Gippsland Challenge - 200 Morwell, Victoria, Australia
By Team Loesch on 10-May-18. Waypoint GC7PF8D

Went for a walk and found this cache and have now checked the numbers. TFTC.[ilook4geo](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=ilook4geo) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.User has 202 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast , Baw Baw , East Gippsland , South Gippsland , Latrobe (Victoria) , Wellington) , country:Australia)

Had a mixture of cache types on the target list today while out caching with iloook4geo. This was not a hard find, the log was signed and all was replaced as found. We always love a challenge cache.[goingplaces2](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=goingplaces2) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.User has 351 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast , Baw Baw , East Gippsland , South Gippsland , Latrobe (Victoria) , Wellington) , country:Australia)

All ready to be found

Good condition here

There is a burn off in the area so have taken offline until can get in and inspect.CJJAHC

We had and easy find here and we certainly qualify.TFTC Riddell fulfills challenge Gippsland Challenge - 200 (GC7PF8D) according to project GC18/3/24[Riddell](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Riddell) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.User has 593 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast , Baw Baw , East Gippsland , South Gippsland , Latrobe (Victoria) , Wellington) , country:Australia)

Day two of a short trip into Gippsland with the deadly treadly for some caches.This morning I started in Morwell at the Crinigan Bushland Reserve.I seemed to have most of the park to myself. A nice ride around the parkI have obviously done more caches than I thought in Gippsland, as I had no trouble meeting the challenge.Thanks, Robmc.Robmc fulfils challenge Gippsland Challenge - 200 (GC7PF8D), according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750

11:03Based in Traralgon for a couple of days gave us the opportunity to explore the local area instead of just driving past heading for Bairnsdale. Crinigan Bushland Reserve was a great opportunity for walking, caching plus a challenge -[Phetlern](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Phetlern) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.**FEEDBACK TO CO:** We took the liberty of adding the GC ID details to the log, as it was bare.Thanks to Team Loesch for creating this fabulous series. 35763

Wet log replaced

Log is very wet was just able to sign

Bounty Trackers fulfills challenge Gippsland Challenge - 200 (GC7PF8D) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750

Found not quite where the co-ords were sending me. TFTH

Yay! We qualify! Many weekends spent un thus region has paid off.

Literally a walk in the park! And a relief following some off-trail slogging at its neighbours.

Haven’t checked but suspect we’re a little short on this challenge. TFTC, will log as “found” in due course.

We finally had a chance to check to see if we qualify for this challenge and we did!

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Thanks for find #3757
TNLN

We signed the log today. One day we'll be able to claim a find...

Out and about with Au.fait with the aim to collect the Crinigan reserve caches this one was straight forward photo attached re qualifying. TFTH

Having a wonderful day caching in the delightful company of Tiz13. We targeted the caches in the Crinigan Reserve and a few others as we do. I really enjoyed walking in this lovely resurrected bushland area and so pleased there is a friends group caring for it. Challenge met. Photo attached TFTC Team Loesch

Late logging found with margaretforr1987

User has 214 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast , Baw Baw , East Gippsland , South Gippsland , Latrobe (Victoria) , Wellington) , country:Australia)



Found on the 19-11-22
Container was full of water and log damp. But still writable.
Thanks for the cache

Out for a new year caching session, despite the heat it was a good day. Good day to be out as there was no else here. Nice cache after a DNF for the previous cache.
Luckily I qualify for this cache with the results below from Project GC

User has 879 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast , Baw Baw , East Gippsland , South Gippsland , Latrobe (Victoria) , Wellington) , country:Australia)

It is always good to qualify for a challenge cache
TFTC

Day 5 of the Bring In The New Year (BITNY) road-trip and a big day it is with my 6000th cache milestone, coinciding with the completion of the mammoth Victorian Premiers Challenge. Some LGA caching is thrown in also as we head back towards Melbourne.

