of our epic 12 day / 10 night trek to the Parkville Mega in Melbourne.
The constant was my travel companions for the entire trip, - Anymules and S.A. Sewer Rats but we were joined by almost local cacher Bushfire once in Melbourne. So to save space in the logs we usually just wrote our initials BABS to save space.
Today we finished on the Merri Creek Trail and the Upfield trail behind our digs in Sydney Road before a late lunch. [8)]
Now it was time to take the bikes over to start the long Maribyrnong River Trail. [^]

Except for Bushfire who shall now be called the Victorian Snake Whisperer we didn't see any of these nasties during our adventure. [:o)] Having a previous find along helped make a quick find.

**Thanks Wiser than Owls for this cache. **

An epic trip and caches found.
Travelling with Brisal5, Anymules and Bushfire.
There have been a lot of adventures.
This was a lot of fun.
Another multi closer to my goal.
Logbook signed BABS!

One of the caches we found after staying on after the Parkville Event.

We would like to thank the Geocaching Victoria for their time and effort in publishing a variety of challenging caches with a range of difficulty to test our skills.

A straight forward multi and an easy find at GZ.

Thanks for placing and maintaining this cache for our enjoyment.

Another multi ticked off. Log signed as BABS!

Thanks for the cache Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers).
Found on 19 Nov 2018.

It was our intention to head west from Melbourne today but to use the morning to look for some of the Parkville caches that we didn't have time to look for over the last three days. This was one of them.

We had collected the information for this multi during our visit in August. Today, with the final coordinates, we went to look for the c ache. Accurate coordinates and a common style of hide led to a quick find. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks ParkvillePuzzlers and Team Crackers for the multi-cache.

Well its MEGA time again and plans were put in place with the FurfacesLL ladies for another weekend of fun and trouble Had the company of one of the ladies just for the weekend however was lucky enough to have the company of FFLL#1 for the drive down, across the weekend, as well as a week in and around the Gippsland area. We attended a number of events, visited a number of Earthcaches, virtuals and a nice number of caches. Many challenges collected and many multis completed.

No issues working out the GZ for this one, and the cache was found nice and quickly here.

Thanks for the cache hide Wiser than Owls and the ladies of FurfacesLL for another great caching adventure away from home

Noting like some good serum after a caching day.

Found on the Parkville mega event round trip. This cache added to the experience.

Thanks to Wiser than Owls and **clear skies** from TeamAstro. [^] Cache the planet! [:o)]

Time for another adventure to attend the MEGA in Parkville VIC. Plans were made with Rapidlywild to work on all the puzzles around the area before the trip and head down to this event together. Lots of fun was had collecting all types of caches over the long weekend/week which included puzzles, multi's, earth caches, labs,trads and even a couple of virtuals for good measure, (think we may have to invest in an e-bike).

Another multi ticked off while out chasing challenges and puzzles.

Thanks for the cache Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers) and thanks Rapidlywild for the giggles and another great adventure.

Our planned access to the river was blocked, the next place we tried looked like an over grown snakefest (appropriate) so we sensibly went a way further to find an easy access point. From there it was a gentle stroll to GZ.
Thanks for a good multi team Crackers

Sunday dawned sunny and warm. Stainless steel rat and I hooked up with 1toolman for the third straight day but today we had 999hunter along to share in the antics. Today was a day for filling in the gaps, finding a few we'd missed or just not had time to get to. We started out near Avondale Heights where we finished our bike ride on Friday, then had a few stops along the Maribyrnong River, we then zipped out to the Merri Merri Creek trail to finish off. It was a busy day but a great 'clean up' and we then ended up back at the farewell event to say farewell.

A bit of a late start for us but we chatted to lots of people at the mega site before we headed off, this was the first cache we could with 999Hunter, it turns out he is as daft as we are.
Thanks for the cache.

What a great, no in fact a MEGA weekend!

Myself and gooseandegg had booked our accommodation and flights from Hobart many many moons ago and we both have spend late nights solving puzzles in readiness for the trip, a couple of days before we fly we still had no real plan other than having fun and catching up with cachers, but we got our stuff together and were as ready as we would ever be.

