Ranfurly Bend Walking Track : Big Old Tree Mildura, Victoria, Australia
By Mebclever on 31-Jul-18. Waypoint GC7VE24

9 November 20248:50AM4318Off to a terrible start today. Couldnt find a thing. Many thanks Mebclever but today was not my day to find Ranfurly Bend Walking Track : Big Old Tree!

Took a bit to find. About 7mtres from coordinates. Not quite a big old tree and npt mich lert. Good hiding spot. TFTC

Took a little longer ... but the previous posts helped to narrow our search. Luckily a nearby stump helped us to get the required height!

Dnf no big old trees here

A week of caching and golf with bogonghazy and Littleboss 2 in and around Mildura and of course any smileys we can pick up on the way.Thanks for the cache Mebclever

Up to Mildura for a week with Littleboss2, Sorceysal and Geo the puppy. We'd solved a few puzzles between us, (Ss about 97% of them) and this was the week to grab as many as we could, as well as the multiple labs, multis and trads, and really enjoy this stunning area. After a wild night, we really felt the heat and humidity that happens post rain, but it's all a part of what Australia's diverse zones bring on board. Plenty of sharp bindis added to the fun. Is that what gaiters are for? Our thanks for placing this one, a little high for the terrain rating, for me anyway

Caching in Mildura for the week with Bogonghazy, sorceysal and Geo dog. Nice quick find. Thanks for placing the geocache

It was a beautiful day for a walk beside the Murray. Unfortunately despite our best efforts we could not find the cache.

Our last day in Mildura as it is time to move on. We had a quieter day as w2e collected a few caches in the area and paid a visit to the Botanic Gardens.It has been great visiting the area and caching widely. Our thanks to all the COs for a very positive caching experience. Lots of fun gadget caches and good containers and some challenging hides.Thank you for your efforts in creating and maintaining the cache Mebclever.**SKI Pair****

Big thanks to Mebclever for placing this cache. Cache number 9103 on May 7, 2024

Quick find with SJG66 as we toured Mildura and surrounds. TFTC

Found with O319 on our day caching around the area

Sorry about the Natural prickles and grass that has shot up amonst some if our caches , but unfortunately we are not allowed to take a whipper snipper into these area's. Cheers Happy caching

Tftc. Almost missed it haha

Too many prickles and no cache found so gave up on this series.

Cannot find
I can’t see the point in making us walk through prickles etc in native bush
Thanks

Thanks to previous logs this one was found tftc

Grass is a bit long

Southern Autumn adventure Day 55. Mildura Paddle Steamer Trip Day 4. The final day with my Canberra friends in Mildura rolled around. Today the team was five of us, Nibletricecakes, Gliss!, Kitty Katch, Joolay and Albida33. We set ourselves to visit caches spread out around town and some short riverside walks. There was quite a bit of rain, so some of the riverside drives were not an option. It turned into another long day, but some of the multi's we managed to complete were very satisfying. There was also some time for some LAB caches as well.

This short walk along the river was a bit of a concern with some caches not found since before the flood. In the end we found them, but we did replace a few wet logs.

Thanks for the cache Mebclever

43231.7 TNLN
Visited: World Traveling Gold GC A#6 & April 2022 Overland Adventure A#487

**Albida**

Nice to find this intact and in good condition

Day 5 of our Mildura Madness run and the gang is all here . Really looking forward to looking around.

Thanks for getting me out and about Mebclever

Yay!!!!!

Having finished the Paddlesteamer (and many other great caches) it was time for some of our crew to start the trek back home. Caching today with a smaller crew - Joolay, KittyKatch, Albida33 and GLISS! Continue to by impressed by the vast open scenery and beautiful waterways. Thanks for all the hard work from COs make and maintain these caches. Thanks for a great weekend everyone. Thanks for the cache.

Mildura
I joined a group of Canberra cachers to tackle the caches around Mildura. All fine with the c I don't know cache.

Thanks for the hide Mebclever

Found thanks to previous hints. Found with Joolay, Nibletricecakes, Kittykatch and Albida33. TFTC.

Found it

TFTC

Came in from road for a quick find.
Nice spit..
TNLNSL
Thanks

Found while out and about in the greater Mildura area during the Tri-State Community Celebration Events and International Geocaching Day weekend. Thanks for the cache Mebclever!

I’ve learned not to ride the treadly off the track due to thorns. TFTC

Tassie Devil grabbed for a bit of a holiday.

Thanks for the cache. Miss8 was excited to find this one. Left Tassie devil for someone who might be travelling soon.