Dropped in to sign this one in preparation for future visits to add to this trips total. Although it wasn’t just a drop in. My GPS was a little off and so while I was on the right side initially, my gps sent me around to the other side, and as I bush bashed further and further in, my GPS kept going further until I was almost out the other side again . Log signed at least and took the quicker way out!

Thanks Team Loesch for placing this gamepiece in the wild for us to find.

Signed today. Will check stats when I get home.

Lockdown meant local geocaches so qualified.

Had to bring my bike to Morwell to get fixed and thought it would be nice to do a little geocaching while I wait. What a gorgeous spot this is. A lovely walk. Thank you for bringing me here.

Singed the logbook for this one a while ago but only qualified for it recently TFTC

Cache in place

Nice sunny winters day for a stroll and some cache maintenance


CJJAHC

I'm not sure how these challenge things work. But found this one on my walk around tbe Morwell Bushland and I definitely meet the criteria. More than 200 cache finds in Gippsland having cached down here for 20 years. One of my first hides was "an open and cut cache" at the Yallourn Lookout. Thanks.

Thanks you found on the 24-9-20 with my partner while geocaching just disappointed that there was no puzzle

Found 24/9/20 no puzzle tho?

Found with geowife kezza1211 naturegirl and rogerz1956 tftc

Found with GeoHubby TB142 and GeoFriend RogerZ1956 and Nature Girl. TFTC

Tftc. Found with tb142, kezza1211 and naturegirl.

Easy

Not sure what the puzzle but we found the cache and lady a pathtag. TFTC.

Good cache but was confused no puzzle!

After finishing our circuit on the other side of the park, we determined we had just enough time before the footy match to drive around here and find the last 2 caches.
We parked outside the entrance and walked in to the park, finding the traditional first and then this last challenge. Cache was a nice easy find by JMelb for the last cache for the day

GJMMelb fulfills challenge Gippsland Challenge - 200 (GC7PF8D) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750
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User has 466 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

TFTC Team Loesch and the series. We did over 15,500 steps for the day around here and at the footy match and the best bit was the Hawks won!!!! Yey!! GJMMelb

Yea, after standing around for over 30 minutes hiding under the small shelter of an information stand, the rain finally stopped. Now to continue caching this area.

More long wet grass and tee-trees but a nice, large, Orange butterfly showed the way to a sappy tree. Then quickly found the cache.

Thanks for the cache Team Loesch
Hunter

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Headed to Morwell today for an enjoyable walk around this reserve finding caches, I saw quiet a few birds in the area. I was a little puzzled as to what the photo location points were.

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Thanks Team Loesch for the cache.

TFTC. While stopped in Moe we saw this challenge. We did not think we were close to qualifying untilwe checked the checker. Wf had forgotten that a few years ago we had house sat in Inverloch and cached through the area. We only needed 25 more to qualify. We cached in Moe, Morwell , Glenmaggie and now some more on Inverloch.
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A lovely area that we do not cache much in.

TFTC. WE had a look at this challenge cache and though that we were a long way from qualifying. When we applied the checked last night I was surprised to see that we had 173 caches in Gippsland. Then recalled that we had spend a lot of time in and around Inverloch while housesitting for a friend. We signed the cache and expect to complete the qualification in the next dat or two as we head to Sale and Inverloch.

Yaaaa. I can finally claim this cache. I qualify. Tf5c

May have left my umbrella at this cache. Is grey and large. If anyone finds it here or along this track can you let me know. Ta

Found but not yet qualified. Tftc

Today we returned with better weather to finish of our bushland wander. Started with a picnic, which was interrupted by arrival of police who thought they smelt dope so came to investigate lol, no weed just a couple of chicken wraps and bottle of water. So after escaping the clutches of the men in blue, we made our way to sign our completed challenge.
User has 662 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)
.Tftc

Really great day on a sunny day and it’s my birthday tomorrow on September the 1st

First cache of Gippsland challenge found

Tftc

ducky_legs fulfills challenge Gippsland Challenge - 200 (GC7PF8D) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750

Finally got out to do the Crinigan Reserve caches today. Happy we didn't have a single DNF on this beautiful winter's day. Geodog loved the walk and even found herself a tatty old tennis ball which thankfully she had lost again by the end of the afternoon. Thanks Team Loesch for a great series.