Leaving work early on the Thursday to get our flight we landed in time to grab a few caches before heading to the hotel to check in.

We were pleased it wasn't too hot on the Friday since we had a big bike ride planned thanks to Toolman we had bikes and a second car so we could leave one at each end of our planned route but this locked us into a ride from Paso Vale to Avondale Heights, with side trips to grab extra caches we signed most of the logs as "Team GTS' of "GTS" and must have covered 25Kms? By the end it was showing so we missed the last few so we could get to the bowls event as we were all starving hungry .... well this was where our plans went down the tube, all the ideas of having a nice sit down meal with fellow caches were off and it was only a chance meeting with some cachers we know that made us all fill a car and head off to a place we had passed on Racecourse Road while on our bike ride.
But as it turned out it was a great evening with 5 of us Tasmanian cachers on one table (unbeknownst to us some other cachers we know were in a another room) a great feed of streaks all round.

After a few caches on the way to the hotel it was sleep then up in the morning to head over to Parkville for a main event, we spent a far bit of time doing the labs and some local caches and the 2020 event before heading out to find a few more puzzles and challengers, this was cut short when the TOOLMAN got a call that one of his lab caches had been damaged so we rushed back via Bunnings so we could help fix it up.
The evening was spent grabbing a few more caches with us getting to sleep after 1am due to solving a couple of puzzles.
Sunday we spent a bit of time at the main site catching up with fellow caches before we were joined by 999Hunter and we set off to grab a few caches we missed on Friday, it turned out Hunter had the same unfound caches as us three so it worked out very well, we got back to the Mega site just in time for the closing event and then the loooong wait for a pork sandwich, every Mega I have been to it's been the same, next Mega I'm taking a cut lunch.
After a bit of a relax and more catching up we ended up doing a local tree climb on the spur of the moment since someone had a ladder to get us started after that we said our goodbyes and headed to the airport, we got home not long before midnight.
Thanks for a great Mega.

Found on 18/11/2018 at 11:32:00 AM

The best caches I have found so far by type are:-

Traditional [Moorgreen P3:1, Penny Pincher](http://coord.info/GC32Z5B) By [Sven&Cup](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=6596795)
Multi [CoaledHearted](http://coord.info/GCKGZ5) By [CraigRat](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=256663)
Unknown [Men In Black Holes](http://coord.info/GC1DVB0) By [SG-3](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=918045)
Letterbox [Rolf's Letterbox](http://coord.info/GC5NCYM) By [membsec](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=5318842)
Earthcache [Alum Cliffs and Gorge](https://coord.info/GC5KVHA) By [jandalfan](http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?A=2409043)

For some years Brad was on the roster as one of the experts to answer calls from doctors re snake and spider bites from around the Australia. He has even been bitten by a red back himself. Interestingly since then his fear of spiders has decreased.

This multi series was a Mega target for our group and we managed to successfully find them all. Thanks very much GCV

Generic Mega log:
Our trip to the Mega was shorter than the originally planned 4 days due to various personal issues. But a late gap in the calendar meant a FIFO for Brad only rather than the originally planned DIDO for both of us. Ruff_Ruff and TBQ also missed out.

Fortunately Brad was able to hook up with some enthusiastic teams for a busy time. Logs were signed /stamped with individual team names, or in some cases the various teams' initials of KBFGDJM were used for a group log. (or variant anagrams thereof.)

Thanks to all the tireless workers and hiders for all the great caches and for another excellent Victorian Mega Event

This was my first ever Mega Geocaching event, and only my 3rd event ever. I do prefer the solo caching life style and don't enjoy crowds much. However it was a great day meeting new people, caching up with some old friends and meeting a few of the faces and names I've seen online. So many people I missed meeting for the first time however.
The high lights for me, was 1Toolman's lab caches, caching as a team with some Tassie guys, finishing a D5 I've been working on for months and finishing the second day off with a huge tree climb, up a 5 meter ladder and then monkey climbing the rest of the way.

Day 2 started with meeting Toolman, who then introduced me to his Tassie caching mates, and then started another first for me. Geocaching as a team and for the rest of the day we were all signing as GTS and Hunter...

