Abandoned Clarendon, South Australia, Australia
By Lava12 on 09-Jan-19. Waypoint GC828T2

Sorry, I can’t repair or replace it because I have moved. It is time to go. Thanks for finding my cache in the past. Lava

Dnf

Very sneaky!


TFTC!

Checked and it is still there. The machine has been moved up next to the shed.

help me find it

thought this one was going to end up being a 2-visit cache.... but luck with me today. TFTC Lava (wasnt sure if I was being spied by anyone in the caravan!)

Took quite a while to find this one but reading through the previous logs reaffirmed that I was probably looking in the right place for the right container. Then I went back and had another look and found it quickly.
Actually by the time I found it the barking dog across the road had given up making a racket and was just lying by the fence watching me search. And now that I am back in the car logging this he has taken asleep waiting for the next cachet to come along and entertain him.
Favourite point added for the interesting piece of machinery and the hide.

Very clever, found with help grin Braxyman and BallaratKellie

Didn’t find but we’ll try again another day

We had looked for this cache during our visit last year but without success. We returned today and thought that we might end up with the same results. However, after 10 minutes or so the cache was located. It blended very well with the old machinery. The cache and contents were in good condition. Thanks Lava12 for the cache.

One of your better ones Lava12 found within 5mins TFTC

Very very clever. But those bloody dogs did not stop barking

TFTC

This evening, I travelled to Clarendon primarily to complete *The History of Clarendon* Adventure Lab, and visited a variety of places that contained geocaches. I hadn't fully explored Clarendon before except for an engagement party at the pub, and found it a quite historical and quaint town sitting next to the river. I used the remaining day's light to find roadside geocaches along the turns and crests of the roads, driving back through Blackwood to return home.

This geocache took ages for me to find, and all the while, I had a barking dog across the road who was obviously suspicious about my visit. It soon felt like I had searched all over this abandoned structure, and so I refocused my search efforts to anothetr strategy. That seemed to do the trick, for it was then that I found the very well hidden cache. The cache container and logbook were in good shape. I think this geocache's difficulty is very much underrated given the hide, and certainly should be in the 2.5-3.0 territory than the current 1.5 standard rating? Otherwise, it was a great spot to acknowledge with a geocache hide. Thanks Lava12 for the cache placement and ongoing maintenance.

Excellent hide.

TFTC

Great hide! Have looked here before but with no luck, tftc

This one was a pretty cool find. Took a little bit! TFTC ️

I’m currently doing a challenge that asks for 1000 1.5/1.5, so when I saw this one walking distance from CGSMP, off I trotted. A cunning hide, harder than your average Lava12 D1.5! Thanks for the hunt!

Found out with Beary Organised & Grandsons. Thankfully we had little ones to get down low. TFTC TNLNSL

Found this with CherryRose while caching with her two grandchildren. Very handy having small children to get into these spots. TFTC TNLNSL

Nice hide, blends in well! Another FP earned
Nice find on a beautiful sunny winter day with Erine14 TFTC!

Took a while to spot as it blended in nicely TFTC

An interesting piece of old equipment. Tricky hide, hence it took a while to find. Thanks Lava12.

Couldn't find unfortunately

Checked and it is still there. Someone has tighten it but it is okay now.

Couldn't find it

Not today

Having told Mr Frog what I'd found, he said that it was the cache - Yep he's right
He also thinks it's a jack pump
TFTC

An interesting piece if machinery here, the cache took a bit of finding but I had touched it as soon as I arrived back to the spot and sure enough it was the sneaky hide.

This morning I set out to find some caches around cherry gardens and coromandel valley, with the day predict to rain I planned to be home by lunch time. All in all 18 finds for the morning.

TFTC

On my way to collect my daughter from a friends place and had some time up my sleeve
Thanks Lava12

I have replaced a new log sheet. Happy Hunting

Found while out a bit south of the Belair National Park with a new Oregon 700.
Looks like some research is required before logging happens as desired.
Had read some logs and was worried I might have to use the PAF line again but surprised myself with a find after a relatively quick look and feel.
Some space left in the log but not far off being full.
Thanks Lava12 for a sneaky cache

Sneaky log?

Took note of the hint but it still took a lot of searching to find the very clever and sneaky hide. Thanks for the cache lava12!

On the way to Echunga for a Scout event.

We were about to give up before Ol got too annoyed , when Wal found the sneaky devil

D1.5 might be understating it!

TFTC

Groundspeak wanted to start a streak at the end of August to get a souvenir. So I did. And despite having bugger all caches within 20 kms of home I am still on that streak. I am also trying to fill in each calendar day of the year with mystery caches and multi caches.[B)]
Today I just needed a cache to continue the streak.
This one took a good ten minutes of unsuccessful searching before I was forced to use my now greasy hands to make a PAF.
With the search area narrowed slightly it still took another five or so minutes before I finally found the sneaky hide. I was pretty sure I had felt that before, several times. Must be the heat! FP for the clever hide. [:X]

**Thanks Lava12 for this cache. **

Owl's geodaughter Jedika98 was back in town and a long-overdue caching run was in order. Jedika wanted to complete the A-Z, 0-9 challenge by a certain Mr Fish and Owl had a plan. This involved criss-crossing all the way down to Aldinga Beach, but an exception was to be made for caches screaming to not be left on the side of the road. This was meant to be one of those quick finds, but a thorough inspection of the structure revealed nothing. Twice Owl checked the only possible other location, but nothing. Then she spotted the log on the ground on the third, "It must be here!" D'oh! Very clever indeed and very sneaky to hide the log that way!

