Remembering. Lest we forget. Tanunda, South Australia, Australia
By Mattycat in memory of Able Seacat Simon on 07-Jun-18. Waypoint GC7QXAX

Continuing our journey east from WA and home to Vic. Had a great weekend at WAGB and now seeing the sights and ticking off LGA's.We have now collected our van and heading NE with 3 goals today, complete another 2 SA LGA's, reach 8000 finds and complete our D/T grid. This cache has us closer to our finds goal and ticked off another LGA. Cache in good condition. What a lovely little park for rememberence.TFTC TB's visited

Found during my caching trip to the Barossa for a week. Thanks Mattycat.

Found from the clue were it has been but on cache I think it has gone missing Cheers

Nice find by torch lightTFTC

Log is completely full

Decided to get out in this glorious spring weather and have some downtime Sneaky hide, worth a TFTC AussieGal88

Log full, needs replacement. Didn't have the right type on me at the time. Great hide! AussieGal88

Nice easy find, TFTC

Found after a moment of quiet reflection at the memorial itself. Very discreet, and the perfect colour for the context! TFTC

Thanks

Tftc

This a new account but I found this cache with my mum (EmsDan1315) and my brother (maggies123) on 10-6-2024. TFTC.

Quick find b4 rain

Quick find. Log needs to be replaced

Continuing our tour of the Barossa vineyards by bike and casing on the way. Lovely little memorial garden. Thanks for bringing us here. Good order but log full.

Very camouflaged good hiding spot

Well hidden, but can be found

TFTC. Good hide, lovely spot. Log is full though.

Nice park. Good find for the kids

#13986 7:50Day 4 of our Adelaide trip, staying overnight in Barossa Valley. Of course some wine tasting was on the menu, but this early of day, I first did a few of the caches in and around the town of Tanunda.TFTC Mattycat

after looking in the wrong spot for a while, I finally found it. Nice and easy find, once you know where to look

Found with the Nelson crew. Staying in the Barossa for next few days so off to find caches

Sidewaze, Paddle Chick, Bullertrout, IsisNZ and Nanzie are caching our way around the Barossa signing our logs as SPBINZ or some variation on that. This was our first for the morning. TFTC SpotemGotem#16412

We are staying i Tanunda for a couple of nights to complete the Barossa trail and others in the region. I enjoyed wandering round these lovely gardens. Someone had placed a cute wee bear dressed in uniform at the memorial. Found as part of the SPBINZ team (Sidewaze, Paddle Chick, Bullertrout, IsisNZ, and Nanzie). TFTC Mattycat and kia ora from Aotearoa/New Zealand # 21,966**tepoti/Dunedin is the place to be 26-27 October, 2024 for GCA7ZHD - Geo Toroa Mega! Please come and join in the fun, find heaps of caches and experience some wonderful Southern hospitality.**

That's a bit of a first for me, remembering a sea cat, how cool.After a great day yesterday putting (almost) all of the bunches of grapes in the "Barossa" series back how they were we're planning a much more varied day today and this was our first cache.Thanks so much for bringing us here to remember all the Aussies (and their fellow Antipodeans from New Zealand) and the animals who served their country to our benefit.

Got it

Found with SPINBNZ Team Nice easy find thanks for placing this cache Mattycat in memory of Able Seacat Simont

Our first cache having arrived in town to complete the nearby GeoArt. Enjoyed the memorial here. Container found quickly, signed and replaced. Thankyou for placing and maintaining this for us.

What a beautiful park remembering our heroesDay 1 cache 1 a lovely way to start 2 days of caching the Barossa grapesGeoart nearby. And I got new shoes

What a great time our team - Errant Coyotes + BMG had out today caching and team work to make the finds. Happy caching.

13289 Located by baby&Mrs gopher at 1130 in company with Simber15. Caching for the day in the Tanunda area. SL Tnx Mattycat

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Tree

One of the coolest ive found yet

TFTC, thanks for the hint, lovely park and remembrance.

Cute park! Easy find with the hint. Tftc

The third and final find on a morning jog / walk around tanunda town. A peaceful park and quick find with the cache in good condition. tftc

Tftc. East find with the kids...and the hint

TFTC! Awesome hide, quick and easy

Up in Tanunda for a wedding vow renewal and took the opportunity to collect this cache. TFTC

Staying 3 days Tanunda with a muggle... I couldn't get clue... lots and lots of pines, but not grouped by 3s... muggle immediately gave correct suggestion.... shows that some oldies can overthink... tftc

Lovely Rememberance Park with amazing gum trees. TFTC

Quick find with my daughter great spot

Found with friends on a weekend trip with great friends

Found on an awesome weekend away with awesome friends.
This one was a fun one

Out for a weekend of caching with Mrs Mellison and team Paulf76. We love the Barossa and had a great night last night. This is find number 10 for the weekend. TFTC

Did not find looked in every pine tree

Easy find. TFTC!

I'm sure its here.......somewhere

Found after long search! Looked in wrong places (Trees)

TFTC
Dustieann

I already logged it as DNF but on the way back to the car Dustieann discovered new coordinates in the description. So we went back and finally spotted the small container after all
Thanks for the cache & greetings from Switzerland
Smurfy_CH

Gave up after a long search
greetings from Switzerland
Smurfy_CH

Coordinates changed from:
S 34° 31.178 E 138° 57.892

Coordinates changed to:
S 34° 31.182 E 138° 57.891

Distance from original: 25.0 feet or 7.6 meters.

Gardening adjustment!

Able Seacat Simon is back on deck. A slight adjustment in the garden to avoid the pruning!

Removed due to tree damage (unrelated to cache!)
Will review and reinstate asap.