This multi cache wasn't on my downloaded cache listing, but the GTS guys had solved it. After trying to get onto this path from above, we found a huge cliff and a closed road, so by the time we did, we were right near this cache. Quickly found by Toolman and we were off again

Thanks for the cache Team Crackers
Hunter

Having, by day three, figured out how these multis worked, we stopped by the first stage of this one first thing this morning before we went anywhere else. After working out the final coordinates, I was very happy that we did as we would be able to grab it after we had found all the challenges. I had been walking for a long time now and my geowife was waiting patiently in the car only five hundred metres away. This was the only thing standing between me and an air-conditioned car on the way to a pub lunch and a well earned beer. I made a quick find and was on my way. Lol.

Thanks for the cache Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers). This was find #3750. Please discover my trackable: MMGJ6B

After attending the Mega event yesterday Mummy Short Legs and I were on the hunt for more caches today, really making the most of the weekend away from home. We just happened to be in the right place at the right time for this one with a convenient meeting with a group of other cachers returning from a wander being able to confirm the final coords for us. A lovely stroll on a nice sunny day with lots of other caches found in the area. Thanks for the cache Team Crackers.

As a pharmacist, I've encountered these products very frequently; dispensing RhD in Sale hospital 10 years ago, DTPa vaccine frequently, polio occasionally and HPV often too. Amazing developments. As a cacher, I was lucky enough to encounter another cacher group who provided assistance so we could make the find.....just after the cyclists and their exhausted, overheated golden retriever left the vicinity. TFTC Team Crackers and congratulations on your award at the MEGA

The first day of the Melbourne Parkville Mega event with the Godfather Freddo and gridge98, and we spent the day finding a few caches by car, learning about the SA Millicent 2020 Mega event, and then riding around the various river and rail bike trails collecting the Parkville caches. We ended the day by checking in to the Mega event, performing some lab caches, before having a nice cooked BBQ.

This cache and contents turned out to be all good. Thanks heaps for the work and preparation towards this cache! Cheers.

This cache was found on a fun day out caching with Honeysucker, Sewthat, firesafe, Team Jacob and ADI. Over from Adelaide for the Parkville Mega event, we had a really enjoyable day!

Caching with mogni and Aussie Mark this weekend, although we did get joined up on a couple of days with some other SA cachers.
Another multi with a cool connection. Aussie Mary loves science due to her youngest son's love of science.
TFTC and all the effort for the rather large offering for the Parkville Mega.

Gotta love an easy multi.
Grabbed the info needed early on, and added the GZ to when near there.

Headed out to the far end of the Parkville trail today and found all we looked for...
A nice bike trail, wish I had brought the bike along with the kayak and ladder. Oh well, had many a nice walk in stages, running into many other geocachers along the way...
TNLNSL
Thanks

Cache found by the groovy white payhero crew on a mega Mexican Mega visit.

Caching buddies: Firesafe and honeysucker, Paris Laura, sew that and Team Jacob

A beautiful walk here. The bunch of us were enjoying the sunshine and chatting along! Beautiful views!

TFTC Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers)

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Logging with team DFGJK. Thanks.

Headed out for the day with honeysucker, AlphaDeltaIndigo, Parislaura, Team Jacob and Sewthat on the first day of the Parkeville Mega. TFTC.

Apologies for the generic log below:

Away for the weekend with Freddo and Davidwazza to the Parkville Mega.
My first mega that I had attended and I had a really enjoyable time.
Some of the log books were signed with my name others were signed with just a G part of the group name, a combination of KBJGD.
We were happily joined by KB who was a machine finding a lot of the caches.
Thanks to the CO for all the placement of caches, the earyh caches answers will be sent in the coming days also.
We were very successful in finding majority of caches but some we DNF.
TFTC

Found It!
I went to WP1 and soon worked out that GZ was some distance away. So after a bit of a drive (and walk) to GZ I found the cache!
TFTC

Joined up with Aussie M & M to tackle this series. This is what we are targetting for our long weekend here and only grabbing other caches with they cross our path.
Thanks to those that put these out and to those who are maintaining them.
Thanks to Wiser than Owls from mogni