Another day out caching with geomum, Doctor Owl. Apparently it has been about a year since we last went out caching. This is what happens when I live part time in a different state to study at university. The goal for today was to get a me as close to fulfilling the requirement for the A-Z, 0-9 SA challenge - which required finding Q and X and pretty much every number except for "4".
However, just because we had a goal doesn't mean that we couldn't get other caches on the way and this one was on the side of the road and just screaming to be found. We found what appeared to be a cache due to movement but not log. Look some more and was like 'surely, that has to be it. There is nothing else it could be'. Looked in the 'cache' again. Still no log. Looked on the ground. Oh, there's the log. It must have fallen out when we first opened the cache. TFTC. A very clever hide.

Found It!
A very well camouflaged cache! After a bit of poking around I nudged something that moved and sure enough there was the cache!
TFTC

Great camo.
TFTC

done while visiting my old house! great spot tftc

We looked and looked and looked some more. Thought we found it but then we couldnt open it. Read the logs and tried again. Got it second time round. Great cache thanks Lava12

Nice find. Clever placement. Tftc

Heading home this way and decided to see if there were any caches we hadn't found. This one. Thanks Lava12. Very clever.

Mr Tardis found this one on the way home. I stopped and looked here and there. I looked again. I looked even harder. I found a very nice cache.

Signed the log. Thanks for the cache Lava12.

Took me a while to find this sucker. In the end it was there and I was very impressed with your lump of rusty iron.

I had been caching in the hills with gridge98 and was on my way home and I remembered this cache so I stopped to look for it. [^]

Well, I went round and round, looking here, feeling there and couldn't find it, probably cache blindness after a full day caching. Read through the logs and was pretty sure of what the cache would be, but darned if I could find it so I ended up PAF.

As it turns out I had looked/felt there but not quite closely enough...it was what I thought it would be...and I was glad to have my name in the log.

Thanks for the cache Lava12.

A stop on my way to Kuitpo from Scott Creek...
It took a while to work out what the cache was...
A bit different than similar ones I have seen...
TFTC Lava12

found on route to scott creek national park. Saw the structure and parked nearby. Missed it on the first pass since i had a spider crawling up my arm then. Then relooked there a second time with out a distraction and found a cache. nice effort on the cammo.

Hard

Veni. Vidi. Vici. Scripsi.
Was heading into a nearby work location and as I frequent this area I have found the majority of the caches in the surrounding area. So imagine my surprise when as I approach the location and turn on the map, I spy a cache that I have not found. Yay. Small detour into the area and park adjacent to GZ. Made the mistake of thinking this would be a quick find and left the engine running. Circled the area several times looking, looking, looking. Then feeling, feeling, feeling. Hmmm, I wonder what the hide is. More feeling and, what's that. Had felt it previously but this time it felt different and it was the cache. nicely done. Signed the log and replaced the cache in its hide. Favourite for this one.
Gratias pro cache Lava12

An interesting hide on an interesting structure
TFTC Lava12. Found on 16 Jan 2019 at 9:12 pm. Find # 2304

Was driving along this road and suddenly remembered that there was a cache to find somewhere along here. Pulled over the road to check. I’d driven 220m past it. A quick U-turn and short drive and we were at GZ. A look at the location and a feel around and the cache was soon located. Yay. Another Lava12 smiley on my map.

Thanks for the cache Lava12.
Found on 16 Jan 2019 at 9:12 pm.
Find #8086

As soon as this was published, I knew where the structure was... Been past it 1000s of times in time, and occasionally thought of hiding here.
Lava has done well, with some muggle hubby help? Well done..
Did one lap and spotted it while on hands and knees... lol
The passing cyclists must've wondered who I was praying to! hahaha
Nice work.
TNLNSL
Thanks

I parked the car safely and when I got to the stucture I made the find in a minute. I was happy because it was hot like 40 or so at 2:30pm when I found the cache. I like these type of hides so thats what I think made it stand out. A favourite point from me. Thanks Lava12 for a great hide.

A clever hide. Joint FTF with rod81w
Thanks Lava12

*FTF* @ 16:45

Saw this still unfound and decided to go for a short drive. Arriving at GZ I saw runningman222 searching, after Introductions were done the search began. Checked a few places before actually finding the correct spot. Joint FTF with runningman222

TFTC Lava12

Published

Bronze, but only after an embarrassingly long 40min search to finally find it. Dozens of muggles driving past including a mate who asked if I was ok LOL. Excellent hide though, this was quite a challenge.