Giraffe_legs fulfills challenge Gippsland Challenge - 200 (GC7PF8D) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750
At least we beat the rain

As per the Project GC Challenge Checker I qualify for logging this cache that I found today. TFTC - it was the 1,111th cache I have found and that seemed noteworthy!

I saw these caches in town last night, knowing we'd be in town today, so not knowing the area at all well, we found a park at the hospital and off we went.

A nice easy cache to log and find, knowing we qualify for this challenge.

Thanks Team Loesch for the placement.

mcsee&petal fulfills challenge Gippsland Challenge - 200 (GC7PF8D) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750

a worthy challenge
no match for any born and raised gippslander
but one for the out of towners

User has 357 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

To complete later when I have 200 finds

Happy to share the fact that I am a Gippsland Geocacher!! Got quite a few more in Gippsland still c9ming as I go about my geocaching day. Thanks for bringing me here for these caches.

We decided to cache the Crinigan Road Bushland Reserve today - we are so glad we did as during our 4.7 kilometre walk we found all the caches searched for and we also got to see 17 different species of birds and a possum, but sadly no Koala. We do so love a Challenge Cache and so we this was one of the caches we found during our hike. We signed the log book although at the time we hadn't got around to checking if we qualified for a Found It log, but today (27th March 2019) we ran the Project GC checker and see that we do and have now updated our original Write Note into this Found It log - i.e. as confirmed by Project GC we have found 263 caches within the municipalities that make up the Gippsland Region (Bass Coast Shire, Shire of Baw Baw, Shire of East Gippsland, Latrobe City, South Gippsland Shire and Wellington Shire) out of 200 required (proof attached). Thanks so much for the cache and a favourite point for the Challenge. Greetings from Zimbabwe

This was too be the last of the 2018 Victorian Cache of the Year nominations I planned to discover in Gippsland. I’m not going to take up ocean kayaking at this stage of my life! The Driver also got to slip in the mud a little bit to get to the entrance we found! Then a pleasant reserve I didn’t expect to find here to walk through. On top of that, the rain seems to have finally cleared after the soaking we’d had this morning and showers to dodge during the afternoon. A short bush bash led me to the cache, which I’m sure I qualify for well and truly, probably closer to 2000 finds in Gippsland! Well I do live on Phillip Island, which is part of Gippsland!

Found by Mary and David, with Mrs Crackers and Mrs Coffee, at 1457. The third and final of the Challenge caches we had targeted this afternoon. A short bush bash, and we found the cache uncovered but most unlikely to be spotted from the trail. We qualify:
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User has 1520 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)
Our thanks to Team Loesch.

Sharon14 has 1183 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

Noticed this cache a little while ago but unlike many challenges I actually qualify before I even get to the cache. Finally today (while out caching with gwd.aussie and Sharon14) I got the chance to find and sign the log.

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User has 900 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

I have found over 1233 finds (200 needed) with-in the gippsland region.
Well so project-GC tells me.

Caching with D@geo and Sharon14.
Thank you for the hide Team Loesch

Congratulations!

This geocache has been nominated in the Victorian Geocache of the Year Awards for 2018 in the category of Best Puzzle Cache Geocache.

There is a geocaching event for the presentation of these awards.

Details, including voting forms can be found by at GC81CQZ

Another day, another dollar.
Nicked off from work at lunchtime to grab this nice little hide. We have well and truly completed all of the Gippsland challenges. Many of the hides help showcase all the things we love about living in this area, and we certainly appreciate the many CO’s in this vast area who keep us on our toes while we are at home.
Even as life long residents (at least Mrs Ski, Mr Ski is a new comer having only lived in Gippsland since 1965!) we still find new places here through geocaching.