So peaceful. Tftc

Maintenance run today ,cache all good. Dropped off Tasmania Devil Travel Bug to send on his journey, please help him navigate the world. Cheers Happy Caching.

The last day in Mildura with BettyBoo3747.
We uncovered the deadly treadlies and road along the river picking up the occasional cache.
Some beautiful views along the bike track, and some good caches too.
The geo-doggies enjoyed their runs and traveling along in the bike trailer too.

Not a lot left of this tree now!
Luckily BB is relatively tall, as I was not looking there.
The first this morning on our ride.
Thanks, Robmc.

#18741. Our last day in Mildura on a glorious autumn day. Touring on our bicycles with the doggies in their trailer and enjoying a great ride along the trails near the river between Merbein and Apex Park in Mildura. So beautiful to be enjoying the river scenery and gathering some caches on the way.

We knew this little series was here and today was the day to stop and gather some smilies. We seemed to make hard work of a few. This one wasn't too difficult and our names are in the book and we continued on our way.

Thanks Mebclever

Quick find after a shirt walk from the cache, cache is all good

A trip to Victoria with Freddo for 3 days to complete the paddle steamer and find a few caches in Mildura and along the way to and from, all the caches were signed respective of the day FG23, FG24, FG25 or our own caching names.
Total of 468 finds for the trip

Thanks for a great series

The cache was found in the last place we looked, which as usual was not the first place we looked. Thanks for placing a fun cache guys. We do love your work. We signed the logbook. Of course we did that is way we play this game. Cache in pretty good condition for the cache age.

I will apologize right now, because everything from here on is here solely for the purpose of padding the word count.

This particular geocache was found using one of the following GPS enabled devices, Garmin GPSr, Montana 680t, Oregon 650 or Dakota 20 and a Samsung S8. Waypoints and paperless geocaching were downloaded via GSAK 9. Log prepared, checked and submitted using GSAK publish logs...

Warning, this hobby can be addictive. It can lead to exercise, meeting new people and finding interesting places you might not have known existed otherwise. Beware: you may have fun.

Thanks for the cache. Merci la cache. Danke für den Cache. Gracias por el caché. Bedankt voor de cache. Kiitos kätköstä. Zikomo posungira. Terima kasih untuk cache. Hvala cache. Köszönöm a cache. Nga mihi mo te keteroki. Dankie vir die kas.

Spending a few days in Mildura, joined by the rest of the Goldy clan for a family getaway.

We've been coming here since our first visit in 2008, it's a Goldy family favourite so I'm excited for the opportunity to find a few geocaches here and in some of the surrounding towns.

I'm also looking forward to experiencing some different hides in another state, as all my finds so far have been in South Australia.

I won't be able to get to all the caches due to having other plans with family, family always comes first.

So a high majority of caches on the "to be found" list are ones where I can learn local history and ones that are relatively quick and easy.

I've been primarily eyeing off the turtle series geoart and adventure labs.

This one took me way long to find then it should have... right in front of me the whole time.

Cache and log book in good condition.

Put my signature in the log book and returned the cache to its hiding spot.

Thanks to Mebclever for this cache and series.

Find No.873
23/04/2022

2nd find of the day. Thanks for the series.

Day 25 of our southern trip. Our final day based at Red Cliffs. Finishing off some Turtles and GOT and more. We areTeam 4 4 QLD - RoddyC, hatzofff, Snickersallan and Grannysmith1947.

No problems here.

Log signed and cache replaced as found on February 3, 2022. TFTC, Mebclever.

TFTC smile 12031 out and about with miss millie geo dog Hatzofff RoddyC and Snickersallan great caches, great day ,good weather, enjoying a trip to Mildura to cache the Paddle Steamer ( now finished) working on the Turtles today
signing as Team 44 Qld
Thank you, Mebclever, for placing this cache for our enjoyment.

Third day out on the local trails with hatzofff, grannysmith1947 & RoddyC. (Logs signed as Team 44 QLD)
Finishing off the remainder of The Turtles geo art, some multis & trads along the way.
Really enjoyed the walks around the two lakes whilst finding all the caches today.

TFTC Mebclever

Day 25 of our southern trip.

Travelling & Caching with RoddyC snickersallan and grannysmith1947. Signing/stamping as 4 for QLD.