I’ve got my quota for the day, but whilst making a pit stop at the Tanunda Bakery, I notice this offering. Not only does it have the magic 10+ FPs for this months challenge, but it also features a cat story. I’m in.

Once I’d gotten over the disappointment of discovering that there is no statue of Simon in the park, it was down to the business of finding the cache. When I got to GZ I discovered what looks like some recent calamity involving the host tree, but miraculously the cache had been spared. I’ve sent a note to the CO to see if he wants to reposition the cache a little. A great little park that you barely notice as you drive past, and an inspirational cat story I’m adding another FP even though it’s already reached 10. I think Simon would have wanted that.

Thanks Mattycat.

Found with Shonky and Uni on a biking day in the Barossa. Some were easy, some hard, and some just no luck for us today. It was hot, dry and we obviously left our geo mojo's home today.

Thanks for the cache
Cheers and Happy Hinting
Southern Cross Caching

Found at 10:40 am


Uni, Shonky and SXC headed out to the Barossa to complete the bike trail series, and any other cache in the area which we came across.

Set out on a bicycle ride with Uni and Medusa, and Southern Cross Caching.
Uni cheated because he had 2 wheels like us.
The day was hot, the caches mostly difficult and there were a lot of places where we just gave up because we were worried about snakes or dehydration.
Note to self, don't go bicycle caching on hilly terrain when the weather is above 22 degrees...

This one was easy if you know which tree to start with....

Used the hint, it was getting too warm to hang around, TFTC

Thanks to the hints and previous logs. TFTC.

Quick find with help from the hint and a log entry or two. Nice peaceful place to stop and rest for a while. TFTC.

We are here on a tour of your area from the cruise ship Norman TFTC

Nice hide found with northstar76 and Giselle_13

Drop of Stacey to work at day at the green. We thought we go caching while we waiting until 10. Found with superman_22, giselle_13. Tcth

Visiting sister at Tanunda with another sister. Had a little spare time and took the opportunity of finding a couple of caches. Beautiful park. 7 pines counting the dead one!!!! TFTC

TFTC beautiful day here today

Found

Nice quick find with the hint. Peaceful place to sit as well. Thanks for the cache

Nice find.
What a beautiful area.
TFTC

LTF

Found it Stamped as The Brown Family aka “the coloured mint tin by the sea people”

TFTC Mattycat

Just out for a quick drive and this one caught our eye. TFTC

Quick find to brighten a dreary day. Tftc.

Lovely park. TFTC.

#19795. Day 7 of our holiday in SA and today Robmc, the geo-doggies and I rode the Bike Trail between Nuriootpa and Angaston and return and then rode around town collecting a few solved puzzles in the afternoon. A long and rather frustrating day seeking elusive caches that did not want to be fouind. Managed to only find 17 with 2 DNF's.

A lovely little park to stroll through to start the caching day. Magnificent old gums and a few daffodils flowering. After finding and signing the log we went to have a look at the memorials before leaving. An interesting note abut Able Seaman Simon.

Thanks Mattycat

The first day in the Barossa with BettyBoo3747 and the geodoggies.
Dragged out the deadly treadlies and rode the rail trail Nuriootpa to Angaston, and then after lunch looked at a few puzzles around Nuriootpa.
Overcast but no rain, so a nice day for caching.

First cache for the day, always nice to start with a quick find in a lovely park.
Thanks, Robmc.

Found it had to use the hint

Very pretty little park. Tyftc.

Nice easy find on a very nice day.
TFTC

TFTC!!

Another cache found with richlink on our 2022 South Australian Adventure.

Out and about travelling toward Gwaler zig zagging and caching as we go.It's a little drizzly today, perfect for caching. TFTC.

Found

New log inserted.
Still at tree 7 counting the dead one, or 6th alive
Lest we forget, the Able Seacat

Easily found after a recount! Needs a new log as we had trouble finding a little corner to scribble on. TFTC

Log was full

Nice easy find on a miserable day. Thanks

Nice one. Found once I counted all the trees. They are all important- even the dead one TFTC!

We are finally able to travel interstate without heaps of loops to jump through. We thought we would take it easy and have a look around South Australia and grab a few more LGA's while we were here.
We stopped here for lunch. I gabbed a cache here about 5 years ago and this was another easy one thanks to the hind.


This was find number 11 for the day.
TFTC Mattycat

Thanks Mattycat for bringing me to this beautiful garden of remembrance. The cache was appropriate.

To remember is always good in these towns. Second day in SA and out on trusty treadles aka my mtb to explore the trails and surroundings. Had no intention of doing so many but these quality caches piqued the curiosity and anticipation of another surprise or fun cache. Happy and relieved to record no DNF’s and on average most were located ‘relatively’ quickly. TFTC AND THE FUN and the effort to contribute to this fave game!

I was in town to have the car serviced and had more than an hour or two to fill, so geocaching came to mind. I have geocached Tanunda before but it seems that they have all been archived, so I ha a clean sheet ahead.
I recall a cache in this park previously, interestingly a very similar cache and location type. The current cache was an easy find when I noted the the hint and park honoured those who served “both dead and alive”.
Thanks for this cache Matty cat

Good hide.TFTC

Found it pretty easily!

Veni. Vidi. Vici. Scripsi.
Staying in Tanunda and B was busy so G decided to head out and find a cache or two. Was heading back to the accommodation and saw this was on the way and had to stop to make the find. As I was wandering to GZ I recalled attempting this one a looonnnnggg time ago and failing miserably. This time, with a lot more experience, the cache was located quite quickly, log signed and replaced. Nice little garden.
Gratias pro cache Mattycat in memory of Able Seacat Simon

Brilliant cache, not really chest height for people around 5 foot lol

TFTC

Found after lunch at the bakery down the road. A pretty little park in a pretty town.tftc

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