Confirmation from ProjectGC as follows:
User has 979 finds (200 needed). Filters:(region:Victoria, county (Bass Coast (S)(2), Baw Baw (S)(2), East Gippsland (S)(2), South Gippsland (S)(2), Latrobe (C)(Vic.)(2), Wellington (S)(2), country: Australia). Photo also attached

TFTH Team Loesch and for the series, it’s certainly helping us to complete our calendar matrix

Not even close for this one yet. So signed the log in hope that maybe one day we will qualify.

Thanks for the challenge Team Loesch

The Mega had been and gone however myself and FFLL#1 were staying on for another week with some other commitments. I had a charity Gala dinner to attend to on the Saturday following the Mega so it only made sense to stay on in Victoria. We were staying out Gippsland way so we had targeted Robot Charli and a couple other series to do, however the weather decided to go against us and we did not get all that were planned. It doesnt matter, we still got a fair few done in the time we were here. Once it was time to start heading home, we went via Albury to pick up some more puzzles of which we had solved.

Don't yet qualify for this one but will work on it with my visits to the Gippsland area. Will change to a find once I qualify.

Rapidlywild does not fulfil challenge Gippsland Challenge - 200 (GC7PF8D), according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750

User has 56 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

Thanks for the cache hide Team Loesch and the ladies of FurfacesLL for another great caching adventure away from home

After travelling from Tassie overnight on The Spirit of Tasmania, we made our first stop at Morwell. It was good to get out of the car and enjoy walking around and exploring this very pleasant reserve. The most memorable feature were the birds - there were so many different species, all calling as we walked around.

We were confident that we had met the conditions for this challenge and Project-GC confirmed our belief:
2y'stassies fulfils challenge Gippsland Challenge - 200 (GC7PF8D), according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750

Accurate coordinates led to a quick find of a well hidden cache. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Team Loesch for this cache and others in this very enjoyable reserve.

Wasn't long between making note of this and actually finding it.

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User has 261 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)


Thanks for the challenge cache

#2923

Since moving from New Zealand in 2016 I have been enjoying the area, exploring and finding caches.
So far I’ve knocked off 4 of the states. VIC, SA, NSW and A.C.T all multiple times.
No two areas are the same here and almost every place I go to is stunning. The beauty of caching is that it takes you to so many places you would never usually find.
Thank you to all the cachers out there for hiding and maintaining their caches. Especially to those who put so much effort into creating unique and fun hides.
I enjoy finding well maintained caches in fun and unique cache containers. No one likes finding a mint tin – but a find is a find after all
Well she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinkin' that there
Was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
Yeah, and if she had to die
Tryin' she, had one little promise
She was gonna keep
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl
Well, It was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on her balcony
She could hear the cars roll by
Out on 441
Like waves crashin' on the beach
And for one desperate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God it's so painful, when
Something that's so close
And still so far out of reach
Oh yeah, all right
Take it easy baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl
Well I'm a-runnin' down the road try'n to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that want to own me, two that want to stone me
One says she's a friend of mine
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand, and take it easy
Well, I'm a standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flat-bed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me
We may lose and we may win, though we will never be here again
So open up I'm climbin' in, so take it easy
Well, I'm a runnin' down the road tryin' to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble on my mind
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover, she's so hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy
Come on baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me
Oh, we got it easy
We oughta take it easy

Qualify here but need to sign the log.