TFTCache Mebclever

Went for an evening out caching in Mildura today. A quick find today while walking along the river. TFTC

Found it with the family again good one.
HINT: OLD TREE

There’s 4 of us out exploring today and finally I found one (thanks to a clue in another persons activity post)

Geodaughters found this one. Left a little swap. Took nothing. Watch out for snakes! TFTC

Man, it was cold last night but eased a bit this morning Decided as I needed some supplies to log these caches along the river. Spotted a family of ducks and ducklings out for a swim

A previous log helped to narrow down the search

TFTC Mebclever

Found it, should trusted my gut. Lucky I’m tall

Tftc. Quick stop after school with the kids. Great hiding spot

A few muggles but I think ok great spot TFTC

Lots of muggles around on houseboats nearby, lucky I had Geodog with me to make it look like we were just going for a snif about. TFTC.

Tftc. Found with nan pop and kids

Tftc. Found with nan pop and kids

Still looking for the tree. Found a container. Tftc.

Enjoyed the walk along the river. Found this one with Geoian, easy find. TFTC

Elephant

*Found by Snap Happy*

After a few days in Mildura with Happy pants, Happy Feet, The Empire, omegaman1971 and Rebel Acts it was time to grab a coffee and grab the last few caches before heading for home. It was a great time away with nice weather and good company. A good time was had by all.

SO - with the prerequisite coffee and car fueled, we headed back to grab the few remaining caches in this area.

Thanks for the cache Mebclever. Appreciate your efforts.
Stamped log and returned as found.
- P

*Took*: Nothing
*Left*: Nothing

Cache on!
**#16562**

Found by The Empire
My last day here in Mildura! After saying goodbye to all of my caching mates - Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet, Happy Pants and Rebel Acts, it was time to start to make my way home. Buuuut there are a few more caches to find in town before I head off. I also needed some snacks for the drive! Thanks for the cache Mebclever.
- M

Found by Rebel Acts

In Mildura for a few days with Snap Happy, omegaman1971, Happy Feet, Happy Pants and The Empire.
After finishing off the GOT series it was time for Me to do the turtle series, it was a little challenging getting to some locations but I managed to get them all done.

The highlight for the day were the fantastic gadget caches in the area.

Thanks Mebclever for the cache.

This was a great opportunity to get away with some caching friends in Mildura. The plan was to hit some of the local trails and geo art. There was many other hides discovered, with some really great containers and hides in the area.

Lucky I had someone with me, as I wouldn't have reached this one.

Thanks Mebclever for placing the cache and doing the maintenance, so we can enjoy the find.

Omegaman1971
The Omega Empire
@ 7839 finds
In town for a few day with the crew to hit the nearby powertrails and put some smiles on the map.
Has been many years since I was here last , the town has certainly changed.

With help of previous logs and at night our Geokid spotted it

Clever hide!

Thank you for the nice hide!

Happy Easter! Found on a beautiful morning walk with the kids and doggos this Easter Sunday.
SL GeoSwells and of course the kids signed their names too.
Find #98
TFTC
The river gums certainly are majestic!

Found with AnyMules today with hevwalker and Trigger_Fish after our adventures finding all the turtle series. Really enjoyed the walk through the bush.... A great weekend away with 507 caches for the 4 day trip TFTC

Found on a road trip from SA...an evening Adventure by torchlight. It is great to see things from a different perspective sometimes...
TFTC Mebclever

Container stood out in torchlight.

Thanks for the cache Mebclever.
Found on 7/3/21 at 22:28.
Find #13005.

Found with tassie expat. Salination or lack of rain? Some trees survive, some don't. I was tall enough to reach in. Tftc

Lockdown 3.0. Geocache, sanitise, repeat. Stay within 5kms and no more than 2hrs out and about. This little series suited our needs/covid rules for today. This required a team effort...one to find and the other to reach. TFTC. Sanitised and moved on.

Decided to get out and go for a walk this morning and take in some great views along the river, throw in some caches and Bingo you have a great combination. Last one for the morning before heading back for breakfast and this one was one of the easier ones in my travels this morning, made the reach and happily added my name to the log book. 5 for 5 today! Thanks again Mebclever for the hide and the short series.

Couple of scratches from the bushes but got there. Great spot. TFTC

Lucky I had a tall person with me or I would have found it tftc

Found

Found

Hi there Mebclever.

This is the 4th of 4 caches we didn't find today. [:(!]

OMG 4th DNF. Time to move on.

Regards
Ian and Penny

Hi there Mebclever.

We found your cache **"Ranfurly Bend Walking Track : Big Old Tree"** at 11:59:00 AM today. (This makes our find count 24658).

We're staying in Mildura to hunker down over the current Victorian lockdown. On our daily exercise stroll today we decided to attempt some caches around the local area. We found 19 caches & DNF'd 4.

We have made contact with the CO, who has agreed to meet up with us. We eventually found the cache, in a spot we had already looked. How embarassing. [:(!]