My first weekend of solid caching in forever!
Although attending all the Vic mega events over the past few years I have always been to busy to go out and find caches. This weekend is going to be different! I drove down from Wangaratta early to start cycling the creek trails. I was out with a few cachers today so the log books were signed DFGJK being our initials.
I apologize for the completely generic logs but I didn’t have enough battery charge or time to make any notes throughout the day. We had a lot of fun exploring a part of town I probably never would’ve seen otherwise, so TFTC’s

My good Mate Roostaman was down from Wagga Wagga for the Mega and staying at My place, A plan was hatched to meet up with Ski Pair and ride some of the trails today, Roostaman left us for dead with his new electric bike. We enjoyed the ride with some great hides found. Many hours went in to solving all the puzzles for the event. Thanks Wiser than Owls for the cache.

We met up with Rebel Acts and Roostaman the previous day and cached the area round Moe concentrating on the Robot Charlie Series of puzzles that had only recently come back on line, but today it was off to Melbourne and time to get into some of the many caches placed for the Parkville Mega.
We all travelled down separately and were organised to leave a car at the end point and then travel to a starting place so we didn't have to backtrack once we had completed the bike ride on the trails. This was well and good until a couple of trucks came together on the Westgate and traffic snarls added to our difficulties.
Rebel and Roosta arrived considerably earlier than us and got as organised as is possible for them before we got there. Then it was time to get the bike off the back of the car and catch up.
What a great set of trails to ride on! the day was lovely in the mid 20s with only a slight breeze so great for riding amongst some great parks and scenery. I even managed to keep up despite having the only fully pedal-power bike in the group! Although the others delighted in passing me on every hill!
Early riding was at times challenging with many ups and downs and tight bends, but what a great ride. There were quite a few people out, both cachers and muggles!
We picked up a great variety of caches; puzzles, letterboxes, multis, trans and a wide variety of hides. I believe we only missed 2 for the day!
At the end of 25km, we had had a great ride and done some good caching.
A day filled with meeting other caches, and much fund and hilarity.
Thank you to the Mega team and all other cache owners along our route.
We will be back to complete those we haven't attempted yet.

TFTC

**# 23214** Found on a drive around Parkville trails while here for the mega.
A great day on the bikes with Rebel Acts and Ski Pair.
Many good safe hides and mainly quick finds.
Thanks for the cache Wiser than Owls,
***Roostaman***

In Melbourne with my great caching mates the suscoe cachers again and while in the area it was a must do cache as it was on our long list of to do caches today, we managed to change them all into similes.
The weather gods smiled on us today and the face is a little tingly tonight, should have used the sunscreen.
We were amazed at the number of folk using the various BBQ's as we wandered past some great locations.
What a fantastic organization and the amazing work that they have done to improve the chances of surviving a serious bite or infection that could happen to any of us.
Great cache notes so a F.P. for this cache.
Thanks to Geocaching Victoria and Team crackers for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Suscoe and Bushfire headed to Melbourne for a great day out of caching fun.
We had a list to work through of Parkville caches that needed signing.
It was a pleasant day with cloud and mild temperatures up until lunch time, then a bit of sun broke through and the skies cleared for most of the afternoon.
What a terrific part of the world that we wandered through today.
Thanks to Geocaching Victoria and Team Crackers for this multi, nice to find it safe and sound.

?omegaman1971?
4263 Finds
Hitting the bikes on this awesome Melbourne Saturday to put some smiles and miles on the map.
There is always many laughs and excellent conversations when out with Happy Pants and Happy feet.
Cheers for the cache and day of fun.

Today's plan was to ride from Maribyrnong along the river in towards the city, grabbing as many hides while doing some of the Parkville series. So with Happy pants and omegaman1971, we packed up the bikes and make the most of the nice weather and headed off early. We made some great discoveries, clever hides and generally enjoyed the caches I found, and my time in the area. We enjoyed so fun and good laughs along the way. The meandered along the bike paths, was very enjoyable but we all have very sore backsides, by the end of the day.

Had grabbed the info needed for this during the week, so after doing the calculations was happy to be able to grab it while out this way today. Was able to ride the bikes in and the cache was soon in hand to be signed. Thankfully we saw now snakes on the lovely spring day.

Thanks Wiser than Owls for placing the cache for us to find and doing the maintenance to keep it in play.
8057

Found this one today while exploring the area on the trusty bike. Happy Feet had gathered the information earlier on this week while grabbing a few caches closer to Parkville and decided to pick this one up today as we would be a little closer to final GZ. We searched about and soon had this hide in hand after a short search, many thanks Geocaching Victoria for the interesting little multi and for highlighting some of the work that goes on behind closed doors. Found with Happy Feet and omegaman1971 while out grabbing a few smilies leading up to the Mega Event.

Nice quick find after the clues were gathered. Thanks for the cache.

2:55 pm #6573
After the Brunswick event, a few of us headed off to finish a few of these multis.
Found a pathtag here. Awesome!
Cheers Wiser than Owls

I was lucky enough to tag along with another team who had worked out GZ for this multi. Thank you for a very informative cache page. The company has some impressive achievements! Thanks for the multi Wiser than Owls

It seems like winter has dragged on for an absolute age so when I saw the weather today I decided that I had to dust off the bike and take it for a spin. It is the first outing on the bike since I broke two ribs on a geocaching adventure so I was keen to see if all had healed. I parked up at the Canning Street Reserve and set off. I completed the full loop via Aberfeldie and now set off along the river...

It was good to change this into a smiley after the previous unsuccessful attempt. A quick TFTC.

Finally got back to this one after the cache was mssing the first time that I came here. All good today.

Out and about with echidna44 for anther day of clearing out some of the Parkville multi's and trads. Picked up the clues easy enough and worked our plan for later in the day. No need to worry abut any serum today as the pesky snakes are still sleeping (we hope). Late afternoon was the perfect time to do the leisurely walk to pick this one up. Nice little walk in another area we have now discovered thanks for caching. Thanks for the info and cache Team Cachers

Out with xambo4u, we had a day doing Parkville multis and trads, and nearly managed to complete our list. Lots of information in the description, a simple multi. Thanks for placing the cache Team Crackers.

12:03
In July we collected the necessary numbers, today we logged in for a smiley token. It was very interesting to learn more about this longstanding and highly respected Aussie acronym - C.S.L.

Another cache with "PARKVILLE" in the name!!
Psst... confirmation of all the participation in the planning, preparation of puzzles and placements, etc etc with the promise of a phenomenal "PARKVILLE 2018 Mega Event" in November.

Congratulations and a huge Thank You to all the geocachers involved.
23142

Find # 7006

A Day off work and what better way to spend it than to hit the bike paths in the Big smoke and collect a few smilies.

With well over 35Ks ridden, it was perfect weather to be knocking off some of the Parkville caches and the odd others that were on or near the paths.

Most of the people I came across on the paths were friendly, and when in need with a slight mechanical or needing a directional tip were happy to help out a fellow cyclist.

For someone not used to Melbourne, I gotta say biking is the way to go to get around, and also tackle the caches, in the city area.

When at GZ it took a bit to locate. but then i was just getting my eye in on the start of the day.

TFTC Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers)

Finally! Took a bit to find location

Back in the area today to earn a few smiling faces. A multi that works is always good and a typical Team Crackers one too.
Rode my origami bike to GZ where the cache was soon found and log book signed.
TFTC Geocaching Victoria (Team Crackers)

I have had the finals for GZ for quite some time. Yesterday I was in the area and last night I realised I had missed this one so today I returned. It was a lovely walk to GZ as the rain started to spit. I located the cache quite quickly and then retreated to the car. CSL do wonderful work. Thanks GV.

I continue my resolution of the PArkville multis and today I put 3 of them to bed. They take me far from Parkville but to nice places and again the hiding place was no trouble.
Not had to have any antevenom yet but I am sure to eventually need it given my hand goes diving into rocks and hollow logs. Then I will thank the CSL
Thanks Team Crackers, you need to be thanked too!

A nice ride on a windy but sunny day with BettyBoo3747. We decided to spend a bit of time on the northern section of the Maribyrnong River, do a bit of maintenance, and collect a few caches.
I haven't worked for CSL, but have been there to use their equipment.
I also have some friends who did work for them.

Collected my numbers a while ago, and today finally located the final. (nice tree!)
Thanks, Robmc.

Out on the bicycles on a wild and windy Melbourne day gathering up a few of the Challenge caches along the Maribyrnong River area. An interesting multi puzzle and we certainly have a lot to be thankful for from the CSL and their wonderful research work. TFTC

Found after misconstruing the "1st" number clue and therefore throwing the coords out a bit. The mistake dawned on me thankfully. TFTC

I wanted just one more cache before heading east and this one was close by. I found a park, grabbed the numbers and plugged GZ into the GPS. Hmm. It's not exactly close. Oh well, it will keep for another day.

08:45
Frustrated by the effects of cabin fever, spurred on by the promise of finding a hidden creature or two for a souvenir, a plan was hatched to take on the challenge of some of the recently published caches around Parkville and Aberfeldie, before the November invasion.

Visited listed co-ords and collected information.

With the numbers gathered a while back, I was in the area today and decided to take the stroll to GZ. The sun had come out again and it made for a lovely walk. With the log signed, my brief window of opportunity for caching had come to an end and this was my last find today.

Thanks to Wiser than Owls for placing this cache.

Cache container has been replaced.
Please put it back where you find it, and not on the other side.
The hide looks better, but with a bump, it can disappear to the center of the earth.
Rob.

I was wandering around by the river and it came up that this one had been replaced, so a 500 meter walk had me signing the log.

I had collected the required information last weekend and today swung past the GZ to collect the cache however like the previous two cachers I did not have any luck despite a good look around...next time...

I know where this would have been hidden but there is nothing there. Had a good look around and really think this one is gone.

Got to wp1 and worked out the final. Got to GZ and even though it seemed to be the right place could find nothing. Contacted the COs who confirmed the location but still I found nothing.

After having gathered the required information a few days ago I found myself in the area looking for another Parkville Mega inspired cache and took the liberty to stop off and find this one.
Thanks for drawing attention to this very quiet but outsized achiever both from a medical standpoint as well as internationally commercial point of view.

After spending 2 days at RMH Breast screening in Parkville, this week, it was time to sort out some of these far flung multis.
It was an all clear diagnosis for Mrs Riddell after 4 biopsies were checked, so a great way to celebrate was to nab at least one of these now!
A nice quick and easy find after a drive and finding a short cut pathway to the main trail.
What a gorgeous run of late warm weather days to be out caching in mid April.
TFTC and bringing us to a place, that as avid local Bushwalkers we are very familiar with.
Also thanks for all the great research and info accompanying this cache.
As a Midwife Mrs Riddell administers Anti D Rh immunoglobulin everyday to Rh negative blood group pregnant women during their 28th and 34th week of pregnancy.
Not to mention all of the other immunoglobulins and vaccines produced at CSL...should have had some foresight and brought into the shares early on when it privatised... could have been retired by now.
TFTC indeed! Scooped a second to find as well as really enjoying getting there!

What I planned on a big late-night geocaching run would turn into nothing but a disaster and Murphy's Law this evening. The app continuously stopped working, and the only logical coordinates I kept coming up with kept placing GZ out in the Marybirnong area (not far from my old flat), which would have been much too far to ride my bike at 2 AM, but either way I think I did something wrong. I tried to figure it out for 30 minutes to no avail, and I just left in frustration. 1 for 2 on the evening so far

Formula had an error in the D calculation, now fixed.
Sorry about that.
Rob.

Published

{FTF} # 157
Following on from the completion of my studies of Electricity in Melbourne I pursued a course at the nearby laboratory.
Having gathered my course information earlier in the day, as I was passing by, I now engaged in some numerical manipulation.
Sadly this just confused me, so with the application of some logic, the finals were narrowed to ten places.
Using a rounding technique I found myself increasing the value of "T" threefold.
Starting at the lowest value and then moving to the highest, I drew a line between them, along the well formed, compacted earth trail that had been conveniently placed for my exit.
From here the find was made at approximately 20%.
Thanks for an intriguing multi-cache Wiser than Owls.
Another favorite for sure!