User has 249 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

Thanks for the cache


User has 416 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

Qualified for this will add later tftc


User has 512 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

776 is our total finds so much not including todays finds for this challenge no surprise really we have to travel so far for caches now as we cleaned out nearly all of the local caches within and hour lol tftc

What was to have been a quick weekend trip to Melbourne to accompany leafotwind on his 3,000th cache find (since I had also recently completed the Victorian Premiers whereigo ) became an 8 day trip because there was a CITO [^] at Traralgon the next day which then led to Mallacoota and the Snowy Mountain Highway [^] since I couldn't legally use the Great Alpine Road as I didn't have snow chains because the boring freeway back to Melbourne and then back to Shepparton didn't sound like fun

The first day, I met my sister in Bendigo as she waited for her semi to be unloaded and reloaded, so we went op shopping in the meantime[:X] From there it was off to Melbourne and the group find of the Victorian Premiers whereigo which had taken me to many spots in Victoria [^] Then the group slogged our way up a slippery, muddy slope [|)][xx(] to get a couple of simple drive by 4 x 4 caches (when the tracks are open) before caching on into the night

I made a find on a previous DNF at Moe then it was off to Clean Up a Creek at Traralgon [^] followed by finding some bloody good caches (both containers and reasons for placement) around the area with leafotwind, NoWorries andAlphaDeltaIndigo [:X], chatting to Crisp image as the group found Wherever I Lay My Hat before Rex and I left the group, walking in the Crinigan Road Bushland Reserve at dusk[^], seeing a huge Dr21 dredger once used for coal mining and now placed at Morwell, finding a tiny grave in the middle of a shopping area , finding my 1st 3D printed cache container and then it was off to the Lakes Entrance area and wandering out on the peninsula[^]

Seeing old RAAF airfields and radio bunkers, seeing tiny country towns and meeting some great people (including an almost muggle woman and her children in Mallacoota where she had previously looked for 1 cache and who may now get into geocaching properly [^]), seeing the sun rise while surrounded by kangaroos and standing on the eastern coast of Vic and chatting with Rollmatrix throughout my time in Mallacoota and Genoa

Spending a few hours chatting with a lovely truckie, Michael [:X], who was on a wood chip run to Canberra as we traversed the countryside in the dark (after I had apologised for slowing down his fully laden rig as Harry crawled his way up a hill ) then I pulled into Cooma for a break and an EC and also found a cache, Southern Cloud, about the aircraft accident and then accidentally ended up at another memorial cache, Southern Comfort, Southern Cloud or Southern Storm, later on in the trip

Seeing brumbies amongst the snow along the edge of the road at night in the mountains in NSW [^], seeing a thermal pool early in the morning with steam rising from it in the cold air and water plants growing up from the sandy bottom [^], seeing the grave of the alleged Man from Snowy River while finding the multi The Man from Snowy River - HCPPP [^] and then chatting to SciFiRulz who I managed to sneak in a quick visit with before heading home and finding The Highest Railway Station on the way

Over the 8 days there was 9 DNFs (although I did manage to find a few on my 2nd attempts ), 1 CITO event attended and a total of 111 cache finds including 3 FTFs

As I am about 8 months behind in logging, I'm resorting to template logs to catch up.
My heartfelt thanks to the COs who have placed some tricky, funny, exercise required, scary, interesting and devious caches in some amazing spots! [^]
Rex and I have had some amazing adventures and enjoyed some incredible moments thanks to this fantastic hobby

TNLN. SL. TFTC Team Loesch

Think we have enough will check at home.. took tb

Yes we met the criteria for this one. TFTC

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User has 730 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

Returned to find the rest of the cache here on this glorious sunny day...TFTC TB drop

I think I've got enough in this area

Out and about on a nice Winters Day cache hunting.
Crinigan Road Reserve or "The Bush".
The bush as it was call by us kids, when I lived in the area. This was my old stomping ground and spent many a day as a kid growing up and playing here.

Found the cache and signed the log.

[Scrat visited your Cache whilst on his Great Aussie Adventure.](https://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=4376822)

TFTC Team Loesch


[Poiter.h](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Poiter.h) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and he did.
User has 1345 finds (200 needed).