Thank you Mebclever for adding to our adventure.

Regards

Ian & Penny

Found with Rohkad on a lovely sunny afternoon , with him spotting the cache. Nice hide. Possibly could use some camo touchup but the way its hidden its not really necessary. Tftc

Caught a glimpse of it from a different angle tftc

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Great hide I was definitely way to sort so luckily I had Knipe raider with me

TFTC

Found , second time lucky. Reading previous comments helped , lucky I'm tall

July 4, 2020 4:14 PM #2978

First getaway for family Perpetuallylost since the first round COVID-19 restrictions were eased, so we are back to Mildura for the weekend hoping to catch some Winter warmth.

Found by pprass after a brief search, straightforward find. Thx Mebclever for the caches along here, nice to get out again and admire the river.

Found at 4:09 PM GAFF1.in the company of perpetuallylost.
Last cache for the day as we had to get back to where we are staying to prepare part of tonight's dinner, but first we have to go and do a bit of shopping.
Didn't find a big old tree - just an old one that was on the skinny side
Thanks Mebclever

Travelling wilberries Maegen and lou at it again t.f.t.c

Mildura, Day 3

This morning it was out to complete the turtle trail.
We continued out towards the bend in the river, we seemed to get confused with all the various tracks out here.
Today we found such a variety of caches, puzzles, multi & some clever gadget caches which we really enjoyed.

Hubby road by on his bike yesterday & couldn't find it . I had read a few logs so knew where it could be.

Thanks for placing this cache Mebclever

Took us a bit... it’s a good stretch.
Mrs Riddell couldn’t reach it. She’s not that small either!
BTW it’s 8 m out.
TFTC

Wasn’t sure if I would be able to get to this based on previous logs, but having walked this far from the other end was definitely going to check it out. Yay, a quick find and the cache was soon back in its hidey hole! Now for the trek back to the car. Cache #3149.

Great cache thank you

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Bring on 2020! GeoCaching - Great way to start 2020! Despite the dry summer vista I love the river, weathered stumps and trees. Mission today is to pick up an assortment and help the turtle take shape except I’m doing it in a most inefficient way as I’ve only the phone so it has meant not much pre planning with a bit of zig zagging on the bike before it gets really hot again. Either way, learning some puzzle solving skills and exploring Mildura is a plus. Here with a buddy who was brought up here so visiting the locations is accompanied by stories and memories. PLENTY of distractions too from the novel I brought with me TFTC

Day 97 of our trip. Caching along the way. In Mildura today. Out with Benetooks3 ( granddaughter). A total of 10 for the day and 2665 for the trip. TFTC

09:28
Mildura is a mecca for geocachers - an extensive list of varied and clever caches on offer, it is hard to know where to start!
In the good company of Suscoe we headed SE and found a variety of clever caches in interesting locations, such as this riverside walk.

Thanks 'Mebclever' for adding this cache to the geo-gameboard.
25849

*This log composed and published using Geocaching Swiss Army Knife (GSAK).*

Suscoe was out and about again today wandering the raods, parks and bushland areas to the west, south and south east of MIldura.
We were travelling with Phetlern again and having a good bit of fun as we went along finding a very good range of caches.
It was a fairly cloudy day with a strong wind from the south and the clouds looked like they had a good bit of dust in them at times.
It was good to be caching on a coolish day, the flies seem to have been blown away and the sun peeped through every now and again.

Thanks to Mebclever for this hide and this delightful little walking trail.
A terrific range of views along the river which was quite unsettled today.
It would be such a different view with no wind and a sunset across the water.
A favourite from us for the trail.

Found just before another dust storm blew in! Nice hide. Tftc

Despite reasonably accurate coordinates it took a little while to locate this well hidden cache. We were misled by the cache name. The cache when the taller member of the team went to look for the cache. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Mebclever for the cache.

This one had us scratching our heads for a bit. Lots of big ole dead trees around. A few logs mention it quite away from the gz, but we were in luck today. The big geo kid with long arms found it. Just in time to be back in the car before the dust came through. Thanks. All in good condition

Touring Mildura on our caching holiday from Tassie. Found some of the turtle puzzles and now for a walk along the river bank. Enjoyed the series. Lucky one member of the team had the right attribute for success with this one. TFTC

Revisiting with a hint. Cache found some 12mtrs from our GZ.

TFTC

No luck today, the setting sun didnt help Im sure.

Again rescued by 4Moule. My GPS was all over the place and must admit was not what I was expecting. There are so many beautiful old dead trees around. Thankful to be able to turn this into a smile. TFTC TNLNSL