Start of the Drain South Morang, Victoria, Australia
By VK3TV on 22-Mar-18. Waypoint GC7KW1B

Unable to locate the Cache. May have been due to flooding from the recent heavy rain.

I needed a few extra Whittlesea LGA caches so I swung by these ones a little closer to home.

This one took me a while to find and had me in al sorts of uncomfortable places. Fortunately nobody walked by. I eventually spotted the cache, but as has been suggested this is not a T1.5 cache. A good hide though that had me looking for a little bit, and even questioning if the recent rains had impacted it. Lucky I kept searching.

Thanks VK3TV for adding this cache to the worldwide collection for us all to find.

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19th / 20th November 2022 – GC8EW40 – Whittlesea – Victoria

After a couple of days full of fun, caching in and around Whittlesea, with Suscoe, it was time to head homeward. This is one of the caches we couldn't resist adding to our collection before the Mega crowds are out and about in November.

**FEEDBACK TO CO:** Maybe the DR of 2.5 and the TR of 1.5 need to be reversed. TR is certainly not 1.5.

Thanks to VK3TV for adding this cache to the geo-gameboard.
33393

Had to do a bit of a search to find this one but got it. This during a nice drive around this area today.

Cheeky little hide!

TNLN,SL
August 19, 2022 4:36 PM
Cache Number: 1639

TFTC HoodedHooligans (H.H.)

Couldnt find this one but after back surgery not keen on scrambling around the rocks under the bridge

Had to reach through a spiderweb for this one Thank you.

The little fella found this after enthusiastically running to the GZ, funnily enough someone seems to of copied your method for their own purposes

Found it!! really good hide and took a bit of effort to find and not where i expected! TFTC!

DNF will come back if found by someone else

This took me a ridiculous amount of time to spot. I just kept missing it. Simple but effective. This is a beautiful drain.

Out today for the first time in months. Kids needed some fresh air within our 5km bubble. Great ninja warrior playground and scooter paths. Had not been in this estate and it was great looking at houses. Will be back to walk all the trails and blueberry hill soon. TFTC and stress relief. Cache sanitised and returned

This is the prettiest drain I have seen. I needed a five year old to find it for me!

Found it

Another place we are very familiar with.
We have been here over this point walking around quarry hills and then onto granite hills.
Last time we did this one the infrastructure on Granite Hills was looking very sad.
We mist do the walk again some time.
TFTC

Always nice to find a cache where you think it might be...another interesting spot in this long waterway park. As I sheltered from the drizzle sitting on the rocks under this bridge I felt like the Troll from Billy Goats Gruff! TFTC VK3TV

Found by PR&F on 27/1/20 @ 11.20am with the geokids.
Find #4 of 10 finds for our day caching The Lakes today.
Spent some time here searching and then the 5yo started searching. I told her not to worry as it wouldn't be there. 20 seconds later I heard the excitement- she'd located it herself! Kids are handy lol
Great spot!
TFTC!

Found by caughtatwork at 14:24 on 5/01/2020
A tricky find for us here today, but all seems well.
Took nothing, left nothing.
Thanks for this geocache experience here for us today.
*Overall Experience: 3*
GAFF 1

Rated: for Overall Experience

Took quite a while to locate. Terrain was a bit harder than anticipated unless the last person moved it along to a different spot. Otherwise all good.
TFTC VK3TV

Rftc

Out and about tonight with Trailstevo, thought we were in for a nice easy stroll and then we found ourselves hiking up the hill to Eagle lookout. Was a great view from up there. Then strolled down through the housing estate and finished the evening off with a couple of drivebys. Thanks for the fun evening outing.

Out with Gunks. Nightcaching. Some great views and quick finds. It was my night to shine with some of them. Thanks for the caches.

Returned to find after a first unsuccessful attempt, perfectly camoflagued for fading light! Very well done!

Attempted to do a small caching run with the geoboys this afternoon before the showers set in - this cache was 8th on the list. A slight deviation from our park and grab plans, we all made a dash out of the car to make a quick find and sign under the cover of a nearby BBQ shelter. TFTC VK3TV.

Out with xambo4u, it was a cold wet day with a little hail thrown in, but that didn’t stop us caching. A very successful day in Morang despite the weather.
I understand the name of the cache now. We searched for a while before finding the well hidden cache, not too many options available. Thanks VK3TV

Out and about with echidna44 on this very bitter cold run to the North. It even gently hailed or was it snow. I have not been to this high up before and very impressed with the area. We enjoyed our walk admiring the new housing estate. Only one choice here when looking at the clue it was just a matter of where it was. Finally- good day to look as no one was out and about. Thanks for cache VK3TV

Took a bit longer on this one, So was happy that no kids in the play ground,
so was happy when cache was located.
Thanks VK3TV

TFTC

I like this one.. it was a bit of a challenge to get to. Area is a bit damp. But the cache is nice and dry. Found safely. TFTC

TFTC

Found with Geolad
Tftc

Got it

Accompanied ALL7, enjoyed day ..
TFTC

Found with 63Roos. Thanks

Suscoe was in the Bundoora and surrounds area today.
It was a very warm day with loads of sunshine.
32 degrees was the top temperature on the car dashboard.
Strange for mid April.
It was terrific to wander the area today and find a few caches in various locations.

Thanks to VK3Tv for this hide.
All good here today.
A favourite for this cache and for putting the others down the drain.

Out and about in the area putting some smiles on the map.
Cheers for the cache.

Found this one while in the area grabbing a few finds in the many small parks we visited with omegaman1971 this morning. Boy there are certainly a lot of small parkland areas for people to come and enjoy (and find a cache), found after a short search. Thanks VK3TV for the hide.

Was a good hide! Enjoyed this one with Bianx

Found

Found with geokid 3. Thanks for some nice easy to find ones

Lucky it wasn't wet! Tftc

TFTC- It helps to be able to see it first.

And Melbourne continues to grow! Found this one quickly.

This was the end of the drain for me as I now had to head over to Eltham.
Enjoyed finding your series of caches today thank you.

Good one thanks

No water about so my task was easier though it did take some creative looking to spot this micro.
Thanks VK3TV

Find number 6785 at 4:47:59 pm
On the way home from work again, funny, I seem to be doing this every day, thankfully there are plenty of caches between work and home...
Such a pretty place to walk, must be a nice place to live. Quick find.
**Thanks for placing this cache VK3TV**

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Maintenance run on all my hides today.
All good to go.

I’ve done the end of the drain at some stage, so thought today would be a good time to do the start of the drain A tricky little hide. TFTC

Fltf

YEA !! Another one bites the dust !! Found with geo friend MissjessB who unfortunately isn't a premium cacher, but is out for the walk with me !! SL, TFTC

Another find , nice hiding

With inclement weather forecast for later today I decided not to support the rest of the family in their sporting pursuits. Instead I decided to stay closer to home and look for some of these caches that have been published in the past few months. A very successful two hours, in between showers, I found all seven caches that I searched for.

It was interesting to see where the drain starts as I have now done quite a few caches along the Henderson Road Drain Trail. I stumbled around searching left and right until I read a previous log that pointed me in the correct direction.

Thank you VK3TV for this cache.

Tftc, enjoyed this trail

TFTC

A fantastic hide, I smoked the cigar before I found the real cache. Again I came up here after the weekly bike ride with wu3a, I wasn't disappointed getting up here.
Thank You Vk3TV (Mel) for bringing me up the the start of the Drain. I was able to leave a small coin.
Greytiger

5:01 pm #5766
Bit rough on the bare knees, but spotted from one side, retrieved from the other.
Cheers VK3TV

Saw some large blocks with large houses, quite unusual for this area, nice to see rather than the 300 sq m blocks that crowd this area. Nice, but I wouldn’t want to live here.

TFTC

Easier to spot from the wrong side, which made it a quick find. TFTC!

On wrong side first
Geokid spotted from wrong side
Used camera on selfie mode to look and grab
Railing is a bit loose too

Found @9:40 on a misty Thursday morning. I didn't realise I was looking for cigars - lucky I found what I was here for, even if I didn't think I'd be able to reach it at one point. TFTC! Very sneaky!

TFTC, it is hides like this where I am glad I have 2 young sons mad on geocaching, they did the hard bit for me!

Out for another Geocaching adventure to grab all these new Caches nearby. Started with this one as it's the furtherest one away. This looks weird how there is a huge area for the water to go under this bridge but only one small storm water drain feeding it. Still, it was interesting seeing where this famous drain starts. Needed some help with this one as I couldn't find it. But I was thinking it was Nano size so hadn't thought of looking where the CO told me to look. Thanks for bringing me here VK3TV.

It being a nice day a bit of caching was in order. A bit sneaky this one. TFTC.

FTF @ 1am
#1422

It's been a lovely tour of this beautiful estate, albeit in the dark!

Log to follow...

Thanks VK3TV
I had fun here tonight.

Found after brief search. TFTC.

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