YAY - I qualify for this cache. When I get the chance to sign the log, I'll change this 'Write Note" to a "Found It" (Initial "Write Note" created on June 18th, 2018)

Up Date - July 11th, 2018 WOO HOO I signed the log today. Thanks Team Loesch for setting up this cache. Another cache find on the way to finding the different souvenirs of the Hidden Creatures challenge. Picked up "The Geocaching Peg" Trackable to move on.

The Troll Dolls (TB7G08H) visited on their great caching adventure with Fredd01.


P.S. - Team Loesch, thank you very much for the time you've taken in setting up this series around the Crinigan Road Bushland Reserve. I've appreciated the efforts you've gone to, to put it all together. Cheers, Fredd01

It seems that benjay21 has qualified for this challenge - I will change log to found it when I sign the log. Hopefully very soon


User has 593 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

Out with kmps to find the new caches in this great reserve. After running the checker when the caches came up we found that we had 960 in this category. Thanks and well done Team Loesch.

Out for a bit of bush riding with theGGGs to hopefully grab a couple of caches .
Thanks Team Loesch FTC. Dropped TB.

Challenge - 200

[ducky_legs](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=ducky_legs) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

User has 396 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

Now I just need to find the time to find the physical cache. Will log as found then

It was geohubby who suggested we take a walk around this reserve to log these caches. The reserve was different than I imagined and am surprised this was unchartered territory before now. We had a good walk and although some of the time we seemed to be scrambling through scrub we had some fun doing it. Tyftc

Oh excellent, my first challenge cache with the new requirement for using Project GC. For years, I've been using a multi-sheet Excel document to track around 25 Challenge caches so that if I'm ever nearby, I can sign the log. This has only happened once......but hey, why not?!?!

Along the path we trundle, by this time the drizzle was unpleasant for my glasses-requiring sight deficit so I asked Kato to tell me if anything was in my path. It was kind of her to actually do so because honestly, it would be pretty funny seeing me headbutt something head on and bounce off. I'm not a slow walker, you see. A quick find, a happy pair of signatures and we were on the way. TFTC Team Loesch.


Mummy Short Legs fulfills challenge Gippsland Challenge - 200 (GC7PF8D) according to https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750

User has 784 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

I'd been waiting all day for mummy short legs to be free from home commitments and finally the call came thru at 4pm. Of course it's not too late or rainy to tackle a new series! So off we went with only a slight time restriction due to daddy long legs work commitments. Happy to find this one and even happier that the checker gave me the tick of approval... although i think I'd be worried if it didn't, given Gippsland is my home turf. Evidence below. TFTC Team Loesch.

[Kato Potato](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Kato%20Potato) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

User has 824 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

{FTF) Joint with Billy_Shears

3rd of our adventure today. Geez... i havent walked much in the last few months... The little leisurely walk was burning my legs already haha

Spot on co-ords again and great sized container.

User has 420 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

Published

**FTF**
Joint first to find the physical cache with kryslazz.

[Billy_Shears](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Billy_Shears) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

User has 383 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)


GizaGal called me to let me know there were new caches in Morwell. No kids wanted to come so I set off alone. I drove to a car-park and while I was getting myself sorted out kryslazz turned up. So we have a pleasant stroll in the reserve and found the 10 new caches including 9 FTFs. After we departed I then found JENGA#2 alone.
This is a lovely group of interesting caches, all the co-ords were spot on, and we found most caches quite quickly.
tftc .. ty for the series.

When I find the cache I'll change this to a Found it

[Poiter.h](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=Poiter.h) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC7PF8D/34750 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and he did.

User has 1345 finds (200 needed).Filters:( region:Victoria , county (Bass Coast (S)(2) , Baw Baw (S)(2) , East Gippsland (S)(2) , South Gippsland (S)(2) , Latrobe (C) (Vic.)(2) , Wellington (S)(2)) , country:Australia)

Thanks for the opportunity to sign the logbook today. We need to now check if we qualify for